Thou, Lord, hast made us glad through the operation of thy hands, and we will triumph in thy praise. Blessed be the Lord God, even the Lord God who only doeth wondrous things; And blessed be the Name of his majesty for ever; and let every one of us say, Amen, Amen. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. THE TH I 2 Cor. xiii. grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. After Victory or Deliverance from an Enemy. Amen. A Psalm or Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after Victory. F the Lord had not been on our side, now may we say, if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us, They had swallowed us up quick, when they were so wrathfully displeased at us. Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over our soul; the deep waters of the proud had gone over our soul. But praised be the Lord, who hath not given us over as a prey unto them. The Lord hath wrought a mighty salvation for us. We gat not this by our own sword, neither was it our own arm that saved us; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto us. The Lord hath appeared for us: the Lord hath covered our heads, and made us to stand in the day of battle. The Lord hath appeared for us; the Lord hath overthrown our enemies, and dashed in pieces those that rose up against us. Therefore, not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name, be given the glory. The Lord hath done great things for us; the Lord hath done great things for us, for which we rejoice. Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord; who hath made heaven and earth. Blessed be the Name of the Lord, from this time forth for evermore. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. After this Hymn may be sung the Te Deum. Then this Collect. Almighty God, the Sovereign Commander of all the world, in whose hand is power and might which none is able to withstand; we bless and magnify thy great and glorious Name for this happy victory, the whole glory whereof we do ascribe to thee, who art the only giver of victory. And, we beseech thee, give us grace to improve this great mercy to thy glory, the advancement of thy Gospel, the honour of our sovereign, and, as much as in us lieth, to the good of all mankind. And, we beseech thee, give us such a sense of this great mercy as may engage us to a true thankfulness, such as may appear in our lives by an humble, holy, and obedient, walking before thee all our days, through Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom, with thee and the Holy Spirit, as for all thy mercies, so, in particular, for this victory and deliverance, be all glory and honour, world without end. Amen. At the Burial of their Dead at Sea. The Office in the Common Prayer-book may be used; only instead of these words [We therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, &c.] say, TE, therefore, commit his body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body, (when the sea shall give up her dead,) and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ; who, at his coming, shall change our vile body, that it may be like his glorious body, according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself. THE 2 Cor. xiii. HE 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 FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING, ORDAINING, AND CONSECRATING OF BISHOPS, PRIESTS, AND DEACONS, ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF The United Church of England and Ereland. IT THE PREFACE. T is evident unto all men diligently reading the holy Scripture and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time, there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church; Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. Which Offices were evermore had in such reverend estimation, that no man might presume to execute any of them, except he were first called, tried, examined, and known to have such qualities as are requisite for the same; and also by public prayer, with imposition of hands, were approved and admitted thereunto by lawful authority. And therefore, to the intent that these orders may be continued, and reverently used and esteemed, in the United Church of England and Ireland; no man shall be accounted, or taken to be, a lawful Bishop, Priest, or Deacon, in the United Church of England and Ireland, or suffered to execute any of the said functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the form hereafter following; or hath had, formerly, Episcopal Consecration, or ordination. And none shall be admitted a Deacon, except he be twenty-three years of age, unless he have a faculty. And every man which is to be admitted a Priest, shall be full four-and-twenty years old. And every man which is to be ordained or consecrated Bishop, shall be fully thirty years of age. And the Bishop, knowing either by himself, or by sufficient testimony, any person to be a man of virtuous conversation, and without crime; and after examination and trial, finding him learned in the Latin tongue, and sufficiently instructed in the holy Scripture, may, at the times appointed in the Canon, or else, on urgent occasion, upon some other Sunday or holy-day, in the face of the Church, admit him a Deacon, in such manner and form as hereafter followeth. THE FORM AND MANNER ΟΥ MAKING OF When the day appointed by the Bishop is come, after Morning Prayer is ended, there shall be a sermon or exhortation, declaring the duty and office of such as come to be admitted Deacons ; how necessary that order is in the Church of Christ; and, also, how the people ought to esteem them in their office. First the Archdeacon, or his deputy, shall present unto the Bishop, (sitting in his chair near to the holy table) such as desire to be ordained Deacons, (each of them being decently habited,) saying these words, REVEREND Father in God, I present unto you these persons present, to be admitted Deacons. TAK The Bishop. AKE heed that the persons whom ye present unto us, be apt and meet, for their learning and godly conversation, to exercise their Ministry duly, to the honour of God, and the edifying of his Church. I The Archdeacon shall answer, Have enquired of them, and also examined them, and think them so to be. Then the Bishop shall say unto the people; BRETHREN, if there be any of you who knoweth any impediment, or notable crime, in any of these persons presented to be ordered Deacons, for the which he ought not to be admitted to that office, let him come forth in the Name of God, and show what the crime or impediment is. And if any great crime or impediment be objected, the Bishop shall surcease from ordering that person, until such time as the party accused shall be found clear of that crime. Then the Bishop (commending such as shall be found meet to be ordered to the prayers of the congregation) shall, with the clergy and people present, sing, or say, the Litany, with the Prayers as followeth. The Litany and Suffrages. God the Father of heaven, have mercy upon us miserable sinners. sinners. O God the Father of heaven.]-" As we acknowledge every Person, by himself, to be God and Lord, so we worship each Person apart, beginning with God the Father of heaven;' that is, Our heavenly Father, whose throne heaven is."-DEAN COMBER. O God the Son, redeemer of the world, have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Son, redeemer of the world, have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three persons and one God, have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three persons and one God, have mercy upon us miserable sinners. Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Spare us, good Lord. From all evil and mischief; from sin; from the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation, Good Lord, deliver us. From all blindness of heart; from pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisy ; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness, Good Lord, deliver us. From fornication, and all other deadly sin; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, Good Lord, deliver us. From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us. From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word and commandment, Good Lord, deliver us. By the mystery of thy holy incarnation; by thy holy Nativity and circumcision; by thy baptism, fasting, and temptation, Good Lord, deliver us. By thine agony and bloody sweat; by thy cross and passion; by thy precious death and burial; by thy glorious resurrection, and ascension; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us. In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our wealth; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment, Good Lord, deliver us. We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God; and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy church universal, in the right way; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee, in righteousness and holiness of life, thy servant VICTORIA, our most gracious Queen and Governor ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to rule her heart in thy faith, fear, and love; and that she may evermore have affiance in thee, and ever seek thy honour and glory; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. |