Book Title: The new and complete family prayer-book, or, Church of England man's divine library : being an universal illustration, commentary, exposition, and paraphrase on the Book of Common-Prayer and administration of the sacraments, and other rites, ceremonies, and offices of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England, together with the psalter or Psalms of David ... also, a companion to and preparation for the altar, the new and old versions of the Psalms ... the whole forming a valuable work, very useful for all Christian families, to excite devotion, and enable one to pray with the understanding / by Paul Wright ; ... embellished with ... copper-plate engravings

Author: Wright, Paul, d. 1785

Image Title: Baptism of Jesus

Scripture Reference:

• Matthew 3 (further images / scripture text)

Description: John baptizes Jesus and the Holy Spirit descends like a dove upon Jesus. John the Baptist holds a staff in the form of a cross with a serpent on it, alluding to Moses' lifting the serpent in the wilderness.

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