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 The Forme of Ordeining or Consecrating of an Arch-Bishop or Bishop which is alwaies to be performed vpon some Sunday, or Holy-day. When all things are duly prepared in the Church, and set in order; after Morning Prayer is ended the Arch Bishop, (or some other Bishop appointed,) shall begin the Communion-service; in which this shall be The Collect. Almighty God, who by thy Son Iesus Christ didst give to thy holy Apostles, many excellent gifts, and didst charge them to feed thy flock ; Give grace, we beseech thee, to all Bishops, the Pastours of thy Church, that they may diligently preach thy word, and duly administer the godly discipline thereof; and grant to the people, that they may obediently follow the same, that all may receive the crown of everlasting glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. And another Bishop shall read. The Epistle. This is a true saying : Jf a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work. A Bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, Sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach, Not given to wine, no Striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not covet- uous, One, that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection, with all gravity : (For, if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God ?) Not a Novice, lest being lifted vp with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must have .7&R.3.1.