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Sect. 10. Kneeling, &c.

Answ. [Concerning Kneeling at the Sacrament we have given account already; only thus much we add, That we conceive it an Error to say, that the Scripture affirms the Apostles to have received not kneeling: The posture at the Paschal Supper we know, but the Institution of the holy Sacrament was after Supper, and what Posture was then used, the Scripture is silent. The Rubric at the end of the 1. Edw. c. 6. that leaves kneeling, crossing, &c. indifferent, is meant only at such times as they are not prescribed and required: But at the Eucharist kneeling is expressly required in the Rubric following.]

Answ. [Concerning Kneeling at the Sacrament we have given account already; only thus much we add, That we conceive it an Error to say, that the Scripture affirms the Apostles to have received not kneeling: The posture at the Paschal Supper we know, but the Institution of the holy Sacrament was after Supper, and what Posture was then used, the Scripture is silent. The Rubrick at the end of the 1. Edw. c. 6. that leaves kneeling, crossing, &c. indifferent, is meant only at such times as they are not prescribed and required: But at the Eucharist kneeling is expresly required in the Rubrick following.]

Repl. Doubtless when Matthew and Mark say it was [as they did eat] to which before it is said [That they sate down] and when Interpreters generally agree upon it, this would easily have satisfied you, if you had been as willing to believe it, as to believe the contrary: