i [ 5o ] the Cafe. ThePofture of fitting enjoined by thePuritans was calculated for none but themfelves, arid mull have excluded many others; whereas the Pofture of kneeling was not only approv'd by the Friends of King Edward's Reforma- tion, but was neceffary to keep the Lutherans, and many who, in the Reign of ,Q,ueen Mary, had been fedu- ced to Popery (to whom force Regard and Compa%on was due) in the Com- munion of the Church. This humble and decent Pofture of kneeling is fome- times call'd Popery and Idolatry; upon which Cenfure Bifhop Burnet makes vol.rz.p. ï71.the following Remark. " In the pri- " mitive Church they received fland- " ing and bending their Body in a Po- " flure of Adoration. But how foon cc that Gefture of Kneeling came in, is cc not fo exa6tly obferved, nor is it cc needful to know. But furely there " is great Want of Ingenuity in them cc that are pleafed to apply thefe Or- " ders offorre latter Popes for kneel- " ing at the. ELEVATION, to our kneel- " ing ; when ours is not at one filch cc Part, which might be more liable cc to Exception,, but during the whole g` Office : By which it is one continued " Act of Woríhip, and the Communi- " cants kneel all the while. There
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