t6=J bi/hop, or Bithop. Perhaps Mr. N. means that the very Form of Ordination and Confecration, thofe individual Words, by which they are ordain'd and confe- crated, are the fame. But neither is this the Cafe. The Form for the Priefl is as follows. When this Prayer is done, the BISHOP with the PRIESTS prefent, !hall lay their Handsfeverally upon the ofevery one that receivethOrders, the Receivers humbly kneeling upon their Knees, and the Bithop laying, " Receive the HolyGhoft : Whofe Sins cc thou doff forgive they are forgiven : cc Andwhofe Sins thou dolt retain they are retained ; and be thou a faithful cc Difpenfer of the Word of God, and " of his holy Sacrament. In the Name " of the Father, and of the Son, and cc of the Holy Ghoft." The Bithop(hall deliver to every one of them the Bible in his Hand, laying, " Take thouAu- " thority to preach the Word of God, " and to minifter the holy Sacraments " in this Congregation where thou thalt " be fo appointed." The Form of confecrating an Arch- biihop or Bithop is this. Then the ARCHBISHOP andBlsxors prefent (hall lay their Hands upon the Head of the elutedBithop, the Archbifhop lay- ing, " Take the Holy Ghoft, and re- " member
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