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XXXVII. Ib. That if one pray Mr. Danvers to pray for him, it is Idolatry, or if the people or sick pray the Minister to pray for them, or Children their Parents; or if one should do so by an Angel that should appear to him; or to a Saint or Angel unseen, imagining that he were present; this is not only Superstition and so sinful, but also Idolatry; which is giving Gods proper worship to a creature: And consequently it is the proper worship of God only, to pray him to pray for us to himself.

XXXVIII. Ib. That it is a sin to bow the knee at the naming of Jesus, though we renounce all in it that is superstitious and scandalous, and bow equally at the name of God, Jehovah, Christ, &c.

XXXIX. Ib. That it is a sin to stand when the Gospel is read, though we be never so weary of sitting, and stand equally at the reading of all the rest of the Scripture, or at Sermon without distinction; so heinously did the Universal Church sin for many hundred years in their long standings; and so sinful a thing it is to hear in a Church or Meeting-place that hath no seats, unless we sit on the ground.

XXXIX. Ib. That it is a sin to stand when the Gospel is read, though we be never so weary of sitting, and stand equally at the reading of all the rest of the Scripture, or at Sermon without distinction; so heynously did the Ʋniversal Church sin for many hundred years in their long standings; and so sinful a thing it is to hear in a Church or Meeting-place that hath no seats, unless we sit on the ground.