...each of them kneeling upon their knees before him, saying, to every one, — Receive the Holy Ghost, whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ;...and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained." The service, too, at the Lord's Supper, looks much like confession and absolution; but, in the order...

...receiveth 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...the imposition of our hands : whose sins thou dost remit, they are remitted ; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained : and be thou a faithful...

...humbly kneeling upon their knees and the bishop saying, " Receive the Holy d'/iosr, for the ollice and work of a priest in the church of God, now committed...Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and tchose sins thou dost retain, they are retained." Truly this is marvellous in our eyes ! The hare idea...

...; the receivers humbly kneeling upon their knees, and the bishop saying, " Receive the Holy Ghoit, for the office and work of a priest in the church...and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained." Truly this is marvellous in our eyes ! The bare idea of any one who can swallow three bottles of wine,...

...receivers humbly knceliug upon their knees, and the bishop saying, " Receive the Holy Ghost, for the oltice and work of a priest in the church of God, now committed...thee by the imposition of our hands. — Whose sins Ihou dost forgive, they are forgiren ; anil whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained." Truly...

...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...

...upon the candidate for the office of priest : " Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of я priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands." By these words the ordained minister is made, not the priest of a certain congregation, but the priest...

...one that receiveth the order of priesthood ; the receivers humbly kneeling, and the bishop saying ; Receive the HOLY GHOST, for the office and work of...committed unto thee by the imposition of OUR hands" &c. We know that there is among them a difference of opinion about the reason why this is done. One...