...authority to read the Gospel, and to preach." To the priest, it is said, *' Receive the Holy Ghost : whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose sins thou dost retain, they arc retained." — An amplification of these particulars may be seen in Burn, under the head ORDINATION....

...spoken without any restraint or limitation at all, which I apprehend to convey an indelible character, Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of...committed unto thee, by the imposition of our hands.' You reply, " The question is not, whether you are in orders, or not 1" p. 1 2. — I am glad to hear...

...bishop, when belays his hand severally upon the head of every one that receives that order, saith, Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of...God ; now committed unto thee by the imposition of hands : whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven, and whose sins thou dost retain, they are...

...the head of the candiVOfc. II. P date, address him in these words, " Receive the Holy Ghost for he office and work of a priest in the church of God,...committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands : whosesins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven, and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained."...

...the latter relapsed into Latitudinarianism. (3) The form of ordaining a priest was thus altered: ' Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Priest in the Church of Cod, now committed to thee by the imposition' of our hands t Whose sins thou shalt forgive, they >'*...

...their hands upon the head of the elected Bishop kneeling before them upon his knees, the Archbishop saying, RECEIVE the holy Ghost, for the Office and Work of a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands; In the Name of...

...of every one that receiveth the order of priesthood ; the receivers humbly kneeling, and the bishop saying : Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and...of God now committed unto thee by the imposition of OUK hands," etc. We know that there is among them a difference of opinion about the reason why this...

...same cause, how ye ought to forsake and set aside (as much as you nay) all worldly cares and studies.' 'Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of...God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hand?. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are...

...lay their hands upon the head of the elected person, kneeling before them upon his knee^ the bishop saying, Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a bishop in the Church of God now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands, in the uame of...

...shall lay their Hands, upon the Head of the elected Bishop hieeling before them, the Presiding Disfiop saying, RECEIVE the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of a Bishop in the hurch of God, now committed unto thee the imposition of our hands: In the me of the FaUler,...