...an Introductory Letter by Chr. Wordsworth., DD, Bishop of Lincoln. 8ro. [ Press. De Vita Pastorali. The Office and Work of a Priest in the Church of GOD. By the Lord Bishop of Lichfield. Crown &vo. [/« preparation. 3, WATERLOO TLC4CE, A Life of Edward...

...necessity undergone " the Form and Manner of Ordering of Priests," from which wo quote as follows : — " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of...God, now committed unto thee by the " Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they " are forgiven ; and whoso 8ms thou dost retain, they...

...appears, beyond all controversy, from the form prescribed to die bishop in the ordination of priests: " Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of...God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose sins thou dost retain, they...

...circumstances such ordinations as have not the imposition of Episcopal hands conveying the gift of the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the Church of God are supposed to be valid ? This point, your Grace will observe, is not reached either in your Grace's...

...Presbyters &c. and the Presbyters Sic. 16. Presbyters present &c. Order of Presbyters ; \ 7. Mayest ihou f receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Priest Presbyter in the Church of God, now« committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands, f Whose sins...

...upon his kness, 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 the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, amen. And remember that...

...same Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen. II When this prayer is done, the Bishop -with the Priests present, shall lay their hands severally upon the...God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands: whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven: and whose sins thou dost retain, they are...

...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...God, now committed unto thee, by the imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven, and whose sins thou • dost retain, they...

...Ordination of Elders. 161 The Lord pour upon thce the Holy Ghost tor (he Office and Work of an Elder in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our Hands. And be thou a faithful Dispenser of the word of God, and of his holy Sacraments : In the...

...of the church. If he lays his hands on the head of a young man under the canonical age, and says " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest," the bishop must be in error, deceived with respect to the age : Though his hand and his lips are employed,...