A rational illustration of the Book of common prayer of the Church of England Wherein liturgies in general are proved lawful and necessary, and an Historical Account is given of our own: the several tables, rules, and kalendar are considered, and the seeming Differences reconcil'd: All the Rubricks, Prayers, Rites, and Ceremonies are explained, and compared with the Liturgies of the Primitive Church: The exact Method and Harmony of every Office is shew'd, and all the material Alterations are observed, which have at any time been made since the first Common-Prayer-Book of King Edward VI. with the particular Reasons that occasioned them. The whole being the substance of every thing liturgical in Bishop Sparrow, Mr. L'estrange, Dr. Comber, Dr. Nichols, and all former Ritualists, Commentators, or others, upon the same Subject; collected and reduced into one continued and regular Method, and interspersed all along with new Observations. The sixth edition. By Charles Wheatly, M. A. Vicar of Brent and Furneux Pelham in Hartfordshire
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
printed for J. and J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, R. Wilkin, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, and J. Osborn and T. Longman
1729, M.DCC.XXIX. [1729]
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | Braces in imprint. - English Short Title Catalog, N13466. - First published in 1710 as 'The Church of England man's companion'. - Reproduction of original from John Rylands University Library of Manchester. - Titlepage in red and black. - With indices of ecclesiastical writers, scriptural texts and subjects |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (xxvi,[2],557,[23]p.,plate) 8° |