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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wheatly, Charles, 1686-1742.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Church of England man's companion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church of England. Book of common prayer.

Church of England.

Book of common prayer (Church of England).

Physical Description:

xxvi pages, 2 unnumbered pages,557 pages, 23 unnumbered pages,plate ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. and J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, R. Wilkin, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, and J. Osborn and T. Longman, M.DCC.XXIX. [1729]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

With indices of ecclesiastical writers, scriptural texts and subjects.

Titlepage in red and black.

First published in 1710 as 'The Church of England man's companion'.

Braces in imprint.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from John Rylands University Library of Manchester.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N13466.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.