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
send faithful labourers into thy harvest and grant that all the people which from this place shall hear thy word may not receive it as the word of man but as the good word of God able to save their souls and let thy holy Spirit for ever be the Preacher and imprint thy word in their minds opening their hearts convincing their understandings over-ruling their wills and governing their affections that they may not be hearers of the Word onely but doers of good works that they by their holy lives adorning the Gospel of God and seeking for glory and honour and immortality may attain eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Bishop and Clergy shall go towards the Chancel the doors of which being shut he shall stand there and with the Priests recite this Hymn alternately HYMN II. 1. O Pen to me the gates of righteousness I will go into them and praise the Lord. 2. This is the gate of the Lord into which the righteous shall enter 3. The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner 4. This is the Lords doing and it is marvellous in our eyes 5. This is the day which the Lord hath made we will rejoyce and be glad in it 6. Save now I beseech thee O Lord O Lord I beseech send us now prosperity 7. Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. 8. God is the Lord which hath shewed us light bind the sacrifice with chords even to the horns of the altar 9. O Lord open thou my lips and my lips shall shew forth thy praise 10. For thou desirest not sacrifice else would I give it thee but thou delightest not in burnt offerings 11. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise 12. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Sion build thou the walls in Jerusalem 13. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar 14. Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me and to him that ordereth his conversation right I will shew the salvation of God 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 the doors being open'd the Bishop with his Clergy shall enter and ascend to the Communion Table and sitting in a chair on the South side of it shall appoint the Dean or Archdeacon to read this Lesson ¶ The Lesson at the Communion Table I Speak as to wise men judge what I say The cup of 1 Cor. 10. 15. blessing which we bless is it not the communion of the bloud of Christ The bread which we break is it not the communion of the body of Christ For we being many are one bread and one body for we are all partakers of that one bread Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of Devils ye cannot be partakers of the Lords table and the table of Devils Do we provoke the Lord to jealousie Are we stronger then he Whether therefore ye eat or drink or whatsoever ye do do all to the glory of God We have an altar whereof they have no right to eat Heb. 13. 10. which serve the Tabernacle Wherefore Jesus also that he might sanctifie the people with his own blood suffered without the gate Let us go forth therefore unto him bearing his reproach For here we have no continuing city but we seek one to come By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually that is the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name But to do good and to communicate forget not for with such sacrifices God is well pleased ¶ Then the Bishop arising from his chair shall kneel before the Altar or Communion Table and say ¶ Let us pray O Eternal God who in an infinite mercy to mankind didst send thy holy Son to be a sacrifice for our sins and the food of our souls the Author and finisher of our faith and the great Minister of eternal glory who also now sits at thy right hand and upon the heavenly altar perpetually presents to thee the Eternal Sacrifice and a never ceasing prayer be present with thy servants and accept us in the dedication of a Ministerial altar which we humbly have provided for the performance of this great Ministery and in imitation of Christs Eternal Priesthood according to our duty and his Commandment Grant that all the gifts which shall be presented on this table may be acceptable unto thee and become unto thy servants a savour of life unto life Grant that all who shall partake of this table may indeed hunger after the bread of life and thirst for the wine of elect souls and may feed upon Christ by faith and be nourished by a holy hope and grow up to an eternal charity Let no hand of any that shall betray thee be ever upon this table let no impure tongue ever taste of the holy body and blood which here shall be Sacramentally represented and exhibited But let all thy servants that come hither to receive these mysteries come with prepar'd hearts and with penitent souls and loving desires and indeed partake of the Lord Jesus and receive all the benefits of his passion Grant this for his sake who is the Priest and the Sacrifice the feeder and the food the Physician and the physick of our souls our most blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Amen ¶ Then the Bishop arising shall return to his Chair and sitting covered some persons by the Patrons appointment shall bring the Carpet the Communion cloth and napkins the Chalice Paten and the other Vessels Books and Vtensils for the Communion and humbly presenting them on their knees to God the Bishop shall receive them severally and deliver them to the Deacon to be laid orderly on the Communion Table excepting onely the Chalice and the Paten which two Priests shall when the Table is covered humbly on their knees lay upon it Then the Bishop returning to the Altar shall with reverence and solemnity his face being Eastward lay his hands upon the plate and say this prayer standing WHat are we O God and what is this people that we should be able to offer so willingly after this 1 Chron. 29. 14. sort For all things come of thee and of thine own we have given thee Accept the Oblation of thy servants who in the uprightness of their hearts have willingly offered these things and give unto them a perfect heart to keep thy Commandments thine Ordinances and thy Sacraments and be pleased to grant to them a greater ability an enlarged heart and an increasing love to serve thee with their souls and bodies with all their time and all their goods that thou maist
or any other sort of prophanation the Bishop attended by two Priests at least and one Deacon shall enter into the Church which shall be first prepared by cleansings and washings c. ¶ The Bishop and his Clergy being vested shall go in Procession about the Church on the inside saying alternately the seventh Psalm and the ningth Psalm ¶ After which the Bishop with his Clergy shall go to the Holy Table and there kneeling down shall pray O Almighty God who art of pure eyes and canst not behold impurity behold the Angels are not pure in thy sight and thou hast found folly in thy Saints have mercy upon thy servants who with repentance and contrition of heart return unto thee humbling our selves before thee in thy holy place We acknowledge our selves unworthy to appear in thy glorious presence because we are polluted in thy sight and it is just in thee to reject our prayers and to answer us no more from the place of thy Sanctuary for wickedness hath entred into the Courts where thy holy feet have trod and have defiled thy dwelling place even unto the ground and we by our sins have deserved this calamity But be thou graciously pleased to return to us as in the days of old and remember us according to thy former loving kindnesses in the days of our Fathers Cast out all iniquity from within us remove the guilt of that horrible prophanation that hath been committed here that abomination of desolation in the holy place standing where it ought not and grant that we may present unto thee pure Oblations and may be accepted by the gracious interpellation of our High Priest the most glorious Jesus Let no prophane thing enter any more into the lot of thine inheritance and be pleased again to accept the prayers which thy servants shall make unto thee in this place And because holiness becometh thine house for ever grant to us thy grace to walk before thee in all holiness of conversation that we becoming a Royal Priesthood a chosen Generation a people zealous of good works thou mayest accept us according to thy own loving kindness and the desires of our hearts O look upon thy most holy Son and regard the cry of his blood and let it on our behalf speak better things than the blood of Abel O Let that sprinkling of the blood of the Holy Lamb who was slain from the beginning of the world make this place holy and accepted and purifie our hands and hearts and sanctifie our prayers and praises and hallow all our Oblations and preserve this house and all the places where thy Name is invocated from all impurity and prophanation for ever and keep our bodies and souls and spirits unblmeable to the coming of our Lord Jesus Then O blessed Father grant that we being presented unto thee without spot or wrinkle or any such thing may be clothed with the righteousness of the Saints and walk in white with the Lamb in the Kingdom of our God for ever and ever Grant this O Almighty God our most gracious Father for Jesus Christ his sake to whom with thee and the Holy Spirit be all worship and love and honour and glory from generation to generation for ever Amen ¶ Then the Bishop and Clergy arising from their knees shall say the Anathematism unto the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Acclamation as in the form of Consecration After which kneeling down shall be said the III. prayer plac'd in that Office a little before the Anathematism And next to that the II. Prayer which is immediately before that and then the Prayer of S. Clement ¶ After which arising from his knees the Bishop shall say SEing now dearly beloved in the Lord we have by humble prayer implor'd the mercy of God and his holy Spirit to take from this place and from our hearts all impurity and prophanation and that we hope by the mercies of God in our Lord Jesus Christ he hath heard our prayers and will grant our desires let us give hearty thanks for these mercies and say ¶ Then shall be said the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Acclamation as at the end of the Office of Consecration of Churches c. ¶ And then shall the Priest whom the Bishop shall appoint begin Morning prayer ¶ The Psalms for the day are Psalm 18 and Psalm 30. ¶ The first Lesson is Zechariah I. ¶ The second Lesson Mark II. unto verse 26. inclusively ¶ The Collect the same with that at Morning-prayer in the Consecration of Churches ¶ If any Chalice Paten Font Pulpit or any other Oblation or Vtensil for the Church be at any time newly to be presented the Bishop is to use the forms of Dedication of those respective gifts which are particularly used in the dedication and this to be done immediately after the Nicene Creed at the time of the Communion ever adding the Anathematism and Acclamation Te decet Hymnus Instrumentum Publicum conficiendum ad finem Consecrationis publicè legendum postea in ARCHIVIS EPISCOPALIBUS reponendum IN nomine Dei Amen Quum dilectus filius noster A. B. de C. in Comitatu D. pia Religiosâ devotione ductus Ecclesiam in villa de H. continentem intra muros ejusdem in longitudine ab Oriente ad Occidentem pedes aut circitèr in latitudine verò ab Aquilone ad Austrum versùs pedes aut circiter aedificaverit erexerit construxerit sacra mensâ decentèr ornatâ suggestis ad precandum legendum paerdicandum convenientèr compositis nec non locum sive aream pro Coemiterio separaverit qui locus in toto circuitu continet pedes aliáque necessaria ad cultum divinum sufficientèr decorè concinnaverit nobisque supplicaverit quatenùs Nos authoritate nostrâ ordinariâ atque Episcopali pro nobis successoribus nostris dictam Ecclesiam ab usibus pristinis communibus Prophanis quibuscunque separare in usus sacros divinos consecrare dedicare dignaremur Nos T. D. permissione divinâ D. Episcopus pio Religioso ejus desiderio in hâc parte favorabilitèr annuentes ad consecrationem Ecclesiae hujus de novo sicut praefatur erectae ornatae authoritate nostrâ ordinaria atque Episcopali procedentes eandem Ecclesiam ab omni communi prophano usu in perpetuum separamus soli divino cultui divinorum celebrationi in perpetuum addicimus dicamus dedicamus ac insuper eâdem authoritate pro nobis successoribus nostris licentiam pariter facultatem in Domino concedimus ad rem Divinam inibi faciendam nempè preces publicas sacram liturgiam caetui suo in linguâ Anglicana aut alio Idiomate ipsis communiter intellecto recitandum ad verbum Dei sincerè fideliter proponendum atque supplicandum ad sanctissima sacramenta quoties par erit in eâdem ministranda ad mortuos si voluerint sepeliendos ad caetera quaecunque peragenda quae in aliis Capellis Ecclesiis Parochialibus communitèr licite fieri possunt solent ac tam Presbyteris Diaconis respectivè ad leges Ecclesiasticos inserviendi preces divinas dicendi ceteraque praemissa faciendi quam dicto A. B. Parochianis omnibus in eadem preces divinas audiendi caeteraque praemissa percipiend plenam in domino potestatem facimus eandem quoque Ecclesiam in honorem Dei sacros usus eorum qui in Parochia habitant commorantur nunc in futurum consecramus per nomen Ecclesiae SS individuae Trinitatis vel Christi c. sic consecratam fuisse esse in futuris temporibus sic remanere debere palam publicè pronunciamus decernimus declaramus privilegiis insuper omnibus singulis in tali Ecclesia usitatis aut alicui Ecclesiae Parochiali in hac Diaecesi ab antiquo fundatae competentibus Ecclesiam hanc ad omnem Juris effectum munitam publicam esse volumus quantum in nobis est de Jure possumus sic munimus stabilimus per praesentes Reservamus tamen semper nobis successoribus nostris Episcopis D. potestatem visitandi dictam Ecclesiam quando visum fuerit ad officium spectare ut constet an reparationibus aliisque rebus decoris conservetur an omnia ibidem Canonicè secundùm ordinem fiant quae omnia singula sic reservamus quoad caetera vero praemissa quatenus in nobis est de jure possumus pro nobis successoribus nostris decernimus stabilimus per praesentes FINIS