Excerpt from The Indecency and Unlawfulness of Baptizing Children in Private, Without Necssity, and With the Puhlick Form: Seriously Recommended to the Consideration of Both the Clergy and Laity of the Church of England There is the fame Ahfnrdir) in the Office for churchingwonoen, when itis uled in Private hon/er The very Title proves this Pra e'trce to be ahfurd 5 It ought to be called Chamhering Ol' Houfeing of Women, But Churchingdf them it canmever be in any place out of the Church. Bur not toinfifl on than-the Kubrick before this Office rays, The Woman [hall come into the Church, decentljapparalled, and there [hall kneel down in [cine convenient Place, 86c. Than Which, no command can be more plain 5 The Rubrick at the End of the Office, directs the Woman, to receive the Holy Communion, ifthere he arm, which (till farther argues it to be done in the Church 5'and the laft Verfe of the Pfalm appointed to be read in this Office, makes the Abfurdity undeniable: 'tis this; 1 will pay my Vows In the'courtr of the Bordr hon/e; hbw can thiot be laid in. Any Private Chamber? Was ever any Place befide the Church, called the Lord: hon/h Or can any other, Place. B J called, without a manifeft and daring Abfurdity? An Abfurdi ty too grofs to beoffer'd to the great God in rfeturn for a Mercy, See BP 5 W which deferves not'only a Private Acknowledgment, but a molt row and Ign folemn Thankfgiving5' in the Rn'hlio of Chriffian356omber on this, which is both a greater Honour; and more acceptahle to God, than 033c any Private returns can be. 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.