...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...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 make-bait...

...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...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,...

...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...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,...

...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...