that we go to heaven the way he hath appointed, that is by PART III. offices and ministeries ecclesiastical.

When our blessed Lord had so confirmed the faith of the Church, and appointed an ecclesiastical ministry, he had but one work more to do upon earth, and that was the institution of the holy sacrament of baptism, which he ordained as a solemn initiation and mysterious profession of the faith, upon which the Church is built; making it a solemn publication of our profession, the rite of stipulation or entering covenant with our Lord, the solemnity of the paction evangelical; in which we undertake to be disciples to the holy Jesus, that is, to believe his doctrine, to fear his threatenings, to rely upon his promises, and to obey his commandments all the days of our life; and he for his part actually performs much, and promises more; he takes off all the guilt of our preceding days, purging our souls and making them clean as in the day of innocence; promising with all, that if we perform our undertaking and remain in the state in which he now puts us, he will continually assist us with his *Spirit, prevent and attend us with his grace, he will deliver us from the power of the devil, he will keep our souls in merciful, joyful, and safe | custody till the great day of the Lord, he will then raise our bodies from the grave, he will make them to be spiritual and immortal, he will reunite them to our souls, and beatify both bodies and souls in his own kingdom, admitting them into eternal and unspeakable glories: all which that he might verify and prepare respectively, in the presence of his disciples he ascended into the bosom of God, and the eternal comprehensions of celestial glory.

THE PRAYER.

HOLY and eternal JESUS, who hast overcome death, and triumphed over all the powers of hell, darkness, sin, and the grave, manifesting the truth of thy promises, the power of thy divinity, the majesty of thy person, the rewards of thy glory, and the mercies and excellent designs of thy evangelical kingdom by thy glorious and powerful resurrection; preserve my soul from eternal death, and make me to rise from the death of sin, and to live in the life of grace, loving thy perfections, adoring thy mercy, pursuing the interest of thy kingdom, being united to the church under thee our head, conform

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Mark xvi. 16.

Acts ii. 38; and xxii. 16.

Eph. iv. 5, &c.

1

Rom. vi. 3, 4.
Cor. xii. 13.

Col. ii. 12.

Gal. iii. 17.
1 Pet. iii. 21.

*Matt.xxviii.

20.

PART III.ing to thy holy laws, established in faith, entertained and confirmed with a modest, humble, and a certain hope, and sanctified by charity, that I engraving thee in my heart, and submitting to thee in my spirit, and imitating thee in thy glorious example may be partaker of thy resurrection, which is my hope and my desire, the support of my faith, the object of my joy, and the strength of my confidence. In thee, holy JESUS, do I trust: I confess thy faith. I believe all that thou hast taught; I desire to perform all thy injunctions and my own undertaking: my soul is in thy hand, do thou support and guide it, and pity my infirmities; and when thou shalt reveal thy great day, show to me thy mercies and effects of thy advocation, and intercession and redemption; Thou shalt answer for me, O Lord my God, for in thee have I trusted, let me never be confounded. Thou art just, thou art merciful, thou art gracious and compassionate, thou hast done miracles and prodigies of favour to me, and all the world. Let not those great actions and sufferings be ineffective, but make me capable and receptive of thy mercies, and then I am certain to receive them. I am thine, O save me, thou art mine, O holy JESUS, O dwell with me for ever, and let me dwell with thee, adoring and praising the eternal glories of God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

The End.

ΑΓΙΟΣ ΑΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ.

INDEX.

ABSOLUTION, of dying persons, Amorous young man cured of his

cles, 92; its place turned to a
church, 74; peace universal at.
93; signified to Jews and Gentiles
in the persons of the shepherds
and wise men, 103-109.
Binding Jesus with cords, with cir-
cumstances of cruelty, 739.

Augustine, St., entered into the tomb Blasphemy falsely charged

Babes of Bethlehem had the reward Breasts that are dry, a curse, 91.

780.

Christ's prayer for his enemies was
effectual, 786.

Christ's side streamed forth two sa-
craments, 797.

Children of God exposed to tempta- | Christ's miracles were greater than
tions, 227.
any man did before him, 547.
Christ, chose to do all the ministeries Christ's passion cured our miseries,
of religion, 223; paid more for our
obedience than our pardon, 44; our
pattern, 45; how far imitable by
us, 50; honoured virginity and
marriage in the choice of his
mother, 61; manifested his power
in the instances of mercy, 49, 548;
to be followed in the like propor-
tions as he followed his Father,
50; is God and man, 76; first re-
vealed to poor men, 100; by his
humility, his poverty and uneasi-
ness fought against the lust of the
flesh, of the eyes, and the pride of
life, 102; put himself to pain to be
reckoned among sinners, 114; was
redeemed at first, and sold at last
for an ignoble price, 144; is best
relished by them who least relish
worldly things, 146; a physician and
a lawgiver,733,734; did no miracles
before thirty years of age, 327; en-
tertains five disciples, 333; to be
sought for in his ordinances, 330;
ejected merchants out of the Tem-
ple, 355; mingled no injury with
his zeal, 358; baptized Peter only,
375; ends the Samaritan question
about the place of worship, 377;
made a covenant of faith and re-
pentance, this is consigned in bap-
tism, 408; raised the widow's son
to life, 564; is our advocate for
actions relative to him, 693;
showed the power of a God with
the infirmities of a man, 738;
crowned with thorns, 751; was
viator, not comprehensor in his
passion, 780; first ascended into
Heaven, 789.

Christ's commission to Peter, 791.
Christian, righteousness to exceed
the Pharisaical, 466-469; prudence,
332; simplicity, 332; liberty not
to be betrayed, 640.
Christians, ought to be exemplary in
their lives, 465; for the most part
choose not their religion, 337; to be
like children, 624.
Christianity, an easy yoke, 570; more
pleasant than sin, and more na-
tural, 570, and Preface; not so
troublesome, 574, 575; is the way
of peace, 578; of content, 580; of
riches, 581; of long life, 584; of
health, 584; of wisdom, 597.
Church, deserves great revenues,
but needs them not, 177; endow-
ments, of advantage to the people,
177; ought to be more apt to remit
of temporal rights than others,
177; tribunal, to be of great mercy,
807; compared with God's tribunal,
807; built upon the confession of
Peter, 620; impregnable against
hell gates, 620; in paradise, 367;
the residence of angels, 367.
Churches, built upon Mount Tabor,
622; are holy places, in what sense
and to what purposes, 360; how to
be used, 369; best ornament is the
holiness of worshippers, 372; dese-
crated by vice, 373.
Circumcision, an earnest of the pas-
sion, 112; not declared to be remis-
sive of original sin, 114; of Christ,
served many purposes, 113; was
an act of obedience, 113; a binding
to perform the law of ceremonies,
310.

Clergy's duty under the parable of
the steward, 630.

Confession to a minister of religion,
443.

Communion of saints profitable and
pleasant, 185.