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More proofs of infants church-membership and consequently their right to baptism, or, A second…
More proofs of infants church-membership and consequently their right to baptism, or, A second defence of our infant rights and mercies in three parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for N. Simmons and J. Robinson, 1675
Chapter 8: A Catalogue of some Doctrines of Mr. Danvers and the rest that with him accuse my Chris…
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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.
XL. Ib. That it is a sin to kneel while the Ten-Commandments are read, though it be by women whose custom that posture is (upon a boss) through the rest of the days exercise; and though it be never so openly declared that we take them not for a prayer, nor do it to any ill signification or intent.
XL. Ib. That it is a sin to kneel while the Ten-Commandments are read, though it be by women whose custom that posture is (upon a boss) through the rest of the daies exercise; and though it be never so openly declared that we take them not for a prayer, nor do it to any ill signification or intent.