The Church Service: Containing the Book of Common Prayer and Proper Lessons Appointed to be Read on Sundays and Holy Days Throughout the Year.

Edge and corner wear; scuffed and scratched; head and tail of the spine have a couple of small splits in them; corners are bumped and rubbed; liquid stain on the base of the last few pages (does not affect readability); missing the rfep; overall still a nice used first edition! Wonderfully well-preserved for its 150+ year age! Brown leather with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt design on the front board. 454 very clean unmarked and uncreased spiritual and historical pages! "It is a most invaluable part of that blessed liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, that in his worship, different forms and usages may without offence be allowed, provided the substance of the Faith be kept entire; and that, in every Church, what cannot be clearly determined to belong to Doctrine must be referred to Discipline; and therefore, by common consent and authority, may be altered, abridged, enlarged, amended, or otherwise disposed of, as may seem most convenient for the edification of the people, 'according to the various exigencies of times and occasions.'." ---- from the Preface.…