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to please thee; Mercifully grant that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts;...

For St. Barnabas the Apostle. O Lord God Almighty, who didst endue thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy Ghost; Leave us not, we beseech thee, destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them alway to thy honour and glory,...

For St. Bartholomew the Apostle. O Almighty and everlasting God, who didst give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace, truly to believe and to preach thy word;......

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COMMUNION. The Collect. Almighty God, unto whom all hearts all nearts vo vpis, and from whom no secrets are hid; cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit; that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy name, through Christ our Lord.

Nicene Creed. And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spake by the Prophets.

Proper Preface upon Whitsunday, and six days after.

Upon the Feast of Trinity only.

The Blessing. And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost be amongst you and remain with you always.

PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS.

PRIVATE BAPTISM OF INFANTS.

BAPTISM OF SUCH AS ARE OF RIPER YEARS. CATECHISM. Question. What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy Belief?

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Answer. Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me, and all the elect people of God.

Question. What desirest thou of God in this Prayer?

Answer. I desire my Lord God our heavenly Father, who is the giver of all goodness, to send his grace unto me, and to all people, that we may worship him, serve him, and obey him, as we ought to do.

THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION. Almighty and everlasting God, who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these thy servants by water and the Holy Ghost, and hast given unto them forgiveness of all their sins; strengthen them, we beseech thee, O Lord, with the Holy Ghost the Comforter, and daily increase in them thy manifold gifts of grace; the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and ghostly strength, the spirit of knowledge and true godliness; and fill them, O Lord, with the spirit of thy holy fear, now and for

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Defend, O Lord, this thy child (or this thy servant) with thy heavenly grace, that he may continue thine for ever, and daily increase in thy Holy Spirit more and more until he come to thy everlasting kingdom.

THE ORDERING OF DEACONS. The Bishop

Do you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost, to take upon you this office and ministration, to serve God for the promoting of his glory, and the edifying of his people.

THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. Veni Creator Spiritus. Come Holy Ghost our souls inspire, (ad finem.)

Or this: Come, Holy Ghost, eternal God, (ad finem.)

.......The Bishop saying, Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands,

THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS.... The Archbishop saying, Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands; in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. And remember that thou stir up the grace of God which is given thee by this imposition of our hands; for God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and love and soberness.

From the Thirty-nine Articles.

ARTICLE V.

Of the Holy Ghost.

The Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of one substance, Majesty, and glory with the Father and the Son, very and eternal God.

ARTICLE XVI.

Of Sin after Baptism.

Not every deadly sin willingly committed after Baptism, is sin against the Holy Ghost, and unpardonable. Wherefore the grant of repentance is not to be denied to such as fall into sin after Baptisin. After we have received the Holy Ghost, we may depart from Grace given, and fall into sin; and by the grace of God we may arise again and amend our lives: and therefore they are to be condemned, which say, they can no more sin as long as they live here or deny the place of forgiveness to such as truly repent..

From the Homilies.

BOOK II.

HOMILY 16. For Whitsunday.

CRANMER'S CATECHISM.

Now remaineth the third part of the Creed to be declared, which entreateth of our sanctification, how we be made holy. And it is spoken in these words:

"I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the rising again of the body, and life everlasting. Amen."

In the second part of the Creed (which treateth of our redemption and price given for us) you have been taught (good children) to know the second person in Trinity, Jesus Christ, what he is, and what he hath done for us, that he was made man for our sakes, that he took upon him our sins, and suffered for us the fear and pangs of death and hell, and had victory over them by his passion and death. And after by his godly and victorious power he arose again from death to

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