knees, and 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. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose
sins thou dost retain, they are retained. And be thou a faithful
dispenser of the Word of God, and of his holy Sacraments; In the
Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

_Then the Bishop shall deliver to every one of them kneeling the
Bible into his hand, saying_,

Take thou authority to preach the Word of God, and to minister
the holy Sacraments in the Congregation, where thou shalt be
lawfully appointed thereunto.

_When this is done, the Nicene Creed shall be sung or said; and
the Bishop shall after that go on in the Service of the Communion,
which all they that receive Orders shall take together, and remain
in the same place where hands were laid upon them, until such time
as they have received the Communion_.

_The Communion being done, after the last Collect, and immediately
before the Benediction, shall be said these Collects_.

Most merciful Father, we beseech thee to send upon these thy
servants thy heavenly blessing, that they may be clothed with
righteousness, and that thy Word spoken by their mouths may have
such success, that it may never be spoken in vain. Grant also that
we may have grace to hear and receive what they shall deliver out
of thy most holy Word, or agreeable to the same, as the means of
our salvation; that in all our words and deeds we may seek thy
glory, and the increase of thy kingdom; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. _Amen_.

Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious
favour, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our
works, begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy
holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_.

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts
and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus
Christ our Lord: And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you and remain with you always.
_Amen_.

_And if on the same day the Order of Deacons be given to some, and
the Order of Priesthood to others; the Deacons shall be first
presented, and then the Priests: and it shall suffice that the
Litany be once said for both. The Collects shall both be used