Part 122 (1/2)

Put back our enemy far from us, and help us to obtain

_Peace in our hearts with G.o.d 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 dissension 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 G.o.d in Persons Three_.

To G.o.d 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.

Almighty G.o.d 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 wors.h.i.+p 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 shew 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_,

Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Priest in the Church of G.o.d, 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 G.o.d, 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_,

Take thou authority to preach the Word of G.o.d, 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_.