A rationale upon the Book of common prayer of the Church of England by Anth. Sparrow ... ; with the form of consecration of a church or chappel, and of the place of Christian burial ; by Lancelot Andrews ...

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A rationale upon the Book of common prayer of the Church of England by Anth. Sparrow ... ; with the form of consecration of a church or chappel, and of the place of Christian burial ; by Lancelot Andrews ...
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Sparrow, Anthony, 1612-1685.
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London :: Printed for Robert Pawlet ...,
1672.
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"A rationale upon the Book of common prayer of the Church of England by Anth. Sparrow ... ; with the form of consecration of a church or chappel, and of the place of Christian burial ; by Lancelot Andrews ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A61017.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.

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S. Michael.

HOly Church holds a Feast in memory of the holy Angels. First, because they minister to us on earth, Heb. 1. 14. being sent forth to minister to them that shall be heirs of salvation. Secondly, because they fight against the Devil for us, by their prayers and recommendation of us and our

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condition at the throne of grace; as ap∣pears bp the Epistle, and the Gospel at the end of it.

The Church in this Feast particularly commemorates S. Michael, because he was Prince or tutelar Angel of the Church of the Jews, Daniel 10. 13. 12. 1. and so of the Christian Church: For the Church, which was once in the Jews, is now in the Christians.

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