The Bishop. TILL you be diligent in Prayers, and in reading of the holy Scriptures, and in such studies as help to the knowledge of the same, laying aside the study of the world and the flesh? I will endeavour myself so to do, the Lord being my helper. WILL The Bishop. VILL you be diligent to frame and fashion your own-selves, and your families, according to the doctrine of Christ; and to make both yourselves and them, as much as in you lieth, wholesome examples and patterns to the flock of Christ? I will apply myself thereto, the Lord being my helper. TILL The Bishop. ILL you maintain and set forwards, as much as lieth in you, quietness, peace, and love, among all Christian people; and, especially, among them that are, or shall be, committed to your charge? I will so do, the Lord being my helper. The Bishop. WILL you reverently obey your Ordinary, and other chief Ministers, unto whom is committed the charge and government over you; following, with a glad mind and will, their godly admonitions, and submitting yourselves to their godly judgments? I will so do, the Lord being my helper. A Then shall the Bishop, standing up, say, LMIGHTY God, who hath given you this will to do all these things, grant, also, unto you, strength and power to perform the same, that he may accomplish his work which he hath begun in you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. After this, the Congregation shall be desired, secretly in their Prayers, to make their humble supplications to God for all these things; for the which Prayers there shall be silence kept for a space. After which shall be sung, or said, by the Bishop (the persons to be ordained Priests all kneeling) Veni, Creator Spiritus; the Bishop beginning, and the Priests, and others that are present, answering by verses, as followeth. NOME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, COME And lighten with celestial fire. Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who dost thy seven-fold gifts impart. Thy blessed unction from above, Anoint and cheer our soiled face Of joy celestial; The fire so bright, the love so sweet, The unction spiritual. Thou, in thy gifts, art manifold; By them Christ's Church doth stand: In faithful hearts thou writ'st thy law,— The finger of God's hand. According to thy promise, Lord, Thou givest speech with grace; O Holy Ghost, into our minds Our weakness strengthen and confirm, Put back our enemy far from us, Peace in our hearts with God and man, (The best, the truest, gain !) And grant that thou being, O Lord, Our leader and our guide, We may escape the snares of sin, A Such measures of thy powerful grace Of strife, and of dissension, Grant us the grace that we may know May gain the blissful sight; And that we may, with perfect faith, The Spirit of Father and of Son, To God the Father laud and praise, And to the holy Spirit of grace, And pray we, that our only Lord On all that shall profess his Name, From hence to the world's end. Amen. That done, the Bishop shall pray in this wise, and say, Let us pray. LMIGHTY God, and heavenly Father, who, of thine infinite love and goodness towards us, hast given to us thy only and most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, to be our redeemer, and the author of everlasting life; who, after he had made perfect our redemption by his death, and was ascended into heaven, sent abroad into the world his Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Doctors, and Pastors; by whose labour and ministry he gathered together a great flock in all the parts of the world, to set forth the eternal praise of thy holy Name; for these so great benefits of thy eternal goodness, and for that thou hast vouchsafed to call these thy servants, here present, to the same office and ministry appointed for the salvation of mankind, we render unto thee most hearty thanks; we praise and worship thee; and we humbly beseech thee, by the same thy blessed Son, to grant unto all which, either here or elsewhere, call upon thy holy Name, that we may continue to show ourselves thankful unto thee, for these and all other thy benefits; and, that we may daily increase and go forwards in the knowledge and faith of thee and thy Son, by the holy Spirit. So that, as well by these thy Ministers, as by them over whom they shall be appointed thy Ministers, thy holy Name may be for ever glorified, and thy blessed kingdom enlarged; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same holy Spirit, world without end. Amen. When this Prayer is done, the Bishop, with the Priests present, shall lay their hands, severally, upon the head of every one that receiveth the Order of Priesthood; the receivers humbly kneeling upon their knees, and the Bishop saying, ECEIVE the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Priest in the hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained. And be thou a faithful dispenser of the word of God, and of his holy Sacraments; in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then the Bishop shall deliver to every one of them, kneeling, the Bible into his hand, saying, TAK AKE thou authority to preach the word of God, and to minister the holy Sacraments in the congregation, where thou shalt be lawfully appointed thereunto. When this is done, the Nicene Creed shall be sung, or said; and the Bishop shall, after that, go on in the Service of the Communion, which all they that receive Orders shall take together, and remain in the same place where hands were laid upon them, until such time as they have received the Communion. The Communion being done, after the last Collect, and immediately before the Benediction, shall be said these Collects. [OST merciful Father, we beseech thee to send upon these thy ser wsing, that may be with right eousness; and that thy word, spoken by their mouths, may have such success that it may never be spoken in vain. Grant, also, that we may have grace to hear and receive what they shall deliver out of thy most holy word, or agreeable to the same, as the means of our salvation; that, in all our words and deeds, we may seek thy glory, and the increase of thy kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. PREV REVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help; that, in all our works, begun, continued, and ended, in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and, finally, by thy mercy, obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. HE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts : Christ our Lord and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost,-be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. And if, on the same day, the Order of Deacons be given to some, and the Order of Priesthood to others, the Deacons shall be first presented, and then the Priests; and it shall suffice that the Litany be once said for both. The Collects shall both be used: first, that for Deacons, then that for Priests. The Epistle shall be Ephes. iv. 7-13, as before in this Office. Immediately after which, they that are to be made Deacons shall take the Oath of Supremacy, be examined, and Ordained, as is above prescribed. Then one of them having read the Gospel (which shall be either out of St. Matth. ix. 36-38, as before in this Office; or else St. Luke xii. 36-38, as before in the Form for the Ordering of Deacons,) they that are to be made Priests shall, likewise, take the Oath of Supremacy, be examined, and Ordained, as in this Office before appointed. THE FORM OF ORDAINING OR CONSECRATING OF AN ARCHBISHOP OR BISHOP; WHICH IS ALWAYS TO BE PERFORMED UPON SOME SUNDAY OR HOLY-DAY. When all things are duly prepared in the Church, and set in order, after Morning Prayer is ended, the Archbishop (or some other Bishop appointed) shall begin the Communion Service; in which this shall be The Collect. LMIGHTY God, who, by thy Son Jesus Christ, didst give to thy holy Apostles many excellent gifts, and didst charge them to feed thy flock; give grace, we beseech thee, to all Bishops, the Pastors of thy Church, that they may diligently preach thy word, and duly administer the godly discipline thereof: and grant to the people, that they may obediently follow the same, that all may receive the crown of everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. And another Bishop shall read the Epistle. 1 Tim. iii. 1. HIS is a true saying; If a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work. A Bishop, then, must be blameless; the husband of one wife; vigilant; sober; of good behaviour; given to hospitality; apt to teach; not given to wine; no striker; not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient; not a brawler; not covetous; one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection, with all gravity; (for, if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God;) not a novice, lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach, and the snare of the devil. F Or this: For the Epistle. Acts xx. 17. ROM Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the Church. And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears and temptations which befel me by the If a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work. A Bishop, then, must be blameless, &c.]-Instead of the words a good work," the translation ought to be, "a holy office." In this latter, we should see the connection between the first sentence and what follows: "a Bishop, then, should be blameless, &c," He must be blameless, &c. because of the holiness of the office into the exercise of which he is desirous of being received. |