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…

But the kneelers would yet make more ado to us, and be still Sect. 20 stirring if they can do no more. Wherefore ^kone of our Doctors objecteth, that we lift up our eyes and our hands to heaven, and worship God, yet do not worship the heaven: that a man going to bed, prayeth before his bed: that David, offered the Sacrifices of thanksgiving, in the presence of all the people, Psal. 116. that Paul having taken bread gave thanks, before all them who were in the ship Act. 27. 35. that the Israelites worshipped before Moses and Aaron, Exod. 4, 31. Hereupon ^lanother Dr. harping on the same string, tells us, that when we kneel in the act of receiving the Sacrament, We kneel no more to bread, then to the pulpit, when we join our prayers with the ministers. Oh, unworthy instances, and reproachful to Doctors! All these things were and are accidentally present to the worshippers, and not purposely before them, not respected as having a religious state in the worship. What? do we worship before the bread in the Sacrament, even as before a Pulpit, a bed, &c? Nay, graduate men should understand better what they speak off.

But the kneelers would yet make more adoe to us, and be still Sect. 20 stirring if they can doe no more. Wherefore ^kone of our Doctours objecteth, that we lift up our eyes and our hands to heaven, and worship God, yet doe not worship the heaven: that a man going to bed, prayeth before his bed: that David, offered the Sacrifices of thanksgiving, in the presence of all the people, Psal. 116. that Paul having taken bread gave thankes, before all them who were in the ship Act. 27. 35. that the Israelits worshipped before Moses and Aaron, Exod. 4, 31