A rational illustration of the Book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use 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 whole being the substance of every thing material in all former ritualists, commentators or others ... collected and reduc'd into one continued and regular method, and interspersed ... with new observations
Edition: The 3d ed., much enlarg'd and improv'd throughout ... By Charles Wheatly ...
Publisher: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Rivington
Published: 1720
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 556
Subjects: Church of England
Notes: Extra numbered pages: after p. 28, pages 25-28; after p. 124, pages 121-124; after p. 278, pages 279-280. Page 556 incorrectly numbered 548.

First pub. 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": p. xxi-xxii.