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The form of consecration of a church or chappel. And of the place of Christian buriall. / Exemplified by the R.R.F. in God, Lancelot late lord-bishop of Winchester, in the consecration of the Chappel of Jesus in the foresaid diocess.
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Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.
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dwellest not in Temples made with hands as saith the Prophet yet hast ever vouchsafed to accept the devout endeavours of thy poor servants allotting special places for thy Divine Worship promising even there to hear and grant their requests I humbly beseech thee to accept of this days duty and service of dedicating this Chappel to thy great and glorious Name Fulfill O Lord I pray thee thy gracious promises that whatsoever prayer in this sacred place shall be made according to thy will may be accepted by thy gracious favour and returned with their desir'd success to thy glory and our Comfort Amen Post benedictionem populi cantatur Psalm 132. conscenditque suggestum M. Robinson Theol. Bac. Fundatoris sum mo rogatu Episcopus hoc ei tandem concessit geminas sorores ille atque Fundator in uxores duxerant sed utrâque defunctâ jane tertiis gaudebat thalamis Concionator Thema ejus desumptum è 28. Cap. Gen. vers 16 17. inter coetera doctè egit de omnipraesentiâ Divinâ ubivi◠Locorum tum speciatim pro beneplacito suo in Ecclesia deque reverentiâ veneratione ibi debitâ Pergitur in Liturgiâ quâ Mulier quaedam paupercula purificanda ad limen Cancellorum accedens genua flectit gratiásque post partum solenni Ecclesiae ritu agit Baptizandus autem vel Matrimonio jungendus nullus aderat Itur dein ad Coenae Dominicae administrationem Sacellanorum altero ad Australem altero ad Septentrionalem partem sacrae mensae genn flectente dicente OUr Father c. Ante Epistolae lectionem hanc specialem Collectam unà cum Collectâ solitâ pro Rege recitat Sacellanorum alter MOst blessed Saviour who by thy bodily presence at the Feast of Dedication didst honour and approve such devout and religious services as we have now in hand be thou present also at this time with us and consecrate us into an Holy Temple unto thy self that thou dwelling in our hearts by Faith we may be cleansed from all carnal affections and devoutly given to serve thee in all good works Amen Epistolam secundus Sacellanus ante Sacram Mensam stans legit ex 1 Cor. cap. 3. à vers 16. ad fluem SS Evangelium prior Sacellanus ibidem stans recitat ex 100. cap. S. Johannis à vers 22. ad finem Dein Symbolum Nioenum omnibus etiam stantibus Post illa Episcopus sede suâ egressus coram sacrâ mensâ sese provoluit atque ait Let us pray the prayer of King Solomon which he prayed in the day of the Dedication of his Temple the first Temple that ever was 2 Chron. 6. ab initio vers 18. ad versum 42. quo finito ait THus prayed King Solomon and the Lord appeared unto him and answered and said unto him I have heard thy prayer and have chosen this place for my self to be an house of Sacrifice 2 Chron. 7.12 Thus did God answer We have prayed with Solomon answer us O Lord and our prayer as thou didst him and his Behold the face of thine Anointed even Christ our Saviour and for his sake grant our requests Dein in Cathedram ibidemse collocat assidentibus Thoma Ridley Cancellario Episcopi à dextris à sinistris vero Doctore Barlo Archidiacono Winton Actumque Consecrationis pileo tectus promulgat in hanc formam IN nomine Domini Amen Cum strenuus vir Richardus Smith de Peertree in Comitatu Southampt Armiger pia Religiosa Devotione ductus Capellam hanc in quodam solo vasto vocato Ridgway-heath juxta aedes suas communiter nuncupatas Peer-tree infra Parodhiam Ecclesiae paroch Beatae Mariae juxta villam Southampt Dioceseos jurisdectionis nostrae continentem intra muros ejusdem in longitudine ab Oriente ad Occidentem 50 pedes dimid aut circiter in latitu dine vero ab Aquilone ad Austrum 20 pedes dimid aut circiter propriis sais sumptibus aedificaverit erexerit construxerit eandemque Capellam Cancellis ligneis distinxerit sacra Mensa decenter instructa Baptisterio Pulpito sedibus convenientibus tam infra super solum quam supra in modum Galeriae Campana etiam alliisque necessariis ad divinum cultum sufficienter decenter ornaverit nobisque supplicaverit tam suo nomine quam aliorum inhabitantium in villa de Weston ac Hamlettis de Itchin Ridgway ac quorundam etiam inhabitantium in Manerio nostro de Bitterne de Parochia praedicta quatenus nos authoritate nostra ordinaria Episcopali pro nobis successoribus nostris dictam Capellam ab usibus pristinis communibus profanis quibuscunque separare in usus sacros divinos consecrare dedicare dignaremur Nos Lancelotus permissione divina Winton Episcopus pio religioso tam ipsius quam aliorum in villa et Hamlettis praedictis habitantium desiderio in hac parte favorabiliter annuentes ad Consecrationem Capellae hujus de novo propriis sumptibus dicti strenui viri Richardi Smith sic ut praefertur erectae et ornatae authoritate nostra ordinaria et Episcopali procedentes eandem Capellam ab omni communi et profano usu in perpetuum separamus et soli divino cultui ac divinorum celebrationi in perpetuum addicimus dicamus dedicamus Ac insuper eadem authoritate nostra ordinaria et Episcopali pro nobis et Successoribus nostris licentiam pariter et facultatem in Domino concedimus ad rem divinam ibidem faciendam nempe Preces publicas et sacram Ecclesiae Litwrgiam recitandam ad Verbum Dei sincere proponendum et praedicandum Sacramenta Sacrae Eucharistiae et Baptismatis in eadem ministranda Matrimonia solemnizanda Mulieres post puerperium ad gratiarum actionem publicam recipiendas et adjuvandas Mortuos sepeliendos caeteraque quaecanque peragenda quae in aliis Capellis licite fieri possunt et solent Ac tam Presbytero in Capella praedicta deservituro preces divinas dicendi coeteraque praemissa faciendi quam Domino Ric. Smith et Familiae ejus reliquisque in dictis locis habitantibus preces divinas audiendi coeteraque praemissa percipiendi plenam in Domino potestatem concedimus Eandemque Capellam ad levamen Anglice a Chappel of Ease sub dicta Ecclesia parochiali B. Mariae juxta villam Southamp tanquam Matrice Ecclesia sua quantum in nobis est et de jure divino Canonibus Ecclesiae et Statutis hujus Regni Angliae possumus in honorem Dei et sacros inhabitantium usus nunc et in futurum consecramus per nomen Capellae JESU in Parochia sanctae Mariae juxta villam Southampt et sic consecratam fuisse et esse et in futuris perpetuis temporibus remanere debere palam et publice pronunclamus decernimus et declaramus et per nomen Capellae JESU nominamus et appellamus et sic perpetuis futuris temporibus nominandam et appellandam fore decernimus
to erect a stone in Bethel to be an house to thee which act of hâ—s thou didst call for and highly allow of By expresse Commandment from thine own mouth So did Moses make thee the Tabernacle of the Congregation in the Desert which thou didst honour by covering it with a Cloud and filling it with thy Glory And after when it came into the heart of thy servant David to think it was in no wise fitting that himself should dwell in an house of Cedar and the Ark of God remain but in a Tabernacle thou didst testifie with thine own mouth that in that David was so minded to build a House to thy Name it was well done of him to be so minded though he built it not The material Furniture for which house though his Father plentifully prepared yet Solomon his Son built it and brought it to perfection To which House thou wer 't pleased visibly to send fire from Heaven to consume the Sacrifice and to fill it with the Glory of thy presence before all the people And after when for the sins of thy people that Temple was destroyed thou didst by thy Prophets Aggai and Zachary by shewing how inconvenient it was that they should dwell in seeled houses and let thy house lye waste stir up the spirit of Zorobabel to build thee the second Temple anew which second House likewise by the fulness of the Glory of thy presence thou didst shew thy self to like and allow of Neither only wer't thou well pleased with such as did build thee these Temples but even with such of the people afterwards as being moved with Zeal added unto their Temple their Mother Church lesser places of prayer by the names of Synagogues in every Town thorowout the Land for the Tribes to ascend up to worship thee to learn thy holy will and to do it Which very Act of the Centurion to build thy people a Synagogue thou didst well approve and commend in the Gospel And by the bodily presence of thy Son our Saviour at the feast of the Dedication testified by S. John didst really well allow of and do honour to such devout Religious services as we are now about to perform Which also by thy holy Word hast taught us that thine Apostles themselves and the Christians in their time as they had houses to eat and drink in so had they also where the whole Congregation of the Faithful came together in one place which they expresly called Gods Church and would not have it despised nor abused nor eaten nor drunken in but had in great Reverence being the very place of their holy Assemblies By whose godly examples the Christians in all Ages successively have erected and consecrated sundry godly houses for the Celebration of Divine Service and Worship Monuments of their Piety and Devotion as our eyes see this day We then as Fellow-Citizens with the Saints and of the Houshold of God being built upon the Foundation of the Apostles and Prophets Jesus Christ himself being the head corner-stone walking in the steps of their most holy Faith and ensuing the examples of these thy Patriarchs Prophets and Apostles have together with them done the same work I say in building and dedicating this house as an habitation for thee and a place for us to assemble and meet together for the observation of thy Divine Worship invocation of thy Name reading preaching and hearing thy most holy Word administring thy most holy Sacraments and above all in thy most holy place the very gate of Heaven upon earth as Jacob nam'd it to do the work of Heaven to set forth thy most worthy praise to laud and magnify thy most glorious Majesty for all thy goodness to all men especially to us of the Houshold of Faith Accept therefore we beseech thee most gracious Father of this our bounden duty and service accept this for thine house and because Holiness becomes thine house for ever sanctifie this house with thy gracious presence which is erected to the honour of thy most glorious Name Now therefore arise O Lord and come into this place of thy rest thou and the ark of thy strength Let thine eye be open towards this House day and night Let thine ears be ready towards the prayers of thy children which they shall make unto thee in this place and let thine heart delight to dwell here perpetually And whensoever thy servants shall make to thee their petitions in this House either to bestow thy good graces blessings upon them or to remove thy punishments and judgements from them hear them from Heaven thy dwelling place the Throne of the glory of thy Kingdom and when thou hearest have mercy and grant O Lord we beseech thee that here and elsewhere thy Priests may be cloathed with Righteousnesse and thy Saints rejoyce in thy Salvation And whereas both in the Old and New Testament thou hast consecrated the measuring out and building of a material Church to such an excellent Mysterie that in it is signified and represented the fruition of the joy of thy Heavenly kingdome we beseech thee that in this material Temple made with hands we may so serve and please thee in all holy Exercises of Godliness and Christian Religion that in the end we may come to that thy Temple on high even to the holy places made without hands whose Builder and Maker is God so as when we shall cease to pray to thee on Earth we may with all those that have in the like manner erected such places to thy Name and with all thy Saints eternally praise thee in the highest Heavens for all thy goodness vouchsafed us for a time here on earth and laid up for us there in thy Kingdom for ever and ever and that for thy dear Sons sake our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ to whom c. Blessed Father who hast promised in thy holy Law that in every place where the remembrance of thy Name shall be put thou wilt come unto us and bless us according to that thy promise come unto us and bless us who put now upon this place the memorial of thy Name by dedicating it wholly and only to thy Service and Worship Blessed Saviour who in the Gospel with thy bodily presence didst honour and adorn the Feast of the dedication of the Temple at this dedication of this Temple unto thee be present also and accept Good Lord and prosper the work of our hands Blessed Spirit without whom nothing is holy no person or place is sanctified aright send down upon this place thy sanctifying power and grace hallow it and make it to thee an holy habitation for ever Blessed and glorious Trinity by whose Power Wisdom and Love all things are purged lightened and made perfect enable us with thy Power enlighten us with thy Truth perfect us with thy Grace that both here and elsewhere acknowledging the glory of thy eternal Trinity and in the Power of thy Divine Majesty worshipping the Unity we may obtain to