The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church

Enable with perpetual light
The dulness of our blinded sight:
Anoint and cheer our soiled face
With the abundance of thy grace:
Keep far our foes, give peace at horse,
Where thou art guide, no ili 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.

Or this:

COME, Holy Ghost, eternal God,

Proceeding from above,

oceeding

Son,

Both from the Father and the
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.
Thou art the very Comforter
In grief and all distress;
The heavenly gift of God most High;
No tongue can it express;
The foustain 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 Churca 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 Resound in every place. O Holy Ghost, into our minds Send down thy heavenly light; Kindle our hearts with fervent zeal, To serve God day and night: Our weakness strengthen and confirm, For, Lord, thou know'st us frail; That neither devil, world, nor flesh Against us may prevail. Put back our eneintes far from us,

And help us to obtain

may

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 dissensiou

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 night,
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 land 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 ended, the Presiding Bishop shall say, LORD, hear our prayer; Ans. And let our cry come unto thee.

Presiding Bishop. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY GOD and most merciful Father, who of thine infinite goodness hast given thine only and dearly beloved Son JESUS CHRIST, to be our Redeemer, and the author of everlasting life; who, after tha he had made perfect our redemption by his death, and was ascended into heaven, poured down his gifts abundantly upon men, making some Apostles, some Prophets, some Evangelists, some Pastors and Doctors, to the edifying and making perfect his Church; grant, we beseech thee, to this thy servant such grace, that he may evermore be ready to spread abroad thy Gospel, the glad tidings of reconciliation with thee; and use the authority given him, not to destruction, but to salvation; not to hurt, but to help: so that as a wise and faithful servant, giving to thy family their portion in due season, he may at last be received into everlasting joy, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord, who, with thee and the HOLY GHOST, liveth and reigneth, one GOD, world without end. Amen.

Then the Presiding Bishop, and Bishops present, shall lay their hands upon the head of the elected Bishop kneeling before them, the Presiding Bishop saying,

RECEIVE the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Bishop in the Church of GOD, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands. In the name of the FATHER, and of the SON, and of the HOLY GHOST. Ainen. And remember that thou stir up the grace of GOD, which is given thee by this imposition of our hands: for God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and love, and soberness.

Then the Presiding Bishop shall deliver him the Bible, saying,

GIVE heed unto reading, exhortation, and doctrine; think upon the things contained in this book; be

diligent in them, that the increase and so endue him with thy holy coming thereby may be manifest Spirit, that he preaching thy word, unto all men; for by so doing thou may not only be earnest to reprove, shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee. Be to the flock of CHRIST a shepherd, not a wolf; feed them, devour them not hold up the weak, heal the sick, bind up the broken, bring again the outcasts, seek the lost. Be so merciful, that you be not too remiss; so minister discipline, that you forget not mercy; that when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, you may receive the never-fading crown of glory, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

beseech, and rebuke with all patience and doctrine; but also may be to such as believe, a wholesome example in word, in conversation, in love, in faith, in chastity, and in purity; that faithfully fulfilling his course, at the latter day he may receive the crown of righteousness laid up by the LORD, the righteous Judge, who liveth and reigneth one GOD with the FATHER and the HOLY GHOST, world without end. Amen.

THE peace of GOD, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of GOD, and of his Son JESUS 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.

THE LITANY AND SUFFRAGES.

O GOD, the FATHER of heaven ;| O holy, blessed, and glorious TRIhave mercy upon us miserable sin-NITY, three persons and one GOD; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

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O GOD, the FATHER of heaven; have mercy upon us miserable sin

Remember not, LORD, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us, good LORD, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed 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 all inordinate and sinful affections; and from all the deceits

of the world, the flesh, and the to the order of Deacons [or Priestes 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 doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word and commandinent;

Good LORD, deliver us. By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation; by thy holy Nativity_and Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation;

Good LORD, deliver us.

By thine Agony and bloody Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion; by thy precious Death and Burial; and by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension; and by the coming of the HOLY GHOST;

Good LORD, deliver us.

In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our prosperity; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment; Good LORD, deliver us.

We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O LORD GOD; and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in the right way;