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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.
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Wing F1566; ESTC R36465
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thee and what is the place of thy rest that we can furnish out for thee Surely every place is too little and too low for thee who dwellest on high and thy glory is above the Heavens And yet thou humblest thy self to behold the things that are in heaven and earth and thy delight is to be with the sons of men Thou speakest our words thou compliest with our weaknesses thou acceptest our services and wilt be worshipped and ador'd according to what thou hast put into our power Thou therefore hast been pleas'd in all ages to meet with thy servants in places separate for thy worship and for the invocation of thy holy Name In Paradise there was a proper place which thy servant Moses called The presence of the Lord and thy servant Abraham called on thy Name in the place of the Altar And thou didst meet the Patriarch Jacob Gen. 13. 4. at Bethel and he consecrated a stone for thy memorial and it became dreadful and venerable the House of God and the Gate of Heaven and Rebekah had a proper place Gen. 28. 17. whither she went to inquire of the Lord. Thou also didst fill the Tabernacle with thy presence and the Temple with thy glory and when the fulness of time was come thou by thy most holy Son didst declare that thou wilt be present in all places where two or three are gathered in thy Name and that amongst all Nations for ever Thy house shall be called the house of prayer and by thy Apostle hast signified to us that our dwelling houses are to eat and drink in but that we must not despise the Churches of God For thou art a jealous God and wilt not endure that thy Temples should be defiled Our God is a consuming fire and he that defiles a Temple him will God destroy Therefore in confidence of thy goodness in expectation of thy favours in full assurance of thy promises in obedience to the manifold declaration of thy pleasure and in imitation of the piety of thy servants who in all the generations of the world have separated places and houses for thy service and left great monuments of their piety for our comfort and example that we may come together into one place * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 S. Ignat. Epist ad Magness and by a joyn'd prayer wrastle with thee for blessings and not depart thence till thou hast blessed us We thy servants walking in the steps of their most holy faith partakers of the same hope fellow Citizens with the Saints and of the houshold of God are this day met together in thy fear and love to dedicate a house to thee and to the glories of thy Name that we may not neglect the assembling of our selves together but meet here to implore thy mercies to deplore our sins to deprecate thy anger to magnifie thy goodness to celebrate thy praises to receive thy Sacraments to bless thy people and to perform all ministeries of Salvation Be pleased therefore most gracious Lord and Father to accept the devotion and oblation of thy servants admit this place and house into a portion of thine own inheritance Let it be a resting place for thy feet and the seat of thy Graciousness Depute thy holy Angels to abide here to defend thy servants and to drive away all the power of the Enemy Place thy mercy-seat among us also Let thine eyes and thine ears be open towards this house night and day and hear the prayers of thy people which they shall make unto thee in this place granting to them all the graces which they shall need and ask And whensoever in humility and contrition they shall confess their sins unto thee be thou more ready to hear than they to pray forgive them all their sins encrease and perfect their repentances remove thy judgements far from them and let them feel and rejoyce in thy mercies and loving kindnesses for ever and ever Grant this for his sake who is the King of the Saints and the Head of the Church the great lover of souls and our High Priest who continually makes intercession for us our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Amen III. O Almighty God who art the Father of the faithful and a gracious God to all that call upon thee in truth and love thou hast taught us by thy holy Apostle that every thing is sanctified by the word of God and prayer Attend this day and ever to the prayers of thy servants be present with thy grace in all our ministeries of the Sacraments and Sacramentals and bless all the labours and accept all the religious duties and satisfie all the holy desires of them who in this thy house shall make their supplications before thee And let the dew of thy Divine blessing descend and abide for ever upon this house which by invocation of thy holy Name and to the honour of the Lord Jesus and the Ministeries of thy servants we though unworthy consecrate and dedicate unto thee Spare all the penitents relieve the distressed comfort the comfortless confirm the strong and strengthen the weak Ease the afflicted heal the wounded and the sick provide for the widows and be a Father to the fatherless and unto all them whose consciences being accus'd for sin come with confidence to the Throne of Grace Give help in all the times of their need that whensoever thy Name is called upon thy blessings may certainly descend Let thy Eternal peace be to this house and to them who in this house come to thee to be eased and refreshed Here let thy Priests be cloth'd with righteousness and let thy Saints sing with joyfulness Here let thy people make their prayers and perform their vows and offer thee freewill offerings with a holy worship Here let the weight of their sins that so easily besets them be laid aside here let the chains of their corruption and the chords of vanity be broken Let the lapsed be restored let the sick be cured let the blind eyes and hearts be inlightned with the lanthorn of thy Word and the light of thy Spirit Here let the power of Satan be lessened and destroyed and let thy servants find a cure for all their wounds a comfort for all their sorrows a remedy to all their inconveniences that all who shall enter this house now dedicated to thy service may obtain all their desires and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God who hath perform'd all their petitions Preserve their souls from sin their eyes from tears and their feet from falling for Jesus Christ his sake to whom with thee O Father and thy most Holy Spirit be all honour and glory praise and thanksgiving love and obedience for ever and ever Amen ¶ Then the Bishop and the Congregation arising from their knees the Bishop attended by his Clergy shall go in Procession round about the Church within and say this Hymn alternately HYMN I. 1. EXcept the Lord build the house they labour
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