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'II. That the Book of Common Prayer, and of 'Ordering of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, containeth ' in it nothing contrary to the Word of God, and that it 'may lawfully so be used; and that he himself will use the form in the said Book prescribed in Public Prayer, ' and Administration of the Sacraments, and none other.

'III. That he alloweth the Book of Articles of 'Religion agreed upon by the Archbishops and Bishops ' of both provinces, and the whole Clergy in the Convo'cation holden at London in the year of our Lord God, '1562; and that he acknowledgeth all and every the 'Articles therein contained, being in number IX and 'XXX, besides the Ratification, to be agreeable to the 'Word of God.

'To these three Articles, whosoever will subscribe, he 'shall, for the avoiding of all ambiguities, subscribe in 'this order and form of words, setting down both his 'Christian and Surname, viz.,—

'I, N. N. do willingly and ex animo subscribe to 'these three Articles above mentioned, and to all things 'that are contained in them.

'And if any Bishop shall ordain, admit, or license 'any, as is aforesaid, except he first have subscribed in manner and form as here we have appointed, he shall 'be suspended from giving of Orders and Licences to 'preach for the space of twelve months. But if either ' of the Universities shall offend therein, we leave them 'to the danger of the law, and her Majesty's censure.'

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY.

You will next be required to make a Declaration of your Conformity to the Book of Common Prayer, in the form and manner following, and subscribe the same in the presence of the Bishop, thus:

* * *, Clerk, B.A., do declare

' that I will conform to the LITURGY of the United
'Church of England and Ireland, as it is now by
'Law established.'

(Signature)

This Declaration you will also have to read publicly from the Reading Desk after MorningPrayer. Let me recommend this to be done on the first Sunday you officiate at your Curacy.

THE OATHS

Of ALLEGIANCE, and SUPREMACY, following, are to be taken by you at the time of Ordination, before the reading of the Gospel. Should there be many Candidates present, five, or six, at one and the same time, will hold the Testament upon which these Oaths are taken by their right-hands, devoid of gloves, and after repeating aloud, and together, from the dictation of the Bishop's Seretary, each Oath as required, every one in succession kisses the book.

THE GOSPEL.

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OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.

'I,

**

***, do sincerely promise and

swear, that I will be faithful and bear true

'allegiance to her Majesty, Queen Victoria. So 'help me God.'-(Kiss the Book).

'my heart abhor, detest, and abjure, as impious ' and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the 'Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may 'be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any 'other whatsoever. And I do declare that no 'foreign Prince, Person, Prelate, State, or Poten'tate, hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, 'power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority, 'Ecclesiastical or Spiritual, within this Realm. 'So help me God.'-(Kiss the Book).

THE GOSPEL.

I would urge you to be thoroughly conversant with the Ordination Service. You may be the one called upon to read publicly the GOSPEL (Luke xii. 35), as therein appointed; should this circumstance come upon you unexpectedly, it might create momentary embarrassment.

LETTERS OF ORDERS.

The ORDINATION Over, the Bishop's Secretary will present to you, written on parchment, and under the Episcopal seal, Letters Testimonial of Ordination, called 'LETTERS OF ORDERS;' declaratory of the Bishop Ordaining, the person ordained, the time when, and the place where, the Ordination occurred. It is in the form following:

. We,

FORM OF LETTERS OF DEACON'S ORDERS.

By the tenor of these Presents, by Divine Permission Bishop of

**

do make it known unto all Men, that

' on Sunday the

day of

in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred ' and We, the Bishop beforementioned, 'solemnly administering Holy Orders, under the

'protection of the Almighty in our Cathedral

'Church of

'Christ

did admit our beloved in ***, B. A., of College, Cambridge, (of whose virtuous and pious Life 'and Conversation, and competent Learning and "Knowledge in the Holy Scriptures, we were well 'assured) into the Holy Order of Deacons, ac

cording to the manner and form prescribed and used by the Church of England; and him, the

'said **

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* * did then and there rightly ' and canonically ordain Beacon, he having first ' in our presence freely and voluntarily subscribed 'to the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, and to the three Articles contained in the Thirty-sixth 'Canon; and he likewise having taken the Oaths ' appointed by Law to be taken for and instead of 'the Oath of Supremacy. En Testimony whereof 'We have caused our Episcopal Seal to be here'unto affixed the day and year above written, ' and in the year of our Consecration.

(Episcopal Seal.)

THE CURATE'S LICENCE.

WITH the Letters of Orders' you will also receive your LICENCE, which will assume the form, and manner following:

FORM OF LICENCE.

by Divine Permission Bishop of

'our beloved in CHRIST, *

Clerk, B.A.,

" Greeting, We do by these Presents give and grant unto you, 6 in whose Fidelity, Morals, Learning, Sound Doctrine and 'Diligence, We do fully confide, our Licence and Au'thority to perform the Office of Stipendiary Curate in the County of ·

' in the Parish Church of

'within our Diocese and Jurisdiction, in reading the

'Common Prayers, and performing other Ecclesiastical