A Prayer when we offer our alms Meditations on the Sentences of Scripture after the Ab- A Prayer immediately after Consecration PAGE A Prayer before the receiving the Consecrated Bread, A shorter Prayer before receiving the Consecrated Ele- A Prayer when the Priest approaches to deliver the Con- A Prayer which may be used at any time in the week before the Sunday or Holyday on which we design to communicate, and which may properly be annexed to our morning devotions at such times . A Prayer in our retirement, after we are returned home from the Lord's Table A Morning Prayer for a Family An Evening Prayer for a Family PAGE 168 171 174 178 Enstructions FOR THEM THAT COME TO BE CONFIRMED, BY WAY OF QUESTION AND ANSWER. Q. WHAT is confirmation? A. A solemn rite instituted by the apostles, wherein the bishop, by laying on of hands, and by fervent prayer and authoritative benediction, conveys to such persons, who, in the presence of God and the congregation, sincerely renew their baptismal vow, a farther degree of God's grace and Holy Spirit. Q. What is the end and design of confirmation? A. That baptised Christians should, by their own deliberate choice, take upon themselves that vow and promise which was made in their names by their godfathers and godmothers when B they were admitted members of Christ's Church; so that the confirmed person expressly consents to the baptismal covenant, and before God and many witnesses engages to perform his part of it. Q. At what age is confirmation to be administered? A. The Church of England hath not determined any certain age, but requires it to be done only to such as are come to a competent age; which implies, that none should be admitted till they understand the nature of the baptismal vow, which they then renew, and till they are capable of making a prudent and firm resolution of observing it. Q. What custom was there among the Jews which bore any resemblance with confirmation? Buxt Syn A. The Jews were wont to bring Jud. cap via their children before the congregation at thirteen years old, when they had learned the law, and the explication thereof, and their daily prayers; whereupon they were declared "sons of the precept," and henceforth they were to answer for their own sins, for which before the fathers, and not the children, had been responsible; and the rite ended with prayers and praises. Q. What hath the Church of England declared concerning confirmation? A. That it hath been a solemn, ancient, |