 | James Ussher - 1625 - 642 pages
...very formal words, which our Church requireth to be used in the ordination of a minister, are these : "Whose* sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose sins thou dost retain, th'ey are retained." And there fore, if this be all the matter, the fathers and we shall agree well enough: howsoever... | |
 | 1905 - 982 pages
...hands. They do not receive the awful commission to the official priesthood, "Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Priest in the Church of God." But the same Holy Ghost is in Confirmation solemnly invoked and pledged. This laying on of hands is... | |
 | 1866 - 992 pages
...in His Name,' by the power of the Holy Ghost, specially conveyed to him in the gift of Holy Orders ' for the office and work of a priest in the Church of God,' does on earth that which Jesus does in Heaven. Bather we should say, according to that great principle... | |
 | 1804 - 232 pages
...and the Bishop, saying, 1"*HE Lord pour upon thee the Holy Ghost for the 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 Name of the... | |
 | David Bogue, James Bennett - 1808 - 492 pages
...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 thou stir... | |
 | Church of England - 1810 - 466 pages
...the Order of Priesthood; the Receivers humbly kneeling, and the Bishop saying, RECEIVE the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Priest in the Church...forgiven: and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained: And be thou a faithful Dispenser of the word of God, and of his holy Sacraments: In the name... | |
 | John Wesley - 1812 - 446 pages
...or limitation at all, which I apprehend to convey an indelible character, " Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of a Priest in the church...forgiven, and whose sins thou' dost retain, they are retained. And be thou a faithful dispenser of the word of God, and of his holy sacraments, in the name... | |
 | John Debell Tuckett - 1816 - 922 pages
...the order of priesthood-tit receivers humbly kneeling, and the bishop saying, " Receive the Holy tHat for the office and work of a priest in the church of God, now committed nto thee by the imposition of our hands. fVhote aim thou dott forgive, tkej •» forgiven ; and whose... | |
 | 1816 - 736 pages
...mention some of those solemn words, wherein a priest receives his orders. " Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of a priest in the Church- of God ; and be tbou a luiihfnl dispenser of the word of God, and of his Sacraments, iu the name of the Father,... | |
 | John Shepherd - 1817 - 570 pages
...and whose blood was shed " for the remission of sins." What are we then to understand by the words, " whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven, " and whose sins thou dost retain, they are re" tained ?" They mean that the Minister shall, to the utmost of his power, instruct the people out... | |
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Eeceive the Holy Ghost for the Office and work of a Priest in the Church 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 are 
