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Excerpt from A Sermon: Preached at the Visitation of the Venerable the Archdeacon Moore Stevens, Holden at Exeter, April 26, 1842Such is'a brief summary of the evidence of the doctrine of Regeneration by Baptism from Scripture and the Church: our own Branch adopts it, incor porates it in her Articles and Liturgy, and dwells and lingers on' it as a precious relic of Catholic Truth. To an assembly like the present, I need only brie¿y recite the strong and unqualified expressions in the Baptismal Service, of positive grace accompany ing the act of Baptism: the application of the text in St. John, in the opening prayer, the prayer that the child may be washed and sanctified by the Holy Spirit, may receive rem1ss1on of his sins by spiritual regeneration may enjoy the everlasting benediction of God's heavenly washing: the prayer for the sanctifying water to the mystical washing away of sin, and, above all, the positive assertion after tlie act of baptism, which gives a determinate meaning to all that has gone before, that the child is regenerate, and the solemn thanksgiving to Almighty God, that it hath pleased Him to re generate this infant with His Holy Spirit.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.