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:_

Brethren, if there be any of you who knoweth any impediment or
notable crime in any of these persons presented to be ordered
Deacons, for the which he ought not to be admitted to that office;
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 followeth_.

_The Litany and Suffrages_.

O God the Father of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

_God the Father of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners_.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world: have mercy upon us miserable
sinners.

_God the Son, Redeemer of the world: have mercy upon us miserable
sinners_.

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: have
mercy upon us miserable sinners.

_God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: have
mercy upon us miserable sinners_.

O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God:
have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

_O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God:
have mercy upon us miserable sinners_.

Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers;
neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us, good Lord, spare
thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and
be not angry with us for ever.

_Spare us, good Lord_.

From all evil and mischief; from sin, from the crafts and assaults
of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation,

_Good Lord, deliver us_.

From all blindness of heart; from pride, vainglory, and hypocrisy;
from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness,

_Good Lord, deliver us_.

From fornication, and all other deadly sin; and from all the
deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil,

_Good Lord, deliver us_.

From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and