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" WE receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock,* and do sign him with the sign of the cross, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against sin,... "
The Works of William Paley: With a Life of the Author - Page 417
by William Paley - 1825
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A treatise on the government of the Church

Edward Barwick - 1813 - 402 pages
...made on the child's forehead after baptism is not designed as an act of worship to God, but is done " in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified." — Although the objections to this have been repeatedly answered, yet the same outcry is still made,...
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The Book of Common Prayer: And Administration of the Sacraments, and Other ...

Church of England - Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 450 pages
...Then the Priest shall say, WE receive this Child into the congregation °f Christ's flock, "cSuF, * and do sign him with the sign of the Cross, in token...faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end. Amen. 5i 't'lirii shall (he Priest say, SEEING now, dearly beloved brethren, that this Child is regenerate,...
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Practical and familiar sermons

Edward Cooper - 1815 - 350 pages
...of the true Christian, who by his own profession is " manfully to fight under the banner of Christ against sin, the world, and the devil ; and to continue...faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end." It is this victory of which St. John speaks in the text. " This is the victory which overcometh the...
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The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments and Other ...

Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...Priest shallmake Sign OÍ the CrOSS } 1П a Cross upon the token that hereafter he ChiWV, forehead. shau not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified,...life's end. Amen. Then shall the Priest say, SEEING now,dearly beloved brethren, that this Child is regenerate, and grafted into the body of Christ's Church...
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The Works of the Rev. Richard Cecil ...: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 3

Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816 - 664 pages
...and signed with the sign of the Cross, " in token," as the Church says, " that hereafter you should not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified,...banner against Sin, the World, and the Devil, and thus to continue Christ's faithful Soldier and Servant unto your life's end ? " But, whether known...
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The History of Baptism

Robert Robinson - Baptism - 1817 - 580 pages
...the militaryterms seem expressive of an obligation to become a crusader. The words are these : " We do sign him with the sign of the cross, in token that...faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end." A comparison of this ritual with that, which was used at the investiture of a knight, and which is...
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The History of Baptism

Robert Robinson - Baptism - 1817 - 590 pages
...the military terms seem expressive of an obligation to become a crusader. The words are these : " We do sign him with the sign of the cross, in token that...and manfully to fight under his banner, against sin, \\vt\uorld, and the devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end."...
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Elements of Christian Theology: Containing Proofs of the ..., Volume 2

George Tomline - Bible - 1818 - 608 pages
...invariably used whenever a person was baptized ; and it was done, as is expressed in our form of baptism, " in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to...against sin, the world, and the devil, and to continue Ghrist's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end." In antient times a mixture of milk and...
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The Book of common prayer

1818 - 424 pages
...say, E receive this Child into the Congregation of Christ's , ,,,. Flock,anddo*sign «- with л«, sign of the Cross; in token that hereafter he shall...confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fieht under his banner, against sin, the world, and the devil; and to continue Christ's faithful soldier...
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Practical and Familiar Sermons Designed for Parochial and Domestic ..., Volume 1

Edward Cooper - Sermons, English - 1818 - 366 pages
...mark of the true Christian, who by bis own profession is "manfully to fight under the banner of Christ against sin, the world, and the devil ; and to continue...faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end." It is this victory of which St. John speaks in the text. " This is the victory which overcometh the...
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