A dispute against the English-popish ceremonies, obtruded upon the Church of Scotland Wherein not…A dispute against the English-popish ceremonies, obtruded vpon the Church of Scotland Wherein not…

And if one would say, that in kneeling at the Sacrament he worshippeth not the flesh and blood of Christ, but the Lord his God only, yet is the same difference to be put betwixt his kneeling before the Elements, & the kneeling of a penitentiary before the Congregation: For the very kneeling it self (simply considered) before the Elements, respecteth them as then purposely set in our sight, that we may kneel before them: whereas in the case of the penitentiary, ⟨p. 71⟩it is not his kneeling to confess his sin to God, which hath a respect to the Congregation as set in his sight for that purpose; But some circumstances of his kneeling only, to wit, When? At that time when the Congregation is assembled; And where? Publicly in sight of the Congregation. In regard of these circumstances, he hath the Congregation purposely in his sight, & so respecteth them; But in regard of the kneeling it self simply, the presence of the Congregation is but accidental to him who kneeleth, & confesseth his sin before God. As touching giving thanks before the meat set on our common Tables, though a man should do it kneeling, yet this speaketh not home to the point now in controversy, except a man so kneel before his meat, that he have a religious respect to it, as a thing separated from a common use and made holy, and likewise have both his mind & his external senses of seeing, touching, & tasting fastened upon it in the act of his kneeling. And if a man should thus kneel before his meat, he were an Idolater.

And if one would say, that in kneeling at the Sacrament he worshippeth not the flesh and bloud of Christ, but the Lord his God only, yet is the same difference to be put betwixt his kneeling before the Elements, & the kneeling of a poenitentiary before the Cō gregation: For the very kneeling it self (simply considered) before the Elements, respecteth them as then purposely set in our sight, that we may kneele before thē: whereas in the case of the poenitentiary, ⟨p. 71⟩it is not his kneeling to confesse his sinne to God, which hath a respect to the Congregation as set in his sight for that purpose; But some cirumstances of his kneeling only, to wit, When? At that time when the Congregation is assembled; And where? Publikely in sight of the Congregation. In regard of these circumstances, he hath the Congregation purposely in his sight, & so respecteth them; But in regard of the kneeling it self simply, the presence of the Congregation is but accidentall to him who kneeleth, & confesseth his sinne before God. As touching giving thankes before the meate set on our common Tables, though a man should doe it kneeling, yet this speaketh not home to the point now in controversy, except a man so kneele before his meat, that he have a religious respect to it, as a thing separated from a common use and made holy, and likewise have both his minde & his externall sences of seeing, touching, & tasting fastened upon it in the act of his kneeling. And if a man should thus kneele before his meate, he were an Idolater.