service were omitted; the latter was now used only after the rejection of devil, world, and flesh, and the former recited after the administration of the sacrament, in a position parallel to the Lord’s Prayer in Holy Communion. Likewise in parallel, an invocation prayer for the recipients of the sacrament was inserted, the words having been used in the 1549 blessing of the font, and a thanksgiving prayer completed the rite. The Structure of Holy Baptism in the First and Second Prayer Books 1549 1552