The universal prayer-book [electronic resource] : or, Christian assistant : containing meditations and prayers for every day in the week; A Discourse On the Nature and End of the Lord's Supper; With Preparations for a worthy Reception of the Holy Sacrament; Several Zealous Exhortations, Religious Hymns and Thanksgivings, with Devotions for a Family, and private Prayers, adapted to all the States and Conditions of Life. To Which Are Added, Discourses and Devotions proper to the Feasts and Fasts of the Church of England; a History of the Sabbath Day, with Spiritual Employment for the same. A New Exposition of the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, and the Ten Commandments. Together with an Account of the Lives, Writings, and Sufferings of the several A postles, Evangelists and Martyrs, who are commemorated by the Church as Witnesses to the Truths of the Gospel. Compiled from the Manuscripts of a Right Reverend Bishop. By the Rev. Dr. Sympson, late Rector of St. George's, Middlesex. Illustrated with copper-plates.