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Sick - Prayers and devotions - England - London - Early works to 1800

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    The Clergyman's companion Containing, the offices of Baptism, both publick and private; matrimony; the churching of women; visitation and communion of the sick; with some occasional prayers, collected from the most eminent divines of the Church of England; and the burial of the dead.

    | Date: Printed in the year MDCCLV. [1755]
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    The clergyman's companion in visiting the sick . Being a collection of the following particulars for that purpose; viz. I. The manner of visiting the sick; extracted chiefly from Bishop Taylor. II. The order for visitation of the sick out of the common-prayer-book. III. The communion of the sick. IV. Some other prayers and forms, with a very great variety of occasional prayers for the sick; collected for the most part, from the devotional writings of some of the most eminent divines of the Church of England. To which are annex'd, the offices of publick and private Baptism.

    Wren, John, 1674 or 5-1724. | Date: MDCCXXXV. [1735]

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