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So is the Gesture in singing Psalms: If any think, that speaking to God by prayer, praise, or thanksgiving in Psalms, should in honour to God be done Standing, or Kneeling, rather than Sitting, it is no addition to God's Institution. And that we commonly use sitting in Psalmody, and not when we Pray in Prose, is merely because Custom maketh one more offensive than the other.

So is the Gesture in singing Psalms: If any think, that speaking to God by prayer, praise, or thanksgiving in Psalms, should in honour to God be done Standing, or Kneeling, rather than Sitting, it is no addition to God's Institution. And that we commonly use sitting in Psalmody, and not when we Pray in Prose, is meerly because Custom maketh one more offensive than the other.

The same I say of the Gesture of Preaching, which some do sitting with their Hats on, and others stand to avoid a seeming dishonour of Gods Name and Service. Also, some holy Nonconformists I have known, that would rarely name God but with their Hats put off, or bowing their Heads; or with Hands and Eyes lift up towards Heaven. (Old Mr. Atkins at Tipton near Dudley, did thus use to show such Reverence, when he named God, that would strike Reverence into those that saw and heard him: and hath oft Affected me more than a Sermon.) This was External Worship, not Instituted in the particulars, but in general of Reverence to God.

The same I say of the Gesture of Preaching, which some do sitting with their Hats on, and others stand to avoid a seeming dishonour of Gods Name and Service. Also, some holy Nonconformists I have known, that would rarely name God but with their Hats put off, or bowing their Heads; or with Hands and Eyes lift up towards Heaven. (Old Mr. Atkins at Tipton near Dudley, did thus use to shew such Reverence, when he named God, that would strike Reverence into those that saw and heard him: and hath oft Affected me more than a Sermon.) This was External Worship, not Instituted in the particulars, but in general of Reverence to God.