Laudate Dominum. PRAISE the Lord, for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God: yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful.

2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem and gather together the outcasts of Israel. 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart and giveth medicine to heal their sickness.

4 He telleth the number of the stars and calleth them all by their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power: yea, and his wisdom is infinite.

6 The Lord setteth up the meek and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. 70 sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving sing praises upon the harp unto our God;

8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains, and herb for the use of men;

9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattle and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him.

rusalem praise thy God, O

Sion.

13 For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates and hath blessed thy children. within thee.

14 He maketh peace in thy borders: and filleth thee with the flour of wheat.

15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: and his word runneth very swiftly.

16 He giveth snow like. wool and scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.

17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who is able to abide his frost?

18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them : he bloweth with his wind, and the waters flow.

19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob his statutes and ordinances unto Israel.

20 He hath not dealt so with any nation neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws.

mercy.

3 Praise him. sun and moon praise him, all ye stars and light.

4 Praise him, all ye hea vens and ye waters that are above the heavens.

5 Let them praise the Name of the Lord for he spake the word, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created.

6 He hath made them fast for ever and ever he hath given them a law which shall not be broken.

7 Praise the Lord upon earth ye dragons, and all deeps;

8 Fire and hail, snow and vapours wind and storm, fulfilling his word;

9 Mountains and all hills: fruitful trees and all cedars; 10 Beasts and all cattle worms and feathered fowls; 11 Kings of the earth and all people princes and all judges of the world;

12 Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the Name of the Lord for his Name only is excellent, and his praise above heaven and earth.

13 He shall exalt the horn of his people; all his saints shall praise him even the children of Israel, even the people that serveth him.

PSALM CXLIX.

Cantate Domino 0 SING unto the Lord a new song: let the congregation of saints praise him.

2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King

3 Let them praise his Name in the dance

them sing praises unto him with tabret and harp.

4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the meek-hearted.

5 Let the saints be joyful with glory: let them rejoice in their beds.

6 Let the praises of God be in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hands;

7 To be avenged of the heathen and to rebuke the people;

8 To bind their kings in chains and their nobles with links of iron.

9 That they may be avenged of them, as it is written: Such honour have all his saints.

PSALM CL.

Laudate Dominum. PRAISE God in his holiness praise him in the firmament of his power.

2 Praise him in his noblé acts praise him according to his excellent greatness.

3 Praise him in the sound of the trumpet: praise him upon the lute and harp.

4 Praise him in the cymbals and dances: praise him upon the strings and pipe

Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals praise him upon the loud cymbals.

6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the

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pointed a Ministry in thy Church; Mercifully behold these thy servants now to be admitted into the Office of Deacons; and so replenish them with the truth of thy Doctrine, and adorn them with innocency of life, that, both by word and good example, they may faithfully serve thee in this Office, to the glory of thy Name, and the edifica

merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and for ever. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 Tim. iii. 8. TIKEWISE must the Deacons be

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RETHREN, if there be any of you who knoweth any sufficient reason why any of these persons presented to be ordained Deacons ought not to be admitted to that Office, let him come forth in the Name of God, and declare the

same.

And if mufficient reason be presented, the Bishop shall cease from ordaining that person, until such time as the party accused shall be found clear.

Then the Bishop shall commend such as shall be found meet to be Ordained to the Prayers of the congregation; for the which Prayers there shall be silence kept for a space.

Then shall be said the Service for the Communion, with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, as follows:

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY God, the giver of every good and perfect gift, who, by thy Holy Spirit, hast ap

grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre: holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved; then let them use the Office of a Deacon, being found blameless. Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. For they that have used the Office of a Deacon well, purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Or this. Acts vi. 2.

HEN the twelve called the mul

Titude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the Word of God, and serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the Word. And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and

they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Autioch: whom they set before the Apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. And the Word of God increased, and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly, and a great

government over you; following with a glad mind and will their Christian counsels and admonitions?

Answer. I will endeavour so to do, the LORD being any helper.

Then the Bishop, laying his hands severally upon the head of every one of them kneeling, shall say,

Then shall the Bishop examine

every one of those who are to be Ordained, in the presence of the People, after this manner:

Dwardly moved by the Holy

you trust that you are in

Ghost to take upon you this Office and Ministration, to serve God for the promoting of his glory, and the edifying of his people?

Answer. I trust so.

Bishop. Do you think that you are truly called according to the will of our LORD Jesus Christ, and according to the order of this Church, to the Ministry of the same?

Answer. I think so.

Bishop. Do you unfeignedly believe all the Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testament?

Answer. I do believe them. Bishop. Will you diligently read and expound the same to the people among whom you minister?"

Answer, I will.

Bishop. It appertaineth to the Office of a Deacon to assist the Presbyter as he shall require and direct; to read and instruct out of the Holy Scriptures; to preach the Gospel as opportunity is afforded: to search for the sick, the poor, and the spiritually destitute, and to minister to their necessities. Will you do this gladly and willingly?

Answer. I will so do, by the help of God.

Bishop. Will you apply all your diligence to frame and fashion your own lives and the lives of your families, according to the Doctrine of Christ; and to make both your selves and them, as much as in you lieth, wholesome examples to the flock of Christ?

Answer. I will so do, the LORD being my helper.

Bishop. Will you give heed to your Bishop, and other Ministers who may have the charge and

Office of a Deacon in the

Church of God now committed unto thee: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Then shall the Bishop deliver to every one of them the Bible, saying:

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heed unto thyself, and in them: for in doing this thou unto the doctrine; continue shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

Then one of them shall read,
THE GOSPEL.

St. Luke xii. 35.

ET your loins be girded about, Land your lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their LORD, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immedi ately. Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily, I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve thein. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

Then shall follow the Lord's Supper; which all who are ordained remaining shall receive. Immediately before the Benediction shall be said this Collect: LMIGHTY God, giver of all good

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things, who of thy great good

ness hast vouchsafed to call these thy servants to this Office and Ministry; make them, we beseech. thee, O Lord, to be modest, humble, and constant in their Ministration, that they having always the tenti mony of a good conscience, and

tinuing ever stable and strong in thy Son Jesus Christ, may so well behave themselves in this Office, that they may purchase to them selves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith; through the same thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to whom be glory and honour, world without end. Amen.

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HE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Sou Jesus Christ our Lord: And the Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen.

BRE Bwhom we purpose, God will. RETHREN, these are they whom we purpose, God willing, to ordain this day to the office of Presbyters; for after due examination, we find not to the contrary, but that they are lawfully called to their Function and Minis try, and that they are persons meet for the same. But yet if there be any of you who knoweth any sufficient reason for which any of them ought not to be received into this Office of the Ministry, let him come

forth in the Name of God, and de

elare the same.

And if the reasons are sufficient the Bishop shall cease from or daining that person, until such time as the party accused shall be found clear.

Then the Bishop. (commending such as are found meet to be ordained, to the Prayers of the congregation,) shall say the Service for the Communion, with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, as follows:

THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, the giver of ALMI every good and perfect gift. pointed a Ministry in thy Church; who by thy Holy Spirit hast apMercifully behold these thy ser vants now called to the Office of Presbyters; and so replenish them with the truth of thy doctrine, and adorn them with innocency of life, that, both by word and good ex ample, they may faithfully serve thee in this Office, to the glory of thy Name, and the edification of thy Church; through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, world without end.

Amen.