A rational illustration of the Book of common prayer of the Church of England
Subtitle: 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 ...
By: By Charles Wheatly ...
Edition: 4th ed., printed from the folio.
Publisher: Printed for the Author, and are to be sold by M. Smith, R. and J. Bonwick, R. Knaplock, R. Wilkin, A. Bettesworth, and F. Fayram
Published: 1722
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 559
Subjects: Church of England
Notes: Title page text in black and red.

First published 1710 under title: The Church of England man's companion; or, A rational illustration of the harmony ... and usefulness of the Book of common prayer.

"Ecclesiastical writers cited in the following book ... " p. [2-3] at end.

Index: p. [6-23] at end.

Signatures: A2-A8, a-a6, B-Z8, Aa-Nn8, Oo2, Pp8.