Imágenes de páginas
PDF
EPUB
[blocks in formation]

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, say the Litany with the Prayers as is before appointed in the Form of Ordering Deacons; save only, that in the proper suffrage there added, the word Deacons shall be omitted, and the word Priests inserted instead of it.

Then shall be said the Service for the Communion, with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, as followeth,

The Collect.

ALMIGHTY God, Five of air, good things, who by thy Holy Spirit hast appointed divers orders of Ministers in the Church; mercifully behold these thy Kervants now called to the Office of Priesthood; and so replenish them with the truth of thy Doctrine, and adorn them with innocency of life, that both by word and good example they may faithfully serve thee in this Office, to the glory of thy name, and the edification of thy Church, through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, world without end.

Amen.

them, because they fainted, and were scar
tered abroad as sheep having no shep
herd. Then saith he unto his disciples,
The harvest truly is plenteous, but the la-
bourers are few: Pray ye therefore the
Lord of the harvest, that he will send
forth labourers into his harvest.
¶ Or else this that followeth, out of the
tenth Chapter of Saint John.
St. John x. 1.

VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He
that entereth not by the door into
the sheep-fold, but climbeth up some
other way, the same is a thief and a rob-
ber. But he that entereth in by the door,
is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the
porter openeth, and the sheep hear his
voice; and he calleth his own sheep by
name, and leadeth them out. And when
he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth
before them, and the sheep follow him;
for they know his voice. And a stranger
will they not follow, but will flee from

him; for they know not the voice of stran gers. This parable spake Jesus unto them, but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly: I am the good ShepThe Epistle. Ephes. iv. 7. herd: the good Shepherd giveth his life UN NTO every one of us is given grace for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, according to the measure of the gift and not the Shepherd, whose own the of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and ascended up on high, he led captivity cap-leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the tive, and gave gifts unto men, (Now that wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the he ascended, what is it but that he also sheep. The hireling fleeth because he is descended first into the lower parts of the an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. earth? He that descended, is the same I am the good Shepherd, and know my also that ascended up far above all hea- sheep, and am known of mine. As the vens, that he might fill all things.) And Father knoweth me, even so know I the he gave some Apostles, and some Pro-Father: and I lay down my life for the phets, and some Evangelists, and some sheep. And other sheep I have, which Pastors and Teachers, for the perfecting are not of this fold; them also I must of the Saints, for the work of the Ministry, bring, and they shall hear my voice. for the edifying of the Body of Christ; and there shall be one fold, and one Sheptill we all come, in the unity of the faith herd. and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

After this shall be read for the Gospel,

St. Matt. ix. 36.

Then the Bishop shall say unto them as followeth.

Y

have heard, brethren, as well in

your private examination, as in the

part of the ninth Chapter of Suint exhortation which was now made to you Matthew, as followeth. and in the holy lessons taken out of the Gospel, and the writings of the Apostles of what dignity, and of how great impo. tance this office is, whereunto ye are calles:

WHEN

HEN Jesus saw the multitudes, he
was moved with compassion on

And now again we exhort you, in the, set aside, as much as ye may, all worldly name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye cares and studies. have in remembrance, into how high a dignity, and to how weighty an office and charge ye are called: That is to say, to be Messengers, Watchmen, and Stewards of the Lord; to teach, and to premonish, to feed and provide for the Lord's family; to seek for Christ's sheep that are dispersed abroad, and for his children who are in the midst of this naughty world, that they may be saved through Christ

[graphic]
[blocks in formation]

and set forwards,

Spiritus; the Bishop beginning, and the
Priests and others that are present an
swering by verses, as followeth.
COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
And lighten with celestial fire:
Thou the anointing Spirit art,
Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart:
Is comfort, life, and fire of love.
Thy blessed Unction from above,
Enable with perpetual light
The dulness of our blinded sight:
Anoint and cheer our soiled face"

Weth far our toes, give peace at home;
Where thou art Guide, no ill can come
Teach us to know the Father, Son
And Thee, of both to be but One
That through the ages all along,
This may be our endless song;
Praise to thy eternal merit,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

the abundance of thy grace:`

¶ Or this:

COME, Holy Ghost, eternal God, Proceeding from above,

Both from the Father and the Son, The God of peace and love; Visit our minds, into our hearts Thy heavenly grace inspire; That truth and godliness we may Pursue with full desire.

WILL you maintain in you, quietness, Thou art the very Comforter

peace, and love among all Christian people, and especially among them that are or shall be committed to your charge? Answer. I will do so, the Lord being my helper.

W

The Bishop.

VILL you reverently obey your Bishop, and other chief Ministers, who, according to the Canons of the Church, may have the charge and government over you; following with a glad mind) and will their godly admonitions, and submitting yourselves to their godly judgments?

Answer. I will so do, the Lord being my helper.

Then shall the Bishop, standing up, say, ALMIGHTY 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!

In grief and all distress;
The heavenly gift of God most High
No tongue can it express;
The fountain and the living spring
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; That, through thy help, God's praises may Resound in every place.

O Holy Ghost, into our minds

Kindle our hearts with fervent zeal,
Send down thy heavenly light;
To serve God day and night:
Our weakness strengthen and confirm,
For, Lord, thou know'st us frail
That neither devil, world, nor flesh
Put back our enemies far from us,
Against us may prevail,
And help us to obtain
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,

And never from thee slide.
Such measures of thy powerful grace
Grant Lord, to us, we pray;

That thou may'st be our Comforter

At the last dreadful day.

Of strife and of dissention
Dissolve, O Lord, the bands,
And knit the knots of peace and love
Throughout all Christian lands.
Grant us the grace that we may know
The Father of all might,
That we of his beloved Son,

May gain the blissful sight;
And that we may with perfect faith
Ever acknowledge thee,
The Spirit of Father, and of Son,
One God in Persons Three.

To God the Father laud and praise,
And to his blessed Son,
And to the Holy Spirit of Grace,
Co-equal Three in One.
And pray we, that our only Lord
Would please his Spirit to send
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 Fa

Ather, who, of thine infinite love and

severally upon the head of every one that receiveth the order of Priesthood; the Receivers humbly kneeling, and the Bishop saying,

Roffice and work of a Priest in the

ECEIVE the Holy Ghost for the

Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our 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.

Or this:

TAKE thou Authority to execute the

office of a Priest in the Church of God now committed to thee by the imposition of our hands; and be thou a faithful Dis penser 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.

T Then the Bishop shall deliver to every one of them kneeling, the Bible into his hand, saying,

When this is done, the Bishop shall go on in the Service of the Communion, which all they who 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 this Collect.

OST merciful Father, we beseech thee to send upon these thy servants, thy heavenly blessing; that they

goodness towards us, hast given to us thyAKE thou Authority to preach the word of God, and to minister the hoonly and most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, to be our Redeemer, and the Au-ly Sacraments in the Congregation where thor of everlasting life; who after he had thou shalt be lawfully appointed there made perfect our redemption by his death, unto. and was ascended into heaven,sentabroad 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 thy other 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 en-THE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts larged, through the same thy Son Jesus and minds in the knowledge and love of Christ our Lord; who liveth and reigneth God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our with thee in the unity of the same Holy Lord: And the blessing of God AlmighSpirit, world without end. Amen. ty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy When this prayer is done, the Bishop with Ghost, be amongst you and remain with the Priests present, shall lay their hands you ways. Amen.

may

be clothed with righteousness, and that thy word spoken by their mouths may have such success, that it may never be spoken in vain, Great also, that we may bave grace to hear and receive what they shall deliver out of thy most holy word, or agreeably 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.

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 Ephesians iv. 7 to 13, as before in this office. Immediately after which, they that are to be made Deacons, shall be examined, and ordained, as is above prescribed. Then one of them having read the Gospel, which shall be either out of Saint Matthew ix. 36, as before in this office; or else Saint Luke xii. 35 to 38, as before in the form for the Ordering of Deacons, they that are to be made Priests, shall likewise be examined, and ordained, as is in this office before appointed.

THE FORM OF

Ordaining or Consecrating a Bishop.

When all things are duly prepared in the Church, and set in order, after Morning Prayer is ended, the Presiding Bishop, or some other Bishop appointed by the Bishops present, shall begin the Communion Service, in which this shall be

The Collect.

sons, serving the Lord with all humility

ALMIGHTY God, who by thy Son Je- of mind, and with many tears and temp sus Christ didst give to thy holy tations, which befel me by the lying in Apostles many excellent gifts, and didst wait of the Jews: And how I kept back charge them to feed thy flock; give nothing that was profitable unto you, but grace, we beseech thee, to all Bishops, have showed you, and have taught you the Pastors of thy Church, that they may publicly, and from house to house, testidiligently preach thy word, and duly ad-fying both to the Jews, and also to the minister 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.

Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. And now, behold, I go bound in the Spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befal me there; save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, That bonds and afflictions abide me. And another Bishop shall read But none of these things move me, neiThe Epistle. 1 Tím. iii. 1. THIS THIS is a true saying, If a man desire ther count I my life dear unto myself, so the office of a Bishop, he desireth a and the ministry which I have received that I might finish my course with joy, good work. A Bishopthen must be blame of the Lord Jesus; to testify the Gospel less, the husband of one wife, vigilant, of the grace of God. And now, behold, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospi- I know that ye all, among whom I have tality, apt to teach, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but pa- gone preaching the kingdom of God, tient, not a brawler, not covetous; one I take you to record this day, that I am shall see my face no more. Wherefore that ruleth well his own house, having bis children in subjection with all gravi- pure from the blood of all men: For I ty, for if a man know not how to rule have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Take heed, therehis own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God? not a novice, lest fore, unto yourselves, and to all the flock, being lifted up with pride he fall into over the which the Holy Ghost hath the condemnation of the devil. More-made you overseers, to feed the Church over he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach, and the snare of the devil.

[blocks in formation]

his own blood. For I know this, that afof God, which he hath purchased with ter my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise,speaking perverse things, to draw

away disciples after them. Therefore

watch, and remember, that by the space of three years, I ceased not to warn every one, night and day, with tears. And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to

« AnteriorContinuar »