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THE

FORM AND MANNER

OF

MAKING OF DEACONS.

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. The Bishop.

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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.

T The Archdeacon shall answer,

I HAVE enquired of them, and

also examined them, and think them so to be.

T Then the Bishop shall say unto the people:

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 shew 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.

T 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. O God the Father, of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

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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 sin­

ners.

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

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