Excerpt from Origines Ecclesiasticae, or the Antiquities of the Christian Church, Vol. 3 of 8: And Other Works Seer. 1. Persons newly baptised, clothed in White Garments. - 2. These sometimes delivered to them with a solemn Form of Words. - 3.worn eight Days and then laid up in the Church - 4c The cere mony of Lights and Tapers. What intended by it. And at whose Charge both these were provided - 5. The Kiss of Peace given to Persons newly baptised - 6. And ataste of Honey and Milk in token of their New Birth. - 7. Then they were required to repeat the Lord's Prayer.-8. And received into the Church with Psalmody. - 9. And ad mitted immediately to the Communion of the Altar. - lo. Ofthe Cere mony of Washing the Feet, retained in some Churches. - ll. A general reflection upon the whole preceding Discourse, with Relation to the Practice of the Present Church. Chap. V. (33 Of the Laws against Rebaptisation both in Church and State. 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.