BISHOP COSIN'S FORM OF CONSECRATION OF CHURCHES

We learn from Wilkins (*Concilia*, tom. iv. p. 566, ed. Lond. 1737), also from Cardwell (*Synodal*. pp. 668. 677. 820. ed. Oxon. 1842), and from some other writers, that the care of drawing up a Form of Consecration of Churches, Chapels, and Burial-places, was committed to Bishop Cosin by the Convocation of 1661; which form, when complete, is stated to have been put into the hands of Robert, Bishop of Oxon, Humphrey, Bishop of Sarum, Robert, Bishop of Lincoln, and John, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, for revision. I should feel much obliged if (when you can find space) you would kindly put…