in Ex Psalmis 127. 84. vain to build it except the Lord keepeth the city the watchman waketh but in vain 2. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee in whose heart are thy ways 3. They go from strength to strength every one of them in Sion appeareth before God 4. How amiable are thy Tabernacles O Lord of Hosts 5. My soul longeth ye even fainteth for the courts of the Lord my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God when shall I come and appear before the presence of God 6. The sparrow hath found her an house and the swallow a nest for her self where she may lay her young even thy altars O Lord of Hosts my King and my God 7. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be always praising thee 8. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness 9. For the Lord God is a Sun and a shield the Lord will give grace and glory and no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly 10. O Lord of hosts blessed is the man that trusteth in thee Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Then shall the Bishop go to the vault appointed in the Church for the burial place in case there be any or else standing in the most open pavement of the Church the Archdeacon shall read this lesson ¶ The Lesson in the Coemetery ANd when the Inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard of 1 Sam. 31. 11. that which the Philistims had done to Saul all the valiant men arose and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the walls of Bethshan and came to Jabesh and burnt them there And they took their bones and buried them under a tree at Jabesh and fasted seven days And they told David saying that the men of Jabesh 2 Sam. 2. 4. Oilead were they that buried Saul And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh Gilead and said unto them Blessed be ye of the Lord that ye have shewed this kindness unto your Lord even unto Saul and have buried him And the son of David King Solomon said If a man Eccless 6. 3. beget an hundred children and live many years so that the days of his years be many and his soul be filled with good and also that he have no burial I say that an untimely birth is better than he And so I saw the wicked buried who had come and Eccless 8. 10. gone from the place of the Holy and they were forgoten in the city where they had so done But let a man remember the days of darkness for they chap. 11. 8. shall be many For the dust shall return to the earth as it was and the chap. 12. 7. Spirit shall return unto God that gave it ¶ Then the Bishop standing in the same place shall pray O Almighty God with whom do live the spirits of them that die in the Lord grant unto all thy servants whose bodies shall be buried in this dormitory that they may lie down with the righteous and their souls may be gathered unto their Fathers in the bosom of Christ and their bodies may rest in peace unto the latter day and when thy holy Son shall come to judge both the quick and the dead they may hear the sentence of the right hand and may have their perfect consummation and bliss in thine eternal and everlasting glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Bishop with the Clergy attending shall go to the Font and the Verger or Clerk presenting pure water to him he shall pour the water into the Font. ¶ Then shall the senior Priest read this Lesson ¶ The Lesson at the Font. ANd Jesus came and spake unto them saying All power Mat. 28. 18. 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 which I have commanded you and lo I am with you alway even unto the end of the world Amen Then shall the Bishop pray O Eternal God Fountain of all Purity bless and sanctifie the waters which thou hast ordained and constituted for the mystical washing away of sin and grant unto all those who shall come hither to be presented unto thee and be washed in this Lavatory that they may receive the baptism of the Spirit and may have a title and portion in repentance remission of sins and all the promises of the Gospel that they may not onely have the washing of the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience towards God that they dying unto sin and being buried with Christ in his death may live unto righteousness and become thy Disciples in an unreproveable faith and a perfect obedience and at last may partake of the Resurrection of thy Son to life Eternal through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Bishop shall go attended as before to the Pulpit and laying his hand upon it shall appoint one of the Priests to read the following Lesson The Lesson at the Pulpit I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus 2 Tim. 4. 1. Christ who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom Preach the Word be instant in season and out of season reprove rebuke exhort with all long suffering and doctrine For the time will come that they will not endure sound doctrine but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers having itching ears This is a faithful saying and these things I will that thou Tit. 3. 8. affirm constantly that they who have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works these things are good and profitable unto men But avoid foolish questions and genealogies and contentions and strivings about the Law for they are unprofitable and vain But let the man of God watch in all things endure afflictions 2 Tim. 4. 5. do the work of an Evangelist and make full proof of his Ministery ¶ Then shall the Bishop pray O Almighty God who by thy Word and by thy Spirit dost instruct thy servants and teach them all truth and lead them in the way of salvation Grant that this place may be always filled with wise and holy persons who may dispense thy word faithfully according to the ability thou givest and the charge which thou imposest and the duty thou requirest giving to every one their portion in due season and feeding the flock of God not of constraint or of necessity but willingly and cheerfully not for filthy lucres sake but readily and of a good mind O
be honored with all their heart and all their strength and grant that these gifts may be received into the lot and right of God and of Religion and the Donours be continued for ever in the lot of thine inheritance that by thy grace accepting these gifts they may in all their other possessions be blessed and by the use of these gifts in the Ministeries of thy holy Religion they may be sanctified and by a Guard of Angels they may be preserved from all evil and by the perpetual presence of thy holy Spirit they may be lead into all good and accepted to pardon and preserved in peace and promoted in holiness and conducted certainly to life Eternal through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Bishop shall go to the North end of the H. Table and turning to the people shall say The Lord be with you Answer And with thy Spirit Let us pray I. O Most Glorious and Eternal God who makest all things by thy power and adornest all things with thy bounty and fillest all things with thy goodness and sanctifiest the hearts and gifts of thy servants by thy Spirit we worship and adore thy glories who fillest all the world by thy presence and sustainest it by thy Almightiness We love and magnifie thy mercies that thou hast been pleased to enable and admit thy servants to build an house to thee * That clause is to be omitted when the Bishop only dedicates any oblation and so are the other clauses which are inclosed in and out of thine own store to give gifts to thee who givest all that we possess We humbly pray thee by the Death and Passion by the Resurrection and Ascension and by the glorious Intercession of our Lord that thou wouldst vouchsafe to sanctifie this house and these gifts to thy service by the effusion of thy holiness from above Let the Sun of Righteousness for ever shine here and let the brightest illumination of the holy Spirit fill this place and fill all our hearts for ever with thy glorious presence That which we have blessed do thou bless that which we offer do thou accept that which we place here do thou visit graciously and for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen II. LEt this house be for the Religious uses of thy servants let it be the abode of Angels let it be the place of thy Name and for the glory of thy Grace and for the mention and honour and the memorial of the Lord Jesus Let no unclean thing ever enter here Drive from hence all sacrilegious hands all superstitious Rites all prophane persons all proud and unquiet Schismaticks all misbelieving Hereticks Let not the powers of darkness come hither nor the secret arrow ever smite any here Let no corrupt ayre and no corrupt communication no blood-shed and no unclean action ever pollute this place dedicated to thy holiness By the multitudes of thy mercies and propitiations to the visitors of this place coming with devotion and charity let there be peace and abundance of thy blessings Hear them that shall call upon thee sanctifie their Oblations let the good Word of God come upon them and dispense thy good things unto them Let the title of this Church abide until the second coming of Christ and let thy Holy Table stand prepar'd with the blessings of a Celestial Banquet Bless the gifts and the givers the dwellers and the dwelling and grant unto us here present and to all that shall come after us that by the participation of thy heavenly graces we may obtain Eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen III. O Eternal God who art pleas'd to manifest thy presence amongst the sons of men by the special issues of thy favour and benediction make our bodies and souls to be Temples pure and holy apt for the entertainments of the Holy Jesus and for the inhabitation of thy holy Spirit Lord be pleas'd with the powers of thy grace to cast out all impure lusts all worldly affections all covetous desires from these thy Temples that they may be places of prayer and holy meditation of godly desires and chaste thoughts of pure intentions and great zeal to please thee that we also may become Sacrifices as well as Temples eaten up with the zeal of thy glory and even consumed with the fires of thy love that not one thought may be entertain'd by us but such as may be like perfume exhaling from the Altar of Incense and not a word may pass from us but may have the accent of Heaven in it and sound pleasantly in thy ears O dearest God fill every faculty of our souls with the impresses of Religion that we loving thee above all things in the world worshipping thee with frequent and humblest adorations continually feeding upon the apprehensions of thy Divine sweetness and living in a daily observation of thy Divine Commandments and delighted with the perpetual feast of a holy Conscience may by thy Spirit be seal'd up to the day of Redemption and the fruition of thy glories in thine everlasting Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee O Father of mercies Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and with thee O blessed and Eternal Spirit the Comforter all honour and power be ascribed from generation to generation for ever and ever Amen ¶ Then adde the Prayer of S. Clement GOd the beholder and discerner of all things the Lord Clement 1 epist ad Corinth in fine of Spirits and all flesh who hath chosen our Lord Jesus and us through him to be a peculiar people grant unto every soul that calleth upon his glorious and holy Name faith and fear peace and patience long-suffering and temperance with purity and wisdom to the well-pleasing of his Name through our High Priest and Ruler by whom unto him be glory and Majestie both now and to all ages evermore Amen ¶ Then the Bishop arising shall sit in his Chair at the South end of the H. Table and being covered shall cause the Chancellor to read the Instrument of Consecration and give command that it be entred into the Registry and an Act made of it in perpetuam rei memoriam A Duplicate of which Instrument attested under the Registers hand and seal of the Office is to remain with the Patron or Founder and the Original with the Bishop ¶ After which this Anathematism shall be read by him and his Clergy alternately all standing up ¶ The Anathematism KEep not thou silence O God hold not thy peace Ex Psalmis 79. 83. 129. and be not still O God 2. Let not thine Enemies make a tumult and they that hate thee lift up their head 3. Let them not come into thine inheritance to defile thy holy Temple lest they lay waste thy dwelling places and break down the carved work thereof with axes and hammers 4. Make their Nobles like Oreb and Zeeb yea all their princes like Zeba and Zalmunna 5. Who say let us take to
our selves the houses of God in possession 6. O my God make them like unto a wheel as the stubble before the wind 7. As the fire burneth the wood and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire 8. So persecute them with thy tempest and make them afraid with thy storm 9. Fill their faces with shame that they may seek thy Name O Lord. 10. That men may know that thou whose Name is Jehovah art the most High over all the earth 11. For the Lord is righteous he will cut asunder the chords of the wicked 12. Let them all be asham'd that hate Sion 13. Let them be as the grass upon the house tops which withereth before it groweth up 14. Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom 15. Neither do they which go by say The blessing of the Lord be upon you we bless you in the name of the Lord. The Bishop Glory be to God on high Answer And on earth peace to men of good will Bishop Amen Answer Amen ¶ Then shall the Bishop conclude with this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Acclamation the Clergy answering alternately ¶ The Bishop first saying SEing now dearly beloved in the Lord that by the blessing of God and his gracious favour we have dedicated to God this House of Prayer and these gifts for the Ministeries of Religion let us give hearty thanks to Almighty God for these benefits and say 1. PRaise ye the Lord praise God in his sanctuary Ex Psalmis 150. 68. 87. 99. 100. praise him in the firmament of his power 2. Blessed be the Lord who daily loadeth us with benefits even the God of our salvation 3. He that is our God is the God of salvation and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death 4. The chariots of God are twenty thousand even thousands of Angels the Lord is among them as in Sinai in the holy place 5. They have seen the goings of God even the goings of my God my King in the sanctuary 6. The singers went before the players on instruments followed after amongst them were the damsels playing with the timbrels 7. Bless ye God in the congregations even the Lord from the fountains of Israel 8. Thy God hath commanded thy strength strengthen O God that which thou hast wrought in us 9. O God thou art terrible out of thy Holy places the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people Blessed be God 10. His foundations is in the holy mountains The Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 11. Glorious things are spoken of thee O thou city of God and of Sion it shall be said This and that man was born in her and the highest himself shall establish her 12. Exalt ye the Lord our God and worship at his footstool for he is holy 13. Moses and Aaron among his Priests and Samuel among them that call upon his name they called upon his name and he answered them 14. Thou answeredst them O Lord our God thou wast a God that forgavest them though thou didst take vengeance of their inventions 15. Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his holy hill for the Lord our God is holy 16. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him and bless his name ¶ Then shall all together say FOr the Lord is good his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth to all generations Bishop Worship Jesus Answer We worship and adore the great King of heaven and earth the blessed Saviour of the world Bishop Holy is our God Answer Holy is the Almighty Bishop Holy is the Immortal All together Holy Holy Holy Lord God of Sabbath blessed be thy Name in Heaven and Earth for ever and ever Amen Amen So ends the Office of Consecration ¶ Then the Bell tolling a little in the interval the Bishop shall appoint the Dean to read the Morning Prayer or first Service in the reading Desk ¶ The Psalms appointed for the day Psalm 122 125 132. ¶ The first Lesson is Gen. 28. verse 10. unto the end Or else 1 Kings 8. verse 10. unto verse 62. exclusively ¶ The second Lesson is S. Matthew 21. ver 1. unto v. 17. inclusively ¶ At the end of the Letany the Bishop shall confirm such persons as can be conveniently brought to him fitted to that purpose ¶ The Bishop shall read the second Service and administer the Communion ¶ The Epistle is taken out of the third of the Acts verss 1. unto vers 16. inclusively ¶ The Gospel is Luke 7. vers 1. to the 10. inclusively ¶ The Collect to be said at Morning prayer and the Communion together with the Collect of the day O Almighty God who dwellest amongst thy Saints and hast plac'd thy Tabernacle in the hearts of thy servants give thy heavenly blessings and encrease to the place where thine honour dwelleth that what is founded by thy Providence and built according to thy Commandment may be established for ever and blessed in all things by thy Eternal goodness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen AN OFFICE To be used in the Restauration OF A CHURCH ¶ When the Fabrick of a Church is ruined and a new Church built upon the same foundation the Bishop attended by his Clergy shall enter into the Church-yard and go in procession round about the Church new built and recite alternately Psalm 74. O God wherefore art thou absent from us so long why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture 2. O think upon thy congregation whom thou hast purchased and redeemed of old 3. Think upon the tribe of thine inheritance and mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt 4. Lift up thy feet that thou mayest utterly destroy every enemy which hath done evil in thy sanctuary 5. Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy congregations and set up their banners for tokens 6. He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees was known to bring it to an excellent work 7. But now they break down all the carved work thereof with axes and hammers 8. They have set fire upon thy holy places and have defiled the dwelling-place of thy Name even unto the ground 9. Yea they said in their hearts Let us make havock of them altogether thus have they burnt up all the houses of God in the land 10. We see not our tokens there is not one prophet more no not one is there among us that understandeth any more 11. O God how long shall the adversary do this dishonour how long shall the enemy blaspheme thy Name for ever 12. Why withdrawest thou thy hand why pluckest thou not thy right hand out of thy bosom to consume the enemy 13. For God is my King of old the help that is done upon earth he doth it himself 14. Thou didst divide the sea through thy power thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the