ter this, the Congregation shall be desired, secretly in their
prayers, to make their humble supplications to God for all these
things: for the which prayers there shall be silence kept for a
space_.

_After which shall be sung or said by the Bishop_ (_the persons to
be ordained Priests all kneeling_) Veni, Creator Spiritus; _the
Bishop beginning, and the Priests, and others that are present,
answering by verses, as followeth_.

Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,

_And lighten with celestial fire_.

Thou the anointing Spirit art,

_Who dost thy seven-fold gifts impart_.

Thy blessed Unction from above

_Is comfort, life, and fire of love_.

Enable with perpetual light

_The dulness of our blinded sight_

Anoint and cheer our soiled face

_With the abundance of thy grace_.

Keep far our foes, give peace at home:

_Where thou art guide, no ill can come_.

Teach us to know the Father, Son,

_And thee, of both, to be but one_.

That, through the ages all along,

_This may be our endless song_:

Praise to thy eternal merit,

_Father, Son, and Holy Spirit_.

_Or this_:

Come, Holy Ghost, eternal God, proceeding from above,

_Both from the Father and the Son, the God of peace and love_;

Visit our minds, into our hearts thy heavenly grace inspire;

_That truth and godliness we may pursue with full desire_.

Thou art the very Comforter in grief and all distress;

_The heav'nly gift of God most high, no tongue can it express_;

The fountain and the living spring of joy celestial;

_The fire so bright, the love so sweet, the unction spiritual_.

Thou in thy gifts art manifold, by them Christ's Church doth stand:

_In faithful hearts thou writ'st thy law, the finger of God's hand_.

According to thy promise, Lord, thou givest speech with grace;

_That through thy help God's praises may resound in every place_.

O Holy Ghost, into our minds send down thy heav'nly light;

_Kindle our hearts with fervent zeal to serve God day and night_.

Our weakness strengthen and confirm, (for, Lord, thou know'st us
frail;)

_That neither devil, world, nor flesh, against us may prevail_.

Put back our enemy far from us, and help us to obtain

_Peace in our hearts with God and man_, (_the best, the truest
gain_;)

And grant that thou being, O Lord, our leader and our guide,

_We may escape the snares of sin, and never from thee slide_.

Such measures of thy powerful grace grant, Lord, to us, we