every man present may be put in remembrance of his own profession made to God in his baptism,' ' and the curates of every parish shall often admonish the people, that they defer not the baptism of their children longer than the first or second Sunday next after their birth, or other holy-day falling between.' 'And also they shall warn them, that without like great cause and necessity they procure not their children to be baptized at home in their houses.'

I have thus considered the doctrine of baptism as a Christian sacrament, especially in regard to the Church of England, and I think it must appear to every unprejudiced mind, that the present received forms of the church, both in respect to infant and adult baptism, are instituted after the model of the primitive church, as appointed by Christ and his apostles. My object has been to restore this act of consecration to its original design, to render it a solemn and sacred dedication to God, by which alone we can expect the blessing which is promised to it, and it is my fervent prayer to the throne of grace, that not only all the ministers and members of the Church of England, but of the Church Universal may so regard it. "For as the

body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body being many are one body; so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body."

THE END.