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word of God, and that it may lawfully be ufed, and that 
he himfelf will life the form in the laid book prefcribed 
in public prayer, and adminiftration of the lacra'ments, 
and none other. 3. That he alloweth the book of Articles 
of Religion agreed upon by the archbilhops and bilhops 
of both provinces, and the whole clergy, in the convoca¬ 
tion liolden at London in the year of our Lord God 
1561 ; and'that he acknowledged all and every the Arti¬ 
cles therein contained, being in number thirty-nine, be¬ 
ll des the Ratification, to be agreeable to the word of 
God. This fubfcription is to be made before the bilhop 
himfelf. And, for the avoiding all ambiguities, that per- 
fon lhall fubfcribe in this form and order of words, fetting 
down both his chridian and furname, viz. “ I do wil¬ 
lingly and ex-animo fubfcribe to thefe three articles 
above-.mentioned, and to all things that are contained in 
them.” And, if any bilhop fnall ordain any, except he 
fhall fird have fo fubfcribed, he lhall be fufpended from 
giving of orders for the fpace of twelve months. By Ca¬ 
non 31, the ordination as well of deacons as miniders 
lhall be performed in the time of divine fervice, in the 
prefence not only of the archdeacon, but of the dean and 
two prebendaries at the lead, or (if by any lawful caufe 
they lhall happen to be let or hindered) in the prefence 
of four other grave perfons, being mailers of the arts at 
the lead, and allowed for public preachers. In practice a 
lefs number than is required, either by the dat. 21 
Hen. VIII. c. 13. or-by the fore fa id canon, is fometimes 
admitted; by virtue, as it is faid, of the rubric in the 
office of ordination, which direfteth, “ that the bilhops, 
with the prieds prefent, lhall lay their hands upon the 
perfons to be ordained implying, as is fuppofed, that, 
if there are but two prieds prefent, it fufficeth by this 
rubric, which is edablilhed by the aft of parliament’ of 
the 13 and 14. Car. II. 
Ordination is accounted a facrament in the church of 
Rome; and the Council of Rome, in 744., orders that no 
ordinations dialL be held, except on the fird, fourth, 
feventh, and tenth, months. With us, by Canon 31, it is 
ftriftly enjoined, “ that deacons or miniders be ordained 
or made but only on the Sundays immediately following 
the ember-feads, or days of preparationbeing the 
fecond Sunday in Lent, Trinity Sunday, and the Sundays 
following the fird Wednefday after September the 14th, 
and December the 13th. Ourbifnops, however, do occa- 
fionally ordain on other Sundays, and even on holidays 
not Sundays. But herein alfo they plead the difpendng 
power of the rubric ; the words of which are^ that ordi¬ 
nation is to take place, “ at the times appointed in the 
canon, or elfe, on urgent vccajion, on fome other Sunday 
or holy-day/’ 
The ordination of bidiops is more properly called con- 
fecration. 
Ordination has always been edeemed the principal 
prerogative of bidiops ; and they dill retain the funftion 
as a kind of mark of Ipiritual fovereignty in their dio- 
cefes. In the ancient difcipline, there was no fuch thing 
as a vague and abfolute ordination 5 but every one was to 
have a church, of which he was to be ordained clerk or 
pried. In the twelfth century they grew more remils, 
and ordained without any tille or benefice. The Council 
of Trent redored the ancient difcipline, and appointed 
that none diould be ordained but thofe who were pro¬ 
vided of a benefice fufficient to fubfid them. 
The Ordination-fervice is the lall of the forms eda¬ 
blilhed by the king in parliament. For farther parti¬ 
culars, fee Cookfon’s edit, of the Book of Common 
Prayer, p. 611-42. 
The Protedant churches of Scotland, France, Holland, 
Swiflerland, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Denmark, &c. 
have no epifcopal ordination, becaufe they have no 
bilhops; and accordingly, in the edablifliment of Scot¬ 
land, the power of ordination is lodged in the prejbytery, 
and by the Independents in the fuffrage of the people. 
ORB 
OR'DINATIVE, ad}, [ordinatif, Fr.] Direfting; giving 
order. Cutgrave and Sherwood. 
ORDIN'GEN, or Urdingen, late a town of France, in 
the department of the Roer, formerly in the eleftorate of 
Cologne: eleven miles north of Dudeldorf, and thirty- 
two miles north-north-wed of Cologne. 
ORD'NANCE, J'. Cannon ; great guns.—When a Ihip 
feels or rolls in foul weather, the breaking loofe of ord¬ 
nance is a thing very dangerous. Ralegh. 
Have I not heard great ordnance in the field, 
And heaven's artillery thunder in the Ikies ? ShaJiefpeare. 
Ordnance-office, an office kept within the Tower 
of London, which fuperintends and difpofes of all the 
arms, indruments, and utenlils of war, both by fea 
and land, in all the magazines, garrifons, and forts, in 
Great Britain. In ancient times, before the invention of 
guns, this office was fupplied by officers under the fol¬ 
lowing names : the bowyer. the crofs-bowyer , the galeator 
or purveyor of helmets, the armourer, and the beeper of the 
tents; and in this date it continued till Henry VIII. placed 
it under the management of a matter, a lieutenant, a fur- 
veyor, &c. &c. 
•Improvements have been fince made; and this very 
important branch is now under the direftion of the maf¬ 
ter-general of the ordnance, having under him a lieute¬ 
nant-general, a furveyor-general, a clerk, a dorekeeper, a 
clerk of the deliveries, a treafurer and paymader, two fecre- 
taries, an architeft, and an adronomical oblervator, with 
a very great number of inferior officers, employed in the 
Tower of London, at Woolwich, and in almod all the 
forts, garrifons, and principal ports,in his majedy’s domi¬ 
nions. The office of ordnance is divided into two didinft 
branches, the civil and the military; the latter being 
fubordinate, and under the authority of the former. For 
the better underdanding the bufinefs of the different offi¬ 
cers, they lhall be didinftly treated of, beginning with 
the principal one, viz. 
The Majler-General is deemed the principal officer in 
the civil branch of the ordnance; yet he is always chofen 
from amongd the fird generals in his majedy’s fervice. 
His trud is very great, as in him is veded the foie power 
of doring all the military magazines in the king’s domi¬ 
nions with proper munitions of war, and likewife to lup- 
ply the royal navy with what they may need in his de¬ 
partment, the parliament granting money in the mod 
liberal manner for this purpofe. He is colonel-in-chief ot 
the royal regiment of artillery; and is in veded with a 
peculiar jurifdiftion over all engineers employed in the 
feveral fortifications in his majedy’s dominions: and to 
him they are all accountable for their proceedings, and 
from him they receive their particular orders and indruc- 
tions, according to the diredtions and commands given 
by his majedy in council. As mader-general of the ord¬ 
nance, he has the appointment of almod all the inferior 
officers and fervants. He has a fecretary and an under- 
fecretary ; and beiides, there is a fecretary and a council 
to the board of ordnance. 
By the great power inveded in the mader-general by 
the king, he alone conditutes a board. He is alfo a com¬ 
ponent part of the adminidration, and belongs to the 
privy-council, but is removable at the pleafure of the 
king. The fame refpeft is paid to him from the troops 
as is paid to generals of horfe and foot. He is, on all oc¬ 
cafion', to have the march beat to him; and to be fainted 
by all officers, the colours excepted. 
The Lieutenant General receives all orders and warrants 
figned by the mader-general, and from the other prin¬ 
cipal officers, and fees them duly executed; id'ues orders 
as the occafions of the date require, and gives direftions 
for difeharging the artillery when required at corona¬ 
tions, birth-days, fignal victories, and other folemn occa¬ 
fions. It is alfo his peculiar office to fee the train of 
artillery, and all its equipage, fitted for motion, when or¬ 
dered 
