Consideration of Certain Positions Archepiscopal, Text – Errata
KNEELING IN THE VERY acte of taking, eating and drinking the Sacramentall bread and wine, in the holy Communion cannot be without ſinne.
IT is to be vnderunder ſtood, that, howſoeuer Kneeling may (in it ſelfe conſidered) be eſteemed a naturall geſture of the body, as ſtanding, ſitting, etc. yet in this caſe, it is by Inſtitution of man. For neiher nature nor cuſtome, doth teach vsus ordinarily to knele when we eate & drinke neither doth the word require Kneeling in this caſe. If it be by Inſtitution, it muſt be either in reſpect of a more reuerēt receiuing, or Not. But if the moſt ſoleme ſigne of reuerence (vſed in theis partes of the world) be with out all reſpecte of reuerence, and that by Inſtitution of authority, in ſo high a part of Gods ſeruice may not ſuche Kneeling be iudged, if not a groſſe mocking of Chriſt, as was the ſouldiours their bowing of knes before him,M…h 27.29 Mal. 1.6 7. yet a taking of the name of god in vaine. Seing all ſignificatiōs of honour, in Gods ſeruice, ought to be to the honour of his name,T… 4.2 2 King 5.18. and an othe not religiouſly intended (as in the nature therof it ought to be) to the honour of God, is the taking of Gods name in vaine. Did Naaman newly brought to the knowledge of God, attribut ſo much to bowing in the houſe of Rimmō when his maſter leaned on him, ſo that it was not his volūtary act? And ſhalwe, who hauehave had the Goſpel long, kneeling by inſtitution and determination, in a principall parte of Gods ſeruice, make no accoūpt whether wee honour god, or no, by ſuch kneeling?
If kneeling be Inſtituted for a more reuerent receuing, then it muſt be either in regard of God, or of bread and wine If in regard of god then muſt wee be well perſwaded that ſuch kneeling is an acceptable ſeruice vntounto his Maieſtie.Rom 12.1 & 1, 23. Iſa 29 13. M…h 1….…. And that this may be, we muſt conſider, whether ſuch kneeling be a wilworſhipp or a ſeruice reaſonable, and according to Gods will. Leaſt otherwiſe we finde our ſelues ſo far from honoring God, as that we provoke him. As did Nadab and Abihu, Levit. …0.1.2 3who offered in…enſe, but not with the very fire which God appoynted,1 Chro 13.10 & 15.12.13. and were therfore devou…ed with fire. And as did King David, & the preiſts, who caried the Arke otherwiſe than it ought to hauehave been, and therefore Yzza died for it, with a ſodaīe death. For God wilbe ſanctified (if not By yet) In all them that come neere him.
But kneeling is contrary to the example of Chriſt, and his Apoſtles,Luke 22.14. 1 Cor: 11.1. who miniſtred & receiued ſitting, or in ſuch a geſture, as in thoſe countryes was moſt vſed at eating. From which example to differ, without warrant from Gods word cannot be without fault. Seeing examples of holy men, much more of Chriſt, are to be followed, except there be ſome reaſonable cauſe to the contrary. And the Apoſtle to reforme an abuſe which crept (even in their times) into louelove feaſtes, which were immediatly before, or after the Lords ſupper, did baniſh them thence, & reduced the manner of adminiſtring the Lords ſupper to the duplicate page duplicate page firſt inſtitution, ſaying:1 Cor. 11.22 23. ſhall I prayſe you in this? I prayſe you not. For I hauehave receiued of the Lord that which I hauehave alſo delivered vntounto you etc. Wherby it is apparant, that that forme of adminiſtration, which differeth frō the firſt inſtitution, is worthy no prayſe and therfore no acceptable ſervice to God. For if the Apoſtle would not tolerate an indifferent thing (as was a louelove feaſt till then) to continue ſo nere the L. ſupper, whē it was abuſ d, how would they allow the chaunge of ſitting into kneeling, eſpecially in theſe two conſiderations?
Firſt, becauſe the abuſe of louelove feaſts (viz. ſuperfluity) was never ſo great, and ſcandalous, in the Apoſtles time, as the abuſe of kneeling (viz. Idolatry) was and is in the ſinagogue of Rome: And beſides, LoueLove feaſtes w…re either before, or after the L. ſupp…r, wh…ras kneeling is in the principal part of the holy Communion. Therfore if the Apoſtl baniſhed LoueLove feaſt…s from the I ſupper, becauſe of the abuſe, & brought the Church to the ſimplicitie of the firſt in …, Is it not a tempting ſinne to retaine the Idolatrous kneeling of Papiſtes, and reiect the exemplary ſitting of our M. Chriſt? And the rather, becauſe it is in that ſacrament, & in that part of the ſacrament, which eſpecially ſetteth forth our communion with Chriſt, & his Church, and is therfore called The communion. 1 Cor: 10.16 17.In due conſideration wherof, how can wee imagine, that Chriſt hath any honor by our kneeling? Seeing it ſwarneth, not only from his example, but alſo from the practiſe of all reformed Churches, except in England, Concertatio Eccleſiae Cathol…n argu.which the Papiſtes them ſelues call Puritan-papiſticall, for retainyng this, and other popiſh corruptions, and, Seing it may be an argument (eſpecially to a papiſt not vnderſtanding our tongue, that we hauehave communion with Antichriſt, & & his ſinagogue, at leaſt in the Idolatry of bread worſhip. Which our failing, or careleſnes to avow our communiō with Chriſt and his church, and not abhorring all cō munion with Antichriſt & his ſinagogue cannot be without grevous ſinne. Or els Paul ſinned,Gal 2.11, 12 1 Co… 11.…6 2 … 6.1… …7. D…t. 12, 30, 3…. when he rebuked Peter for not holding communion with the Gentils converted, and wrote without good warrant, where he ſaith: If any luſt to be contentious, we hauehave no ſuch cuſtome, neither the Churches of God. & in another place: VVhat communion hath Chriſt with Beliall? Com… out, and touch no vncleane thing. Doth not God ſtreightly forbid vsus to ſerue him, as Idolators doe their gods. Theſe things cō ſidered, Can kneeling wherwith Papiſtes doe honor their breadē God, be honorable to Chriſt, in his holy ſacrament?
Secondly, whereas the end of a ſacrament is to informe the outward man, by ſenſible d…monſtrations, it pleaſed our M. Chriſt to vſe ſuch a geſture, as, agreably with bread and wine, ſetteth out our communion and ſpirituall familiaritie with him, and reioycyng in him. And therfore as he ſaith,…en…l. 3.20. …ath, 8.11, If any heare my voyce, and open the dore, I will come in to him, and ſup with him and he with me, ſo he ſaith, Many ſhall come from the eaſt and weſt, and ſhall ſit with Abraham etc. By which places it appeareth that as by ſupper, ſo by ſitting, familiar reioycing, or rreioycing familiarity is expreſſed. In which reſpects the cōmunion …s called the Lords ſupper & not A Sacrifice, & we are ſaid to be pertakers of the L. table, & not of an alter. 1 Cor. 11.20 & 10:21And therfore not kneeling, and ſitting is for receiving. Wee read not of any geſture of bodie preſcribed, or obſerved in Circumciſion, and Baptiſme as in the Paſſover & L. ſupper Becauſe there needeth no materiall regard to be had of any certaine geſture in the 2.Exod 12.11 Numb. 9, 3.11.12. Math 5 17. & 26.20. former ſacraments, ſo the foreskynne were cut of, and water be vſed: But in the other two, a geſture, anſwereable to the action is requiſit. And therfore God preſcribed to his people: when they were to flie out of Egeipt, the geſture of loynes gyrded, & ſtaues in their hands, becauſe the eating then of the paſſover was in haſt. But that geſture being but for that time, as may appeare by the omisſion therof, when the obſervation of the paſſover was eſtabliſhed, our Maſter Chriſt, who came not to break but fulfill the law, and knew what was ſiteſt to be done, did not eate the paſſover ſitting, a geſture more anſwerable to eating in peace, than the former vſed in Egeipt. Wherby kneeling is convinced, as being a-geſture altogether vnanſwerable to eating And the rather, becauſe it darkeneth the counſell of God, and beyng a ſigne of the greateſt Submisſion obſcureth that Reioycing familiaritie,Iob. 38.2. 1 Cor. 11.25 26. which the L. ſupper ſignifieth, and ſealeth. Doe we not condemne the papiſts for miniſtring the communion in one kinde, becauſe ſuch an adminiſtration is againſt Chriſt his example, and doeth not liuely demonſtrate the Lords death? Here a caveat is to be given, that none take occaſion by this diſcourſe, to iuſtifie the childiſh paedagogy of ſignifiynge ceremonies deviſed by man, Seeing ſitting was vſed by Chriſt, and the ſignification thereof is found in ſcripture. And therfore that childiſh paedagogy is not iuſtified by that worthy ſervant of Chriſt, M. Cartwright, his iudgment, viz. That ſitting doth ſignifie our reſt in Chriſt Ieſus.
That kneeling may be more ſoundly conuinced as a wilworſhip, obiections are to be anſwered. Therfore where it is ſuppoſed that Chriſt and his Apoſtles miniſtred & receiued ſitting but by occaſion, and not of purpoſe: becauſe they were ſitting before in eating the paſſeover wheras if Chriſt had ſitten down of purpoſ to adminiſter the cō munion, then all that is ſaid is graunted to be ſome purpoſe. The anſwer is ſhort, yet full: Chriſt did ſit of purpoſe, when he miniſtred his laſt ſupper. For after the paſſeover he roſe, waſhed his diſciples feet, and ſat downe againe.
If it be demaunded, why the Church is not bound to the time of evening, as well as to the geſture of ſitting, ſith Chriſt obſerued the one, as well as the other? It may be anſwered: Time being a common circumſtaunce to every action (for nothing can be done,Ioh. 13.4.1… Gen. 2, 2 3. but in ſome time) the perticular time is not to be obſerued, except Chriſt had ſanctified it to the communion, as God ſainctified the 7. day, on which he reſted,Math 26.31:…5 Lek 22.53 or (at leaſt) choſen it of purpoſe, a… he did ſitting. But wheras it was vponupon ſpeciall, and neceſſary occaſion, for the paſſeover muſt eaten before the L. ſupper could be inſtituted inſteed therof, and preſently after ſupper the hower came, when Chriſt was to be betrayed, therefore if the Iewes tranſgreſſed not the inſtitution of the paſſover, by chaunging a geſture, at the firſt preſcribed by God according to that their preſent occaſion, in another ſitter for a tīe of reſt, much leſſe doe chriſtians tranſgreſe the inſtitution of the L. ſupper, by chaunging the time taken by Chriſt vponupon occaſion, but not preſcribed, into ſome other fitter (in diſcretion) for the ordinarie celebration of the L. ſupper. As probably the Primitiue Churches did. For every firſt day of the weeke (viz. the L. day) the brethren came togither to breake bread,Act 2:42. & 20.7: 1 Cor: 16, 2. Revel: 1.10: id eſt, to miniſter the communiō. So that either th…y never met vponupon the L. day, but in the evenning, or elſe they celebrated the communion at ſome other times, but for …y alteration of the geſtures of ſitting, eſpecially into kneeling there is not the leaſt probabilitie.
It is further obiected. That we may kneele in regard of prayers to be vſed, by preſcription of authority, at the deliueryng of the bread and wine. viz. The bodie of our Lord Ieſus Chriſt which was giuē for thee, preſeru thy bodie and ſoule into eternall life, and take and eate this. etc. Heere vntounto theſe anſwers may be returned. Seing we reiect Chriſt his example of ſitting for kneeling, we muſt not ſtand vponupon what we may doe, but humbly conſider what we muſt doe. For if there be not a neceſſary, and a iuſtifiable cauſe both of thoſe prayers, and of Kneeling in regard of them, doe we not preſume vponupon Chriſt his patience, in reiecting his example? Now, what necesſitie is there of thoſe prayers, at that very time? Seeing prayers goe before, and follow after. Againe, muſt we needs kneele at every bitte of a prayer? Is their more necesſity to obey a needleſſe direction to kneele at thoſe prayers, than to follow the example of Chriſt, In ſitting when we take eate and drinke, …hings r… quyred in the ſame ſentences? And w… muſt the people kneele, when they hea… thoſe prayers, rather than the miniſt… who pronounceth them? But it is a queſt… on, Whither thoſe prayers be iuſtifiable o… no. For beſides that, by reaſon of them, Kneeling, deviſed and abuſed by Antichriſt, doth croſſe the practiſe of Chri… and his Apoſtles, and they may ſeeme a… vayne repitition: Even the adding of th… to the words of inſtitution is contrary t… the minde of Chriſt. For he did firſt bleſſ… or pray, and after gaue the Elements, in a ſacramentall forme of words,Math. 6 7 & 26 26. c. …. Mark 14.21 Luk: 22.19, etc: without any addition, ſaying, take, eate, etc. Which order of adminiſtration, and forme of words, Mathew, Marke, Luke, and Paul doe ſo conſtantly, preciſly, and ſincerely relate, that any may perceiue the meaning of the ſpirit to be. That the ſacramentall forme of words ought preciſely to be obſerued, without any addition. And the rather becauſe Paul beginneth his relation thus, …aue receiued of the Lord, 1 Cor. 11, 23 …4,that which I …aue alſo deliuered, etc. So that it may …me to be againſt religion and reaſon, …at to a ſacramentall forme of ſpeach, …herin the miniſter ſhould only ſupply the …rſon of Chriſt, there ſhould be added a …rayer, as in the name of the Church. This …fuſion is fitter for Babilon, than for …on. Laſtly, Why is not a ſhort prayer, af…r other going before, aſwell ioyned to the …cramentall forme of Baptiſme: viz. N. …aptiſe thee In the name of the Father, etc. … then this addition of prayer to the ſa…ramētall forme of words, be not of faith,Rom 14.5, 23 …ow can we, with faith and a good conſci…ce, confirme, or allow the ſame with our …neeling?
Laſtly for iuſtifiyng of Kneeling, it is …ffirmed. That it is indifferent whither …e ſitt, ſtand, or kn…l…: Seeing Chriſt did ſit, when he did eate the paſſ…r. Wher…as God commaunded the ch…dren of Iſrael …n Egipt to eate the paſſover ſtanding, and ſome reformed churches receiue ſtanding, for all that Chriſt did ſit at his laſt ſupper: Therfore the King may appoynt Kneeling, as the moſt reverend geſture, and beſt beſeeming ſo holy an action. For anſwer whervnto, howſoever that which is alreadie ſaid, may ſuffice, Yet it may be further co…ſidered, That though it be admitted, that it is indifferent to ſit, or to ſtand, yet it doth not follow, that Kneeling is indifferent, For ſitting is the example, and ſtanding is a geſture ſometimes vſed in ordinary eating, and (in the obiection) it is ſaid to be preſcribed at a ſacramentall feaſt. Againe, It doth not follow, That becauſe Chriſt vſed a geſture fitter for eating in his time, inſteed of a geſture preſcribed vponupon occaſion, it is therfore lawfull to vſe a geſture nothing anſwerable to eating, and that taken out of the Synagogue of Antichriſt (as though the word of God came out of it,1 Cor. 14.36 or to it onelyonly) inſtead of a geſture moſt anſwerable to eating, & of purpoſe vſed by Chriſt at the inſtitutiō of the ſacrament. So that, notwithſtanding all that is ſaid for Kneling, His Maieſtie (vponupon whome the burthern as of this geſture ſo of other ceremonies, is layde) may remember,2 Chro▪ 29 25, That Hezekiah appoynted Levites in the houſe of the Lord with Cī balls, etc. according to the commaundement of David, and Gad the Kings Seer, and Nathan the Prophet, for the cōmaundement was by the hand of the Lord, and by the hand of his prophets. And withall conſider, that if Kneeling were the moſt reverēt geſture, & beſt be ſeming the holy cōmuniō, our L. & Maſter would not hauehave ſitten downe of purpoſe, at his laſt ſupper. And that Ahaz was deceiued In deeming the Alter at Damaſcus, 2 K ng 16 10, 12:14 15more honorable for Gods ſervice, thā the alter of the Lord.
Having ſaid that which may be ſufficient to a man reaſonable, and not contentious, againſt the iuſtitution of kneeling for ſuppoſed reverence in regard of God, it remaineth that ſomewhat be ſaid againſt the inſtitution of Kneeling, for reverence in regard of bread and wine. Which need not be much, For no ſound proteſtant, of any knowledge, will affirme it, but rather preſently conſider, That if kneeling be inſtituted for reverence in regard of bread and wine, It muſt be either becauſe they repreſent the body & bloud of Chriſt, though remaining bread and wine touching there ſubſtaunce: And then for like reaſon, we may worſhip the crucifixe, and image of God, as the papiſts doe: Or, becauſe Chriſt is really, bodily, & locally, though inviſibly, preſent in thē, either by Tranſubſtātiation, according to the heriſy of the papiſts, or by conſubſtantiation, according to the heriſy of the Lutherans. Theſe things cannot but be conſidered, And then it muſt needs follow, that if we abiure theſe heriſyes of Papiſts, & Lutherans, we muſt alſo abhorre idolatrous, & ſuperſtitious kneeling, their daughter and Nurſe, which was never hearde of before Tranſubſtantiation was hatched in the ſinagogue of Antichriſt.R…q…s of R…. …. So that immediatly after Pope Innocent decreed Tranſubſtantiation, Pope Honorius decreed kneeling.Aunſ to … Iuels ch fol. 111 Therfore if Harding doth graūt that it is not well to kneele: but in regard of a reall, & bodily preſence, a ſound proteſtant ſhould infer, But I deteſt your reall preſence, therfore I abhorre your Idolatrous kneeling.
We are to abhorre kneeling, not onelyonly becauſe we abhorre the heriſyes of worſhipping images, Tranſubſtantiation, & Conſubſtantiation, but alſo, Becauſe it is the ſhew of the greateſt evils that ever were, viz Idolatry in worſhipping a God made of a peice of bread,1 Theſſ. 5 1… and of communiō with Antichriſt, rather than, with Chriſt, and therfore the greateſt ſcādall that ever was or can be, both in regard of thoſe evils it doth occaſionally teach, or confirme, As alſo in regard of multituds (indeed the moſt part of people) either not ſufficētly inſtructed in the right vnderſtanding, & vſe of the ſacrament, and therfore caried with a blinde devotion learned by tradition, or corrupted (more or leſſe) with the leaven of poperie. Who all in regard of their weaknes, are indangered by this geſture, either groſly to commit the Idolatry of papiſts, or to hauehave a ſuperstitious estimation of the cutward elements. And the rather, becauſe by the 21 Canon it is provided: That no b…ead, and wine newly brought, ſhalbe vſed, but firſt the words of inſtitution ſhall be rehearſed, when the ſaid bread & wine be preſent vponupon the Communion table. As if the words were incantations, & the table like the aulter which ſanctifieth the ſacrifice. May not this prouiſo ſeeme (at leaſt to the ſimple) to make way at leaſt to the Popiſh conſ…ration? How grevous a ſinne it is to ſcandalize the make,Ma…h, 18.6. may appeare by the word… of Chriſt… viz. whoſoever ſhall offend one of theſe little ones, it were better for him, that a milſtone were hanged about his ne…e, and that he were drowned in the depth of the Sea. C…o 8.13.And of Paul: If meate offēd my brother. I will ea…e no fleſh, while the world ſtandeth, that I may not offend my brother. What an offence or ſcandall is, the Ap…ſ…l… ſhew th in the ſame chapter, viz. An occaſion of fallyng to the weake. The perticular offence he ſpeaketh of is this: Notwithſtāding the goſpell was preached a convenient time, and that by the Apoſtles, yet many wanted knowledge, &,verſ 7:10. even vntounto that time, did eate as a thing ſacrificed to an Idoll. Of whome if any ſhould ſee a man indued with knowledge ſit at table in the Idols temple, his weake conſcience might occaſionally be imboldeued to eate thoſe things which are ſacrificed to Idols. If Paul would never eate fleſh rather than he would offend in this caſe, becauſe in ſo doeing he ſhould ſinne agaīſt Chriſt, how dare a chriſtian,ver. 12 hauing knowledge, kneele in the preſence of any, who, for want of knowledge, receiue ſuperſtitiouſly. Of which ſort, ſeing there be ſo many even vntill this hower, and ever likly to be, that we know not when, and where to communicate without ſome ſuch, either old, or young: it followeth, that as ſitting at table in the Idols temple, could not be with out ſinne, in the Apoſtles time, ſo kneling cannot be without ſin in theſe dayes, when the number of faithfull teachers is much decreaſed, but of papiſts much increaſed, & by our kneeling much confirmed in their bread worſhipe.Sum of the confe. pa. 74 Therfore If his Maieſties iudgment be ſound, that the ſurplice is not to be worne, if Heatheniſh men were commorant among vsus, who, therby, might take occaſion to be ſtrengthened in their paganiſme? ſhall we by our corrupt practiſe of kneeling, strengthen the papiſts, who ſwarme among us, in their Idolatry? If the State doth well, in ordeining the ſacrament to be adminiſtred in vſual bread to take away ſuperſtitiō,Rub. after the com, ſect 5. wheras Chriſt did by occaſion, miniſter in vnleavēed bread, ſhall not we doe ill, In teaching, or confirming ſuperſtition by kneeling, whereas Chriſt did of purpoſe miniſter ſitting?Hom. agaiſt peril of Idol part 3 a Setting vp of images in churches onelyonly to be lay mens bookes, is, by authoritie condemned,Levit: 19.14 becauſe they are as ſtumbling blockes in way of the blinde So that they hauehave been, are ſtill, and will be hereafter worſhipped by ignorant perſons. Is not kneeling as ſcandalous? How can it then be iuſtified?
But it is ſaid, that the Kings cōmaūdemēt taketh away ſcandall, in things indifferēt. And it may be averred that this is a begging of the queſtion, except it be proued by the word, that kneeling may be without ſinne, and that notwithſtanding it be an inſtitution of man, contrary to the example of Chriſt, a ſigne of communion rather with Antichriſt and his ſinagogue of Rōe, than with Chriſt and his Church, it hauehave no proportion with ſacramentall eating, and hauehave beene, is, and will be bread worſhipe. But ſuppoſe that in it ſelfe it wereas indifferent as was eating of fleſh ſacrificed to an Idol, not in the Idols temple,1 Cor: 10.17 28. but at a priuate table where no weake ones were, in the Apoſtles time: yet how doth the Kings commaundement take away ſcandall from kneeling in publicke places? Doth it make all ſo ſure, that none can be ſcandalized? Or, if that cannot be, doth it take away guiltines from the ſcandalizer, as if all the blame of ſcandalizing, were in the Kings commaundement? Su…rly it muſt be in the former, or els the latter cannot be, For by ſcandalizing a weake brother periſheth.Cor 8.11. …mb: 35 Of whoſe bloud, the ſcandalizer is guiltie, as Ioab was of Vriahs bloud,…am, 11:15 …, 17, notwithſtanding the Kings commaundement. Here his Maieſtie knowne to be of a gentle diſpoſition, & to hauehave learned, yea profeſſed better thinges in Scotland, is moſt humblie prayed, to take this word (King) as ſpoken in imitation, and vnderſtood of Cantor: who knowne to be of a violent diſpoſition, did cary matters in the Convocation, and publiſhed Canons not orderly, & fully concluded, as ſome of his ſuffragane prelates report, But it is imposſible, that the Kings commaundement ſhould make all ſo ſure, that none can be ſcandalized, the generall ignorance of the people, the diſpoſition of the ignorant vntounto ſuperſtition, the old leaven of popery not purged, & the multipliyng of papiſts, all well conſidered. Nay rather, It is likely, that by the commaundement, the ſcandall will be the greater. Eſpecially in regard of the 27 Canon, where miniſters are commaunded, vnderunder paine of ſuſpenſion, Not wittingly to adminiſter the ſacrament to any, but ſuch as kneele. May not ſimple, & ſuperſtitious perſons take occaſion thus to argue? Why ſhould kneeling be thus vrged by authoritie, if the ſacramentall ſignes of the bodie, and bloud of Chriſt, be no more to be reverenced, than water applyed in baptizing children? Seeing that is alſo a ſanctified ſigne of Chriſt his bloud, that w…ſheth away our ſinnes, and iniquities.
To conclud, If kneeling in the very acte of taking, eating & drinking the ſacramentall bread & wine, in the holy communion, be (1) an inſtitution of man. (2) If it be the taking of Gods name in vaine, when it is without all reſpecte of reverence (3) If God be not honored thereby, except it be according to his will. (4) If it ſwarue from the example of Chriſt his ſitting, & therfore deſerueth no prayſe. (5) If it be a provoking ſinne to reiect the exemplary ſitting of chriſt, wherby we ſh…w our ſelues to be in communion with Chriſt, & the reformed churches, and to r…taine kneeling, which for bread worſhip, ought to be baniſhed, & wherby we ſeeme to be in cōmunion with Antichriſt, & his ſinagogue. 6) If it obſcureth that reioycing familiaritie in & with Chriſt which the L. ſupper ſignifieth (7) if the argument from Chriſt his example be made the ſtronger, in that he ſat of purpoſe. 8) If the lawfulnes of chaſing a fitter time than the euening cannot iuſtify our reiecting Chriſt his exemplary ſitting (9) if the bittes of prayer ioyned with the words of inſtitutiō do make kneling the more ſinfull (10) If kneeling be not as indifferent, as ſtanding, nor beſt beſeeming the holy communion, and the King muſt appoynt nothing but by the hand of the Lord. (11) If we ought to abhor kneeling, as we abhorre the worſhipping of Images, Tranſubſtantiation, & Conſubſtantiation (12) If to ſcandalize be greevouſly to ſinne, and kneeling …e a ſh…w of the greateſt evils, and withall the great…ſt …candall. And (13) If it be a begging of be queſtion to affirme, kneeling to be indifferent, & the Kings commaundement …ſo called) doth rather increaſe, thā leſſon …candall by kneeling, It may be averred, that kneeling in the very acte of Taking, eating, and drinking the ſacramentall bread & wine, in the holy communion, cannot be without ſinne.
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