THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS.

unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breath­

ed on them, and saith unto them, BR

Receive ye the holy Ghost. Whose­soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose­soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

Or this. St. Matth. xxviii. 18.

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ESUS came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; teach­ing them to observe all things what­soever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.

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we present unto you this godly and well- learned man to be Ordained and Consecrated Bishop.

TAfter the Gospel, and the Nicene Creed, and the Sermon are ended, the Elected Bishop( vested with his Rochet) shall be presented by two Bishops unto the Arch­bishop of that province( or to some other

Bishop appointed by lareful commission) THAT it may please thee to bless

this our

sitting in the holy Table, and the Bishops that present him saying,

The Oath of due Obedience to the Archbishop.

T Then the Archbishop shall move the Con­gregation present to pray, saying thus to them:

and to send thy grace upon him, that he may duly execute the Office where­unto he is called, to the edifying of thy Church, and to the honour, praise and glory of thy Name;

Answer. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

T Then shall the Archbishop demand the Queen's Mandate for the Consecration, and cause it to be read. And then shall be ministered unto them the Oath of due

T Then shall be said this Prayer following.

Obedience to the Archbishop, as follow- ALMIGHTY God, giver of all

good things, Holy Spirit hast appointed divers Orders of Ministers in thy Church; Mer­cifully behold this thy servant now called to the Work and Ministry of a Bishop; and replenish him so with the truth of thy doctrine, and adorn him with innocency of life, that, both by word and deed, he may faith­fully serve thee in this Office, to the glory of thy Name, and the edifying and well- governing of thy Church; through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth

IN the Name of God. Amen. IN.

chosen Bishop of the Church and See of N. do profess and promise all due reverence and obedience to the Archbishop and to the Metropolitical Church of N. and to their Succes­sors: So help me God, through Jesus Christ.

RETHREN, it is written in the Gospel of Saint Luke, That our Saviour Christ continued the whole night in prayer, before he did choose and send forth his twelve Apostles. It is written also in the Acts of the Apostles, That the Disciples who were at Antioch did fast and pray, before they laid hands on Paul and Bar­nabas, and sent them forth. us therefore, following the example of our Saviour Christ, and his A­postles, first fall to prayer, before we admit, and send forth this per­son presented unto us, to the work whereunto we trust the Holy Ghost hath called him.

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This Oath shall not be made at the Con­secration of an Archbishop. 391

1 And then shall be said the Litany, as be­fore in the Form of Ordering Deacons, save only, that after this place That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops, & c. the proper Suffrage there following shall be omitted, and this inserted in­stead of it;