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The English nonconformity as under King Charles II and King James II truly stated…
The English nonconformity as under King Charles II and King James II truly stated and argued by Richard Baxter ; who earnestly beseecheth rulers and clergy not to divide and destroy the land and cast their own souls on the dreadful guilt and punishment of national perjury ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1689
Chapter 14: Point XI. Of rejecting from Communion all that dare not kneel in the act of Receiving.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
L. Nor doth the Church make Kneeling in Receiving necessary to Salvation, but enjoin it as a decent Ceremony.
L. Nor doth the Church make Kneeling in Receiving necessary to Salvation, but enjoyne it as a decent Ceremony.
M. They that make this Kneeling necessary to Church Communion, and avoiding Schism, and make Church-communion and avoiding Schism necessary to Salvation, do make the said Kneeling necessary to Salvation. But so do the Canonists here: Ergo. How usually do they apply Christ's words to the Sacrament [Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, ye have no life in you] If Communion herein be not necessary, how ⟨p. 78⟩come all the dreadful Sermons, and Volumes to thunder damnation against those that do but stay away through fear of unpreparedness, and they must be Excommunicated that Communicate not twice a year with them; yea though they communicate elsewhere with Nonconformists.
M. They that make this Kneeling necessary to Church Communion, and avoiding Schism, and make Church-communion and avoiding Schism necessary to Salvation, do make the said Kneeling necessary to Salvation. But so do the Canonists here: Ergo. How usually do they apply Christ's words to the Sacrament [Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, ye have no life in you] If Communion herein be not necessary, how ⟨p. 78⟩come all the dreadful Sermons, and Volumnes to thunder damnation against those that do but stay away through fear of unpreparedness, and they must be Excommunicated that Communicate not twice a year with them; yea though they communicate elsewhere with Nonconformists.