the New Testament in Greek, and a minute acquaintance with some
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Butler, Paley, &c.; a Hebrew Paper is set for those who care to
take up Hebrew.

ORDINAL. "The form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating
Bishops, Priests, and Deacons." Various forms of Service for
Ordination have existed from the earliest times. Although differing
in many ways, each kept the essentials of Ordination, viz.,
Imposition of hands, with Prayer and Benediction, as used by the
Apostles themselves. The first Reformed Service was taken as usual
partly from the ancient ordinals in use. It was revised in 1552, and
again in 1662, when some changes, tending to greater solemnity, were
introduced.

The _Preface_ insists upon the necessity of Episcopal Ordination.
It determines the age at which men may be ordained, viz.. Deacon at
23, Priest at 24, Bishop at 30, and speaks of the qualifications
of candidates for the ministry. Canon 34 of 1604 mentions further
qualifications necessary (see _Orders_, _Qualifications for_). The
times for Ordination appointed by the Canon are, of course, the four
Ember Seasons, which have been so set apart from the 5th century.

_The Form and Manner of making of Deacons_. After Morning Prayer,
including the Sermon, is ended, the Candidates for Deacon's Orders,
dressed either in surplice or gown, are presented by the Archdeacon
to the Bishop, who is sitting in his chair in the Sanctuary. The
Bishop's address to the people is of much the same nature as the Si
quis already read. The Litany is made specially appropriate by the
insertion of the suffrage, "That it may please Thee to bless these
Thy servants, now to be admitted to the Order of Deacons (or
Priests), and to pour Thy grace upon them; that they may duly
execute their office, to the edifying of Thy Church, and the glory
of Thy Holy Name." Then follows a special Collect and Epistle.
Before the Gospel the Bishop proceeds with the Ordination Service.
Until 1865 the Oath of the Queen's Supremacy was administered here,
but now it is taken before the Service. Sitting in his chair, the
Bishop puts certain searching questions to those he is about to
ordain. The first is of the "Inward Call" of the Holy Ghost. This
perhaps is sometimes misunderstood, but several high authorities
unite with Calvin in explaining it to be "the good te