The Offices of Instruction: Second Office: Part E: The Blessing
Then shall be the Minister add,
The Lord be with you.
People. And with thy Spirit
GRANT, O Lord, that they who shall renew the promises and vows of their Baptism, and be confirmed by the Bishop, may receive such a measure of thy Holy Spirit, that they may grow in grace unto their leife’s end; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
GRANT, O Father, that when we receive the blessed Sacraments of the Body and Blood of Christ, coming to those holy mysteries in faith, and love, and true repentance, we may receive remission of our sins, and be filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.
The Minister of every Parish shall diligently, upon Sundays and Holy Days, or on on some other convenient occasions, openly in the Church, instruct or examine the Youth of his Parish.
And all Fathers, Mothers, Guardians, and Sponsors shall bring those, for whose religious nurture they are responsible, to the Church at the time appointed, to receive instruction by the Minister.
So soon as Children are come to a competent age, and can say the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Ten Commandments, and are sufficiently instructed in the matter contained in these Offices, they shall be brought to the Bishop to be confirmed by him.