Hoadly - BX5136 H6

Of CONFORMITY. 197 that He defìgned it to exclude Additions, and the constant ufe of Additions in any of the Acts of Religious t''orfhip, your own Pra&ice is a clear ]Demonflration. For, you never Baptize without the ufe of fomewhat which is an addition to ChriFt's Infitution ; you never celebrate the Communion , you never meet for Publick Prayer, without the ufe of force.. what which is an Addition to Chrifi's In- ftitution, TheCommunion is a mainpart ofPublick Worfhip, and therefore, I (hall intlance in that. And I argue, as I did under the laft Head, that Confiant Com- munion with your ownChurches, or with any others in the World, cloth as much reprefent Chrift's Inftitution to bedefective, &c. As Confiant Communion with the ChurchofEngland can do. Chrifi's irlti4 tutionofthe Eucharift, was only, Eat this Bread, anddrink this Wine, in remembrance ofme : Not in this particularpofture, any more than at this particular time ; the gefturebeing no more a part ofthe Inftitu- tion, than the time. Your confiant ufe of any Pofture, (whether it be ftanding, or fatting) is as much a refleaion upon the defeCtivenefs ofChrift's Inftitution, as your, Confiant Vfeof Kneeling couldbe; itbeing' N 3 the

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