...very formal words, which our Church requireth to be used in the ordination of a minister, are these : "Whose" sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven...and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained." And therefore, if this be all the matter, the fathers and we shall agree well enough : howsoever this...

...appears, beyond all controversy, from the form prescribed to die bishop in the ordination of priests: " Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of...whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.'' But here many a good and well-meaning Christian will be ready to exclaim with the Jews of old, " Why...

...Priest Presbyter in the Church of God, now« committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands, f Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ;...and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained. PRAYER-BOOK EMENDATIONS. municates, though in a very modified sense, the authority to remit and to...

...one that receiveth the Order of Priesthood ; the Receivers humbly kneeling, and the Bishop saying, RECEIVE the Holy Ghost for the office and work of...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...

...spoken without any restraint or limitation at all, which I apprehend to convey an indelible character, " Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of...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...

...Receive the Holy ' Ghost now committed unto thce by the im' position of our hands. Whose sins thon dost ' forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose sins ' thou dost retain, they are retained.' Now, raethinks, a man must naturally infer from hence, that since this authority is derived from our...

...retained."^ When the bishop has laid his hands upon the priest, he »ays, " Receive the HOLY GHOST .. .whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven:...whose sins thou .dost retain, they are retained." But how does it apj>ear, because CHRIST had power to impart the HOLY GHOST to his Apostles, and qualify...

...Receive the Holy ' Ghost now committed unto thee by the im' position of our hands. Whose sins thon dost • forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose sins ' thou dost retain, they arc retained.' Now, roetbinks, a man must naturally infer from hence, that since this authority is...

...appoints them to their office. The same observation may be applied to the other part of the form. " Whose sins thou dost forgive " they are forgiven : and whose sins thou dost re" tain they are retained." When these words were gpokeu by our Lord to his Apostles, they had been...

...the order of Priesthood ; the Receivers humbly " kneeling upon their knees, and the Bishop saying, " Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of...whose " sins thou dost retain, they are retained." * A Reading-master? No : — a Speaknig-master? Yes. So say the Methodist, the Quaker, yea, and the...