Synopsis
The End Of Confirmation: And The Due Effects Of It, Consider'D In A Sermon Preach'D At Richmond In Surrey, On Sunday The 8Th Of May, 1715.. By Nicholas Brady. This edition presents an early 18th-century sermon delivered in Richmond, Surrey, concerning the sacrament of Confirmation. Brady argues for the apostolic basis of Confirmation, noting that it is administered by bishops or their successors who hold institutional power. He explores three biblical modes of conveying gospel knowledge: familiar discourse, official preaching, and instructional teaching, and then concentrates on the Duty of those to be Confirmed. The duties include renouncing the Devil and all his works, renouncing worldly vanities, believing the Christian faith, and obeying God's commandments, pursued with constancy and sincerity. Brady outlines the qualifications of the confirmands—firm faith, universality, practical obedience—and the benefits of Confirmation: membership in Christ, adoption as children of God, and heirs to the Kingdom of Heaven. The sermon emphasizes obedience, sincerity, and the avoidance of sin, framed within the scripture Acts 15.41 and the idea of apostolic succession. The dedication to the Right Reverend Father in God, Jonathan, Lord Bishop of Winchester, expresses gratitude for patronage and protection.
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