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A New Family Prayer-Book, Containing the Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments
A New Family PrayerBook Containing the Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments Author:Church of England Title: A New Family Prayer-Book, Containing the Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments; ... Together With the Psalter ... the Companion to the Altar, and New Version of the Psalms. Elucidated With Explanatory Notes ... by James Cookson, ... General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1783 Original Publ... more »isher: printed by J. Wilkes, and sold by W. Nicoll, London Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE, ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOOK of COMMON PRAYER, the RUBRIC, and A C T of UNIFORMITY. OO H E bafis of our ecclefiaftical eftablifhment, is, That the Scriptures are the only rule of faith, and that thefe oracles of divine wifdom are full, clear, and futficient. Guided by thefe principles, and this known open rule, the Church of England regulates her dif- cipline. -- Her creeds are the dictates of heavenly wifdom; her orders, ceremonies, and rites are thereby exprefsly declared, or thence clearly deducible. This fyflem is uniformly purfued, in all matters, and particularly in her preferred forms of Public Worfhip. Here the manner and matter claim attention. Before they are attended to, it may be necelTary to obferve, that a fettled form is necef- fery to edification. The rant of enthufiafin may be pleafed with extempore efFufions, and the fanatical hearers may admire; but a fober congregation of chriftians cannot be edified by any prayer, concerning the particu- ral petitions of which they have no previous, intimation j becaufe they cannot join in it. A comprehenfive pre fcribedform is therefore neceffary, fuited to the refpective wants of mankind, in their different ftations and iituations. Reafon and experience indifputably prove this; and there i...« less