Consecrationes. Ordinationes.
A Prayer for Ministerial Integrity
A petition for personal purity and the faithful stewardship of the laying on of hands.
O Lord, I am now at your altar, engaged in your work; keep me from laying my hands too quickly on anyone, so that I don't share in the sins of others, but help me to keep myself pure, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Lord, grant me grace so that whenever they come my way, I may remind them of those I have ordained and help them stir up the gift of God that is within them through the laying on of my hands, in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayers for the Church's Peace and Protection
A series of intercessions for the governance, cleansing, and steadfast devotion of the Church.
Grant, O Lord, I beseech you, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by your governance, that your Church may joyfully serve you in all godly quietness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Lord, I ask that your continual mercy may cleanse and protect your Church. And because it cannot continue safely without your help, preserve it always by your assistance and goodness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Lord, I ask you to keep your household, the Church, in constant devotion; may it, through your protection, be free from all adversities and devoted to serving you in good works, for the glory of your Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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O Lord, I am now at thy Altar, at thy work; keep me that I lay not my hands suddenly upon any man, lest I be partaker of other mens sins: but that I may keep my self pure, in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lord, give me grace, that as oft as they shall come in my way, I may put them in remembrance whom I have ordained, that they stir up the gift of God that is in them by the putting on of my hands, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Grant, O Lord I beseech thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy Governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lord, I beseech thee, let thy continual mercy cleanse and defend thy Church. And because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour; preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lord, I beseech thee, keep thy Houshold the Church in continual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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