M.u. 6. tS. !'f.l 135. &. 107. S, 13, ~I, &;. OfboJDing at the name]efru. Of jlanding up at theGoJpel. ()Qell:. 85. .fire repetitiom of tl1e fame words in [lmrch·prayers, lawful ~ ' A"f"'· I· IT is not lawful tn affect them as the Heathens•. who think they !hall be beard for their Bauol11git, or faymg over the fame words, as 1f God were moved by them as by a charm. 2· Nor is it lawful to do that which hath a firong appearance of fuch a conceit, and thereby to mak" ~ods worfl\ip rid!c,ulol!s and contemptible: As the Papifl:s in the_ir Pfaltcrs, a~d Prayer Books rep;at: mgovc... the name of Trfur and Mary fo ott together as makcth It fcc:m a ludicrous daming. But, t. It is 1\twfufto fpeak the fame words from ~ulnefs and fervency of zeal ; •· And when we are afraid to give over lefi we have not yet ~reva~led with God. 3• And in GodsJolemn Pr.i[ts (jung or[ 11 id )iiJ~ ~ord or itntc:nc~ oft repeated fomcttm: hath an e.lcgancy, and affecting decency ; And therefore u IS fo often. uf(d m the Pfalms; yea and m many Scnpture Prayers. 4• In fuch cafes, to bring a ferious·urgmcyof jpirit to th_e ~epeated w~rds, and not to ~uarrel with the rtpttitionJ, is the: duty of o'!e that j·ayncth With trUe Chnlltan Alfcmbhes, as a fan of piCty and peace. Qgell:. 86. Ir itlawful to bow at the 11awzin.g of ]efru ? "t\' Mic. 6 . 6. An[~~ T,H E que~ ion either refpel:te~h.the Pcrron qf Jefu~, named by any of his names, or elfe ]«. ,,. 27• .l · this Narni 1efuJ only. And that.either ji~ply m 11 fclf confidmd; or elfc<omparativtly as ICa. P ~, &. txcluding,, or not incluJing ot(urnamu. !C.. ' 9· '4· I. That the perfon of JefuJ is to be bowed to, I never knew a Chrifiian deny; ~!;;1 ;~-~~:; r. 2• That we may lawfully exprd5 our rc:v.crence byb?W:ing, when the 11ames [God, Jehovah, JcPhil. z.. 9 , to, fm, Chrifi, &c. J arc uttered, I have met Wl,th few Chnfhans who deny, no•· know I any reafon to ar, 12. deny it. " .... . 4 1 HaLJ4· l· 3• Had I been fit to haYc prcfcribed directions to other Minillm or Churches, I would not have :::.-4~' pcrfwaded, much Icfs commanded them, to ~o~at the Name of Jt~su, a~y more than at rhe name of & 1 , , 9 • God, Jebovah, Chrijl, &c. for many Reafons which the Reader may rmagrnt, though I will oot now & ; 6. 1, 2. mention them. · & 96 2 • 4 • But if 1 live and joyn in a Church where it is commandtd and peremptorily urged tobow at the ! ~~ ... ~. name of JcfuJ, and where my not.doingitwould be divifivc,fcandalous or o~cnfi~e~ I will bowat the &: r 4 w, 1;. ·name of God, Jthovab, Jefit~, Cbrift, Lord, &c. one as ":eH as t~c .othc.r: feemg 1t IS nor bowing at & •<9· ~· Chrifisname that I fcruple, but the confequents of feeming to dillmgui!h and ptefcr that name alone Ifo.9. 6, 7· before all therell. l!£ t2· .l· ~:~.: ~35~·:.· 3·1 Chron. 29. 10. & 2 Chron. ::!9·30. < ' Qk!ell:. 87. Is it lawful to jla11dup at tl1e Gof}el M we are appoi11ted ~ A»f"'· 1 • HAd I been a prcfcrib_er to othersmy felf, l !hould not have requited the Church to fland up at the readmg of ant part of a Chapter by the name of the Gofpcl, and not at the fame word1 wht:n tht wbolt Chapter is read. . 2 • But if I live where RulerS ptrtmptorilycommand it (I fupp9fe not forbiding us to fiand up at theG•ffiel rtad in Cbaptrrs, but fei<Gting this as an inllance of their fignifie_d Confent to the Gofpcl, who will do no more ) I would obey the.m rather th~n give otf'!'ce, by ftaniling up at the Keading of rbe Cbaptrrs<~nd aU; which lfuppofe w1ll be no VIOlatiOn of theu Laws. .Q!!elt.
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