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A39974 A Form of consecration or dedication of churches and chappels together with what may be used in the restauration of ruined churches and expiation of churches desecrated or prophan'd. 1666 (1666) Wing F1566; ESTC R36465 20,012 41

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A FORM OF CONSECRATION or DEDICATION OF CHURCHES AND Chappels Together with What may be used in the Restauration OF RVINED CHVRCHES AND EXPIATION of CHURCHES Desecrated or Prophan'd Dublin Printed by John Crook Printerto the K●●●● Most Excellent Majesty and are to be so●● by Sam. Dancer in Castle-street 1666 Imprimatur Haecformula Consecrationis c. Ja. Armachanus Mich. Dublin Can. A FORM OF CONSECRATION OR Dedication of Churches and Chappels according to the use of the Church of Ireland ¶ THe Patron or the chief of the Parish where a new Church is erected is to give timely notice to the Bishop of the Diocess and humbly to desire him to appoint a convenient time some Lords day or other great Festival of the Church for performance of the solemnity ¶ At the day appointed the Bishop with a convenient number of his Clergy of which the Dean or Archdeacon to be one and the Chancellor of the Diocess and his Register shall come between the hours of eight and ten in the morning and when they are neer the bell is to ring till they be entred into the Church appointed to be consecrated ¶ First the Bishop and his Clergy together with the Patron or his Deputy shall go round about the Coemitery or Church-yard which done the Bishop and his Clergy shall enter into the Church at the West door the Patron and people standing without while the Bishop and Priests do vest themselves in their respective Ecclesiastick habits ¶ When they are vested they shall kneel down in the body of the Church with their faces to the East and say together OUr Father which art in heaven hallowed be thy Name thy Kingdom come thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil Amen ¶ Then the Bishop shall pray PRevent us O Lord in all our doings with thy most gracious favour and further us with thy continual help that in all our works begun continued and ended in thee we may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then rising up they shall go together to the West door and the Dean or Archdeacon on one hand and the Chancellour on the other shall bring the Patron to the threshold of the West door and present him to the Bishop who shall thus say to him SIr I am come hither at your desire I ask therefore for what intent you have desir'd my coming ¶ The Patron shall answer or some of the Clergy at his request and appointment shall answer for him HE hath or mutatis mutandis I have caused a house to be built for the service of God and the publick Ministeries of Religion and separated a burying place for my dead and his or my humble desire is that it may be set apart from all common and prophane uses and dedicated to the honour of God by your prayers and holy Ministeries according to the Word of God and the Laws and Customs of this Church ¶ Then shall the Bishop say WHiles it remained was it not thine own and before it is given to God was it not in thine own power but when once you give it to God it can never be recalled but is in his propriety for ever ¶ The Patron or his Deputy shall answer I humbly desire he will be graciously pleased to accept it and that it may remain his own for his service and his honour for ever ¶ Then shall the Patron kneel down and receive the Bishops blessing in the words following ¶ The Bishop laying his hand upon or lifting it over the Patrons head shall say THe Lord bless you and prosper you the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be merciful unto you Remember thy servant O God concerning this also accept his gift sanctifie his heart purifie his intentions reward his loving kindness and spare him according to the greatness of thy mercies Enrich him and his family with all blessings of thy Spirit and thy Providence for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen And now in the Name of God and to the honour of our Lord Jesus Christ let us perform this Ministery ¶ Then the Patron arising the Bishop shall call for the instrument of Donation which the Bishop receiving from the hands of the Patron shall deliver to the Register to be read publikely in that place ¶ Which being done all may enter into the Church Then shall the Bishop attended by his Clergy kneel in the body of the Church before the Chancel door at a convenient distance upon a footstep raised higher than the floor and shall say Let us pray I. BLessed be thou O Lord God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for ever and ever Thine O Lord is the greatness 1 Chron. 29. 10 c. and the power and the glory and the victory and the Majestie All that is in the heavens and in the earth is thine Thine is the Kingdom O Lord and thou art exalted as head above all Both riches and honour come of thee and thou reignest over all and in thine hand is power and might and in thine hand it is to make great and to give strength unto all Now therefore our God we thank thee and praise thy glorious Name that thou hast put it into the heart of thy servants to build a house for the honour of thy Name and the service of thy Majestie O Lord our God What are we and what is this people that from thy servants any thing should be given and offered unto thee by us All things come of thee and of thy own we give unto thee But we know also O God that thou triest the heart and hast pleasure in uprightness O Lord God of our Fathers God of mercy and Father of men and Angels keep this and all thankfulness and piety and devotion in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy servants for ever and prosper thou the works of our hands unto us O prosper thou our handy-work Confirm this thing which thou hast wrought in us from thy holy Temple which is in Jerusalem which is from above and is the Mother of us all And for ever be pleased to imploy us in thy service to strengthen us in all obedience to lead us in the way everlasting and to accept us in those Religious duties which we shall perform by thy Commandment and by the assistances of thy holy Spirit through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen II. O Almighty and Eternal God who by thy Immensity fillest all places both in heaven and earth and canst not be limited or circumscrib'd in any Thou art the most High and dwellest not as we do in houses made with hands for Heaven is thy Throne and the earth is thy foot-stool And what house can we build for
waters 15. Thou smotest the heads of Leviathan in pieces and gavest him to be meat for the people in the wilderness 16. Thou broughtest out fountains and waters out of the hard rocks thou driedst up mighty waters 17. The day is thine and the night is thine thou hast prepared the light and the sun 18. Thou hast set all the borders of the earth thou hast made summer and winter 19. Remember this O Lord how the enemy hath rebuked and how the foolish people hath blasphemed thy Name 20. O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the multitude of the enemies and forget not the congregation of the poor for ever 21. Look upon the covenant for all the earth is full of darkness and cruel habitations 22. O let not the simple go away ashamed but let the poor and needy give praise unto thy Name 23. Arise O God maintain thine own cause remember how the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily 24. Forget not the voice of thine enemies the presumption of them that hate thee encreaseth ever more and more ¶ Then entring into the Church the Bishop and Clergy shall vest themselves which being done and the people in their places the Bishop shall kneel down in the body of the Church on a footstool rais'd above the floor and say OUr Father which art in Heaven hallowed be thy Name thy Kingdom come thy will be done in earth as it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil ¶ The Clergy and people repeating after him every petition ¶ Then shall the Bishop say PRevent us O Lord in all our doings with thy most gracious favour and further us with thy continual help that in all our works begun continued and ended in thee we may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Bishop standing up with his face to the people shall pray in the words of Ezra paucis mutatis ut sequitur O Lord our God we are asham'd and blush to lift up our faces unto thee O God for our iniquities are Ezra 9. increased over our heads and our trespasses grown up unto the heavens Since the days of our Fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day and for our iniquities have we our Kings and our Priests been delivered unto the hands of our Enemies to the sword and to the spoil and to confusion of face as it is this day And now for a little space hath grace been shewed to us from the Lord our God to leave us a remnant to escape and to give us a nail in his holy place that our God may lighten our eyes give us a little reviving from our afflictions For our God hath not forsaken us but hath extended mercy to us in the sight of our enemies to give us a reviving to set up the house of our God and to repair the desolations thereof And now O our God what shall we say after this For we have forsaken thy Commandments which thou hast commanded us by thy servants the Prophets And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespasses seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve and hast given us such a deliverance as this should we again break thy Commandments Wouldst not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us O Lord God of Heaven and earth thou art righteous and just and true thou art also good and gracious and of great mercy and loving kindness and though thou hast punished us for our inventions yet thou hast forgiven our misdeeds and restor'd us to a rejoycing this day O give unto us abundance of thy grace that we may no more provoke thee to anger or to jealousie that we may never force thee to severity and to pour forth thy heavy judgements upon us but give us thy holy Spirit to lead us in the ways of righteousness and to prepare us for thy mercies for ever Defend thy Church and bless thine inheritance feed them and set them up for ever So shall we thy people give thee thanks in the Congregation of thy redeemed ones and rejoyce in giving thee praises for the operations of thy hands who hast mightily delivered thy sons and servants through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall be said or sung Psalm 144. alternately BLessed be the Lord my strength who teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight 2. My hope and my fortress my castle and deliliverer my defender in whom I trust who subdueth my people that is under me 3. Lord what is man that thou hast such respect unto him or the son of man that thou so regardest him 4. Man is like a thing of nought his time passeth away like a shadow 5. Bow thy heavens O Lord and come down touch the mountains and they shall smoke 6. Cast forth thy lightning and tear them shoot out thine arrows and consume them 7. Send down thine hand from above deliver me and take me out of the great waters from the hand of strange children 8. Whose mouth talketh of vanity and their right hand is a right hand of wickedness 9. I will sing a new song unto thee O God and sing praises unto thee upon a ten-stringed lute 10. Thou hast given victory unto kings and hast delivered David thy servant from the peril of the sword 11. Save me and deliver me from the hand of strange children whose mouth talketh of vanity and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity 12. That our sons may grow up as the young plants and that our daughters may be as the polished corners of the temple 13. That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets 14. That our oxen may be strong to labour that there be no decay no leading into captivity and no complaining in our streets 15. Happy are the people that are in such a case yea blessed are the people who have the Lord for their God ¶ After which the Bishop attended with the Clergy shall go to the Font and use the same Office as is appointed for the consecration or dedication of Churches and so to the end Omitting the word place or places because the place was consecrated before and so was the Coemetery In other things proceed without change ¶ The first Lesson at Morning prayer shall be Haggai 1. ¶ The second Lesson Luke 12. beginning at verse 32. to the end ¶ The Collect the same as is used at Morning-prayer in the Office of consecration A SHORT OFFICE FOR EXPIATION ILLUSTRATION OF A CHURCH Desecrated or Prophan'd ¶ IF a Church hath been desecrated by murther and blood-shed by uncleanness