...Lord's Supper that the communicant should receive the same kneeling (which order is well meant for the signification of our humble and grateful acknowledgment...kneeling should by any persons, either out of ignorance or infirmity, or out of malice and obstinacy, be misconstrued and depraved, it is hereby declared1...

...kneeling ; (which Order . is well meant, for a signification of our humble and grateful acknowledgement of . the benefits of Christ therein given to all worthy...same kneeling should by any Persons, either out of ¡gnoranee and infirmity, or out of malice and obstinacy, be misconstrued and depraved; it is hereby...

...the reverential posture of kneeling, " in a signification of an humble and grateful acknowledgement of the benefits of Christ therein given to all worthy...disorder in the holy communion, as might otherwise ensue ;" but by no means in token of any adoration of the sacramental bread and wine. As Christ ordained...

...kneeling ; " (which order is well meant, for a signification of " our humble and grateful acknowledgement of the " benefits of Christ therein given to all worthy...Holy Communion, as might " otherwise ensue ;) yet, least the same kneeling " should by any Person, either out of ignorance and " infirmity, or out of...

...posture when we receive the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, " for a signification," as she says, " of our humble and grateful acknowledgment of the benefits...in the Holy Communion, as might otherwise ensue." There are but a few passages of Scripture from which we may form any notion of the mode of adoration...

...benefits of Christ therein given to " all worthy Receivers, and for the avoiding of such pro" fanation and disorder in the holy Communion, as might " otherwise...yet, lest the same kneeling should by " any persons, cither put of ignorance and infirmity, or out " of malice and obstinacy, be misconstrued and depraved...

...the Church of England requires all to kneel to display " their humble and grateful acknowledgments of the benefits of Christ therein given to all worthy...in the holy Communion as might otherwise ensue."* Now kneeling is a posture of piety, humility, and conscious unworthiness; and as every communicant...

...blood" she declares are " verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful z ." And to signify her " humble and grateful acknowledgment of the benefits...disorder in the holy communion as might otherwise ensue a ," she directs all her children to receive the sacrament kneeling; that is, in an attitude of humble...

...adoration. At the end of ' the Communion,' there is the following express statement to this effect : — "whereas it is ordained in this office for the administration...ensue :) yet, lest the same kneeling should, by any person, either out of ignorance and infirmity, or out of malice and obstinacy, be misconstrued and...

...correct a non-participation, she enjoined another exhortation inforcing the duty of communicating. " For a signification of our humble and grateful acknowledgment...disorder in the holy communion as might otherwise ensue, she ordained that the communicants should receive the same kneeling." And, while she directed her ministers...