...the order of priesthood ; the receivers humbly kneeling upon their knees, and the bishop saying, " Receive the Holy Ghost for the " office and work of a priest in the church of God, now com" mitted unto thee by the imposition of our hands : Whose sins " thou dost forgive, they are forgiven...

...ordains to the priesthood, he lays his hand on the head of the individual to be ordained, and says, "Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of...priest in the church of God, now committed unto thee by theifsposition of our hands." Here i& .a; plain recognJWn of the doctrine, that the person ordained...

...prison to them that are bound,' is the great business on which those are sent, who have ' received the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the church of God.' The catholic church, in fulfilment of this sacred duty, has therefore, from the earliest ages enjoined...

...the latter relapsed into Latitudinarianism. (3) The form of ordaining a priest was thus altered: ' Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Priest in the Church of Cod, now committed to thee by the imposition' of our hands t Whose sins thou shalt forgive, they >'*...

...severally upon the head of every one that receiveth the order of priesthood . . the bishop saying, Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of a priest in the church of God .... Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained....

...committed to them ; but will God require nothing at their hands ? Can they absolve themselves from the office and work of a priest, in the Church of God, which was once so solemnly committed to them ? or may the duty of a Christian pastor be sunk in the...

...God hath not given us the Spirit of fear, but of " power, and love, and soberness." TO A PRIEST. " Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of...the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposi" tion of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are for" given ; and whose sins thou...

...manifest in his Ordination Service; which directs the Bishop to say to the Priest at his ordination, " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of...the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the inspiration of our hands: whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose sins thou dost...

...more especially objected to : that is to say, the particular words used in the act of Ordination : " Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Priest in the Church of God." Here then arise two questions: first, Do we need peculiar gifts and qualifications, wrought in us and...

...order of priesthood, the receivers humbly kneeling on their kn«*. and the bishop saving : lieceive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the church of God new committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, tin ;. are forgiven...