 | 1814
...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...whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.'' But here many a good and well-meaning Christian will be ready to exclaim with the Jews of old, " Why... | |
 | 1851 - 592 pages
...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... | |
 | 1842
...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... | |
 | 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
...before them, the Presiding Bishop saying, RECEIVE the Holy Ghost, for the office1 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... | |
 | John Wesley - 1812 - 446 pages
...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?" p. 12. — I am glad to hear... | |
 | Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell - 1812 - 754 pages
...Receive the Holy ' Ghost now committed unto thce by the im' position of our hands. Whose sins thon dost ' forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose sins ' thou dost retain, they are retained.' Now, raethinks, a man must naturally infer from hence, that since this authority is derived from our... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1813 - 226 pages
...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 Name of the... | |
 | Samuel Horsley - 1813 - 560 pages
...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,... | |
 | Gamaliel Smith Olds - 1815 - 216 pages
...bishop is authorized to consecrate priests by tViis prescribed form:* "Receive the HOLY GHOST for tlie office and work of a priest in the church of GOD, now committed unto thre by the imposition of our band*; whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven: anil whose sins... | |
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RECEIVE 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 retained. 
