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The Lord be with you.

Answer. And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.
I.

That Clause is to be omitted when the Bishop only dedicates any Obla

other Clauses which are inclosed.

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 magnify thy mercies, that thou hast been pleased to enable and admit thy servants [to build an house to thee, and] tion: and so are the 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 wouldest 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 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 air, and no corrupt communication, no bloodshed, 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 prepared 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 pleased 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 entertained 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 add the Prayer of St. Clement.

God, the beholder and discerner of all things, the Lord of spirits and all flesh, who hath chosen our Lord Jesus, and us through him to be a peculiar people, grant unto every soul Clement 1 Epist. that calleth upon his glorious and holy Name, faith ad Corinth. in fine. and fear, peace and patience, longsuffering 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 Majesty, both now and to all ages evermore. Amen.

Then the Bishop arising shall sit in his Chair at the south end of the Holy 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 Register's hand and seal of the Office, is to remain with the Patron or Founder, and the Original with the Bishop.

¶ After which the Anathematism shall be read by him and his Clergy alternately, all standing up.

The Anathematism.

Ex Psalmis, 79, 83, 129.

1. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, 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 ourselves 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 cords of the wicked.

12. Let them all be ashamed 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 Evpnuoμòs, or Acclamation, the Clergy answering alternately.

The Bishop first saying,

Seeing now, dearly beloved in the Lord, that by the blessing of God and his gracious favour, we have dedicated to God [this House

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of Prayer, and] these gifts for the Ministries of Religion, let us give hearty thanks to Almighty God for these benefits, and say,

Ex Psalmis 150, 68, 87, 99, 100.

1. Praise ye the Lord: praise God in his sanctuary, 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 congregation: 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 foundation 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 answerest 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 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 Sabaoth; 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 Genesis 28, 10 unto the end. Or else 1 Kings 8, 10 unto 62 exclusively.

¶ The second Lesson is St. Matt. 21, verse 1 unto 17, inclusively. At the end of the Litany the Bishop shall confirm such persons as can be conveniently brought to him, fitted for that purpose.

The Bishop shall read the second Service and administer the Communion.

The Epistle is taken out of the third of the Acts, verse 1 unto verse 16, inclusively.

¶ The Gospel is S. Luke 7, verse 1 to the 10th, inclusively.

The Collect to be said at Morning Prayer, and the Communion, together with the Collect of the day.

O Almighty God, who dwellest among thy Saints and hath 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.1

When the Fabrick of a Church is ruined, and a new Church is built upon the same Foundation; the Bishop attended by his Clergy, shall enter into the Churchyard, and go in Procession round about the Church new built; and recite alternately Psalm 74.

1 Consecration should take place whenever the site of the Altar is changed, so as to be on new ground, not otherwise.-ED. Direct. Anglic.

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