Excerpt from A Practical Exposition on the Offices of Baptism and Confirmation; And on the Communion Service of the Church of England: As Prescribed by the Book of Common Prayer; Being the Substance of Eight Sermons, Preached at the Chapel at Highgate in Middlesex Itfear, look upon the Miniftration of it, and the Prayers ufed at it, only as a formal cufe tomary Introduction to their Jollity an'd Feafi ing, if nor to their loofe Mirth. In order to prevent this Cuiiom as much as poliible, let the Parents 01 thofe who have the Care of uh baptized Infants, neither deceive the Minifie1s nor their Own Souls, by pretending the Chil dren are weak and in danger of Death, when they are not for to procure the Sacrament to be given in Private by a Lie, 1s a Crime Which' will certainly be very odious in the Sight of the Go D of Truth, and will not go unot punifhed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.