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The Ordination of a Priest
Send your heavenly blessing upon this your servant, that he may be clothed with righteousness, and that your Word, spoken by his mouth, may have such success that it may never be spoken in vain. Grant also that we may have grace to hear and receive what he shall deliver out of your most holy Word as the means of our salvation; that in all our words and deeds we may seek your glory and the increase of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen.
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Said the instant the bishop's hands lift from the new priest's head, this Cranmer collect asks both that the ordinand preach truly and that his hearers receive it as their salvation.