9. Lift up your Heads, O ye Gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting Doors; and the King of Glory shall

come in.

10. Who is the King of Glory? even the Lord of Hosts, he is the King of Glory.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the Beginning, is now, and ever shall be, World without End. Amen.

When they come to the Lord's Table, the Bishop, taking his Seat in a Chair on the North side thereof, the Deed of Conveyance is presented to him by the Minister; the Bishop lays it on the Table, and standing on the North side, turns to the Congregation, and says:

DEARLY beloved in the Lord; forasmuch as devout and

holy Men, as well under the Law as under the Gospel, moved either by the secret Inspiration of the Holy Spirit, or by the express Command of God, or by their own Reason,, and Sense of Order and Decency, have erected Houses for the Public Worship of God, and separated them from all Profane and Common Uses; which godly practice hath a manifest tendency to advance the honour of God's holy Name, and to enliven the devotion of those who are engaged in his service: let us humbly hope, that our heavenly Father will favourably approve our present Purpose, of setting apart this Place in solemn Manner, for the Performance of the several Offices of Religious Worship, and let us faithfully and devoutly pray for his Blessing on this our Undertaking.

Then the Bishop, kneeling down, prays as follows: O ETERNAL God, mighty in Power, of Majesty incomprehensible, whom the Heaven of Heavens cannot contain, much less the Walls of Temples made with Hands, who yet hast been graciously pleased to promise thine especial Presence, in whatever Place even two or three of thy faithful Servants shall assemble in thy Name, to offer up their supplications and their Praises to thee; vouchsafe, O Lord, to be now present with us, who are here gathered together, to consecrate this Place with all

great Name; separating it henceforth from all unhallowed, ordinary, and common Uses, and dedicating it entirely to thy Service, for reading therein thy most Holy Word, for celebrating thy Holy Sacraments, for offering to thy glorious Majesty the Sacrifices of Prayer and Thanksgiving, for blessing thy People in thy name, and for performing all other Holy Ordinances which may be lawfully solemnized therein. Accept, O Lord, this Service at our Hands, and bless it with such Success, as may promote thy Glory, and the Salvation of thy people, through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

After this, the Bishop, standing up, and turning his face toward the Congregation, says:

REGARD, O Lord, the Supplications of thy Servants; and grant, that whosoever shall be dedicated to Thee in this House by Baptism, may be sanctified by the Holy Ghost, delivered from thy Wrath and Eternal Death, and being made a living Member of Christ's Church, may ever remain in the Number of thy faithful and elect Children. Amen.

GRANT, O Lord, that they who in this Place shall in

their own Persons renew the Promises and Vows made for them by their Sureties at their Baptism, and thereupon shall be confirmed by the Bishop, may continue thine for ever; and being preserved in the Unity of thy Church, may daily increase in thy Holy Spirit more and more, until they come to thine Everlasting Kingdom. Amen.

GRANT, O Lord, that whosoever shall receive in this

Place the Blessed Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, may come to that Holy Ordinance with a true penitent Heart, lively Faith, and perfect Charity; and being filled with thy Grace and Heavenly Benediction, may to their great and endless Comfort, obtain Remission of their Sins, and all other Benefits of his Passion. Amen.

The Church is to be pewed, and furnished with a Reading Desk, Common Prayer, and great Bible, as also with a Pulpit and Cushion, a Font, a Communion Table, and with Linen and Vessels for the same.

[The Burial Ground is to be properly enclosed, fenced, and completed, with gates and Church-ways.]

The Churchwardens are to be named, and the Clerk appointed; and the Deed of Conveyance or Donation of the Ground, the Endow. ments, and the evidences thereof, the Nomination of the Minister, and such other documents as shall in any case be requisite, are to be laid before the Bishop or his Chancellor, some time before the day proposed for the Consecration of the Church.

An intimation of the Bishop's intention to consecrate the Church [and Burial Ground, with the day and hour appointed for it, is to be fixed on the Church-door at least three days beforehand.

Chairs are to be set on the north side of the Communion Table for the Bishop, on the south for the Chaplains, and one conveniently near the Bishop's Chair for the Chancellor or Registrar.

The Communion-Vessels are to be placed on the Communion- Table; or the Books and Vessels may be presented and received at the time of

FORM

OF CONSECRATING

A CHURCH OR CHAPEL.

The Bishop, with his Chaplains, is received at the Door of the Church by the Chancellor, Registrar, Minister, Churchwardens, and Trustees, and by them conducted to the Vestry Room. Having proceeded in his Robes to the front of the Communion Table, the Minister presents to him the Petition for Consecration, and the Deed of Endowment (if any), which the Bishop delivers to the Registrar, to be by him read aloud. The Petition having been read, the Bishop signifies his readiness to consecrate the Church (and Burial Ground), according to the Prayer contained therein. Then the Bishop, with his Chaplains and Clergy, walk from the East to the West end of the Church, and back again, repeating alternately the 24th Psalm; the Bishop beginning:

1. The Earth is the Lord's, and all that therein is; the compass of the World, and they that dwell therein. 2. For he hath founded it upon the Seas; and prepared upon the Floods.

it

3. Who shall ascend into the Hill of the Lord; or who shall rise up in his Holy Place?

4. Even he that hath clean Hands, and a pure Heart; and that hath not lift up his mind unto Vanity, nor sworn to deceive his Neighbour.

5. He shall receive the Blessing from the Lord; and Righteousness from the God of his Salvation.

6. This is the Generation of them that seek him of them that seek thy Face, O Jacob.

; even

up,

7. Lift up your Heads, O ye Gates, and be ye lift ye everlasting Doors; and the King of Glory shall

come in.

8. Who is the King of Glory? It is the Lord, strong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in Battle.

9. Lift up your Heads, O ye Gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting Doors; and the King of Glory shall

come in.

10. Who is the King of Glory? even the Lord of Hosts, he is the King of Glory.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the Beginning, is now, and ever shall be, World without End. Amen.

When they come to the Lord's Table, the Bishop, taking his Seat in a Chair on the North side thereof, the Deed of Conveyance is presented to him by the Minister; the Bishop lays it on the Table, and standing on the North side, turns to the Congregation, and says:

DEARLY beloved in the Lord; forasmuch as devout and

holy Men, as well under the Law as under the Gospel, moved either by the secret Inspiration of the Holy Spirit, or by the express Command of God, or by their own Reason,, and Sense of Order and Decency, have erected Houses for the Public Worship of God, and separated them from all Profane and Common Uses; which godly practice hath a manifest tendency to advance the honour of God's holy Name, and to enliven the devotion of those who are engaged in his service: let us humbly hope, that our heavenly Father will favourably approve our present Purpose, of setting apart this Place in solemn Manner, for the Performance of the several Offices of Religious Worship, and let us faithfully and devoutly pray for his Blessing on this our Undertaking.

Then the Bishop, kneeling down, prays as follows:

O ETERNAL God, mighty in Power, of Majesty incomprehensible, whom the Heaven of Heavens cannot contain, much less the Walls of Temples made with Hands, who yet hast been graciously pleased to promise thine especial Presence, in whatever Place even two or three of thy faithful Servants shall assemble in thy Name, to offer up their supplications and their Praises to thee; vouchsafe, O Lord, to be now present with us, who are here gathered together, to consecrate this Place with all