_When the day appointed by the Bishop is come; after Morning Prayer
is ended, there shall be a Sermon or Exhortation, declaring the duty
and office of such as come to be admitted Priests; how necessary
that Order is in the Church of Christ; and also how the people
ought to esteem them in their office_.
_First_, [_a Presbyter appointed by the Bishop_] _shall present
unto the Bishop_ (_sitting in his Chair, near to the holy Table_)
_all them that shall receive the Order of Priesthood that day;_
(_each of them being decently habited;_) _and say_,
Reverend Father in God, I present unto you these persons present,
to be admitted to the Order of Priesthood.
_The Bishop_.
Take heed that the persons, whom ye present unto us, be apt and
meet, for their learning and godly conversation, to exercise their
ministry duly, to the honour of God, and the edifying of his Church.
[_The Presbyter_] _shall answer_,
I have enquired of them, and also examined them; and think them so
to be.
_Then the Bishop shall say unto the people_:
Good people, these are they whom we purpose, God willing, to
receive this day unto the holy office of Priesthood: For after
due examination we find not to the contrary, but that they be
lawfully called to their function and ministry, and that they be
persons meet for the same. But yet if there be any of you, who
knoweth any impediment or notable crime in any of them, for the
which he ought not to be received into this holy ministry; Let
him come forth in the Name of God, and shew what the crime or
impediment is.
_And if any great crime or impediment be objected, the Bishop shall
surcease from ordering that person, until such time as the party
accused shall be found clear of that crime_.
_Then the Bishop_ (_commending such as shall be found meet to be
ordered to the prayers of the Congregation_) _shall, with the
Clergy and people present, sing or say the Litany, with the Prayers,
as is before appointed in the Form of Ordering Deacons; save only,
that, in the proper Suffrage there added, the word_ Deacons _shall
be omitted, and the word_ Priests _inserted instead of it_.
_Then shall be sung or said the Service for the Communion, with the
Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, as followeth_.