A comment on the book of common-prayer, and administration of the sacraments, &c. - Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David. Being a paraphrase on the Sunday and holiday-services, epistles and Gospels throughout the year: with notes on all the rubricks, giving an account of all the festivals and saints-days observed in the Church; as also of the lives of the saints, and days of distinction mention'd in the calendar; of the compilers and reviewers of our common-prayer; of the ancient use of liturgies, of lessons, Psalmody, calendars, &c. Of the defects of the Romish Breviary and Missals, of Horary times, Sundays, holidays; of Paschal cycles, synagogues, churches, chancels, bells, church-musick, vestments; of synaxes and rites observed in the communion; of baptismal rites, of catechists and catechumens; with the method of catechising, in a full exposition of the catechism of the Church of England; confirmation, sponsors, and vicarious interrogatories; of matrimonial contracts, paranymphs, impediments, &c. Of prayers for the sick, and other ancient usages concerning clinicks; of absolutions, penances, sculpture, &c. With a paraphrase on the whole book of Psalms, according to the common-prayer-book translation. The text of the whole being compared and amended, according to the sealed books; and the Psalms compared with the translation of the great Bible. At the end of the book are subjoined, the additional notes of Bishop Andrews, Bishop Cosins, &c. By William Nicholls, D.D

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William Nicholls
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Engelska
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Printed for R. Bonwicke, W. Freeman, T. Goodwin, J. Walthoe, M. Wotton, S. Manship, J. Nicholson, R. Parker, B. Tooke, and R. Smith MDCCX. 1710 England, London [8],xx,[590],76p.,plate port. 2⁰.