item: #1 of 15 id: A01917 author: Gordon, John, 1544-1619. title: Eirenokoinonia. The peace of the communion of the Church of England. Or, The conformitie of the ceremonies of the communion of the Church of England with the ensamples and doctrine of the holy Scriptures, and primitiue Church, established by the Apostles of Christ, and the holy martyrs, and bishops, their successors. By Io: Gordon, Doctor of Diuinitie, and Deane of Salisbury. date: 1612 words: 14071 flesch: 65 summary: The Greeke word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 commeth from the Verbe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , which signifieth to lie vpon a bed or Carpet , or any such like thing , so that yee may see in S. Pauls time , the gesture of the body when they did eate or drinke at solemne feasts in the Temples of the Idols , was in lying on beds or cushens , or the like , which was spread in the floore of the temples . it is said that when the houre was come , Christ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , which commeth from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , that signifieth in Latine , decido , in English , ●o full ●owne . keywords: apostles; body; chapter; christ; christians; church; communion; custome; day; doe; doth; england; feasts; garment; gesture; god; haue; hee; holy; idols; kneeling; lying; publike; saith; seruice; solemne; supper; table; time; verse; vpon; vse; wee; white; words; worship cache: A01917.xml plain text: A01917.txt item: #2 of 15 id: A05533 author: Lindsay, David, d. 1641? title: The reasons of a pastors resolution, touching the reuerend receiuing of the holy communion: written by Dauid Lindesay, D. of Diuinitie, in the Vniuersitie of Saint Andrewes in Scotland, and preacher of the gospell at Dundy date: 1619 words: 29472 flesch: 58 summary: This I call a Luciferian pride , or Arrianisme : for he that accounteth himselfe Christs equall , must either in his conceit abase Christ from being such a person as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , God manifested in the flesh , and from the glorious condition of that estate : whereunto hee is exalted at the right hand of the Father , far aboue Principalities and Powers , which is worse then Arrianisme : Or hee must imagine himselfe to be such a person , and of such quality , as our Sauiour is , which no creature is , nor euer shall be . Thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1. Cor. 8. keywords: action; bee; bloud; bodie; bread; christ; church; doe; downe; eate; faith; gesture; god; hath; haue; hee; himselfe; kneeling; lord; receiue; receiuing; sacrament; sauiour; sect; selues; sitting; supper; table; things; vse; wee; word cache: A05533.xml plain text: A05533.txt item: #3 of 15 id: A10179 author: Prynne, William, 1600-1669. title: Certaine quæres propounded to the bowers at the name of Iesvs and to the patrons thereof. Wherein the authorities, and reasons alleadged by Bishop Andrewes and his followers, in defence of this ceremony, are briefly examined and refuted; the mistranslation of Phil. 2.10.11. cleared, and that tet, with others acquitted both from commanding or authorizing this novell ceremony, here gived to be unlawfull in sundry respects. date: 1636 words: 21408 flesch: 79 summary: Since the Kinge himselfe , with all the greate Officers of the State , the Prelates and Ministers of the Church , are better , more honorable , and more to be respected , ( as they are publicke persons and Officers ) then as they are private men ; And since it will hereupon necessarily ensue , That the very essence of the D●itie and name of God , ( which are common to each of the Three persons in the Trinitie , as we learne in Athanasius Creede ) should be worser then , inferior to the personall subsistence and names of each person in the Trinity , which are proper and incommunicable one to the other , where as the essence and name of the Deitie are common to each three persons : Which were heresie and Blasphemy to affirme , yea the (k) very heresie of Nestorious condemned in the Councell of Ephesus : Whether it be not (l) heresie to say , that Christ is not God , nor the name Christ the name of God ? it beeing directly contrary to Rom. 9.5 . Doctor Will●t , say , no man is , or ought to be forced or enjoyned to use , ) in the selfsame , yea in a farr more earnest manner then ever the Papists urged it upon any , by Fyninge , imprisoninge , suspendinge , deprivinge such Ministers and others who refuse to use it , against all Law , all Iustice , the (m) Statute of Magna Charta & Petittion of Right , tendes not only to the erectinge of Popery , and bringinge in of bowinge to Altars , Images , the Hoste , Transu●●stantiation and Masse , as late experience and the turning of Communion Tables to Altars or Altaringe , every where manifests ? Whether bowinge at the name of Iesus , be not divine worship and adoration , given immediately , either to the person or name of Iesus , or to both ? keywords: andrewes; bishop; bow; bowing; ceremony; christ; church; divine; doe; father; god; hee; holy; honour; iesus; iesus christ; knee; lord; men; names; person; phil; reverence; saviour; sonne; text; tom; wee; ● ● cache: A10179.xml plain text: A10179.txt item: #4 of 15 id: A10188 author: Prynne, William, 1600-1669. title: Lame Giles his haultings. Or, A briefe survey of Giles Widdovves his confutation of an appendix, concerning bowing at the name of Iesus Together with a short relation of the popish originall and progresse of this groundlesse novell ceremony: wherein Mr. Widdovves his manifold forgeries, oversights, and absurdities are in part detected; and the point, of bowing at the name of Iesus, together with that, of cringing to altars and communion-tables, is now more largely discussed. By VVilliam Prynne, an vtter-barrester of Lincolnes Inne. date: 1630 words: 29763 flesch: 73 summary: What Fathers or ancient Records doe testifie , that bowing at the name of Iesus was used in the primitive Church ; and what are their words ? VVhat ancient Authorities there are before Zanchius , Whitguift , or H●●ker , which testifie , that bowing at the name of Iesus was used in the time of Arrius ? VVhether there be any one Father , who speakes directly and punctually of bowing at the name of Iesus ; and who he is if any such there be ? VVhether Popes , or Popish Councels and Authours were not the first broachers , and chiefe propagatours of this Ceremony ? What difference is there betweene Papists and Protestants bowing at the name of Iesus , since Protestants condemne them for this Ceremony , and yet doe use it ? VVhat reasons are there , that men should bow onely at the name of Iesus , more than at the name of Saviour , which is the same with Iesus ; or at the name of Emmanuel , God , or the like ? That if we be reproached for the name of Christ , [ not Iesus ] happy are w● , inasmuch as we are partakers of christs sufferings . keywords: acts; altars; appendix; bowing; cap; ceremony; christ; church; col; communion; cor; doe; doth; duty; fathers; god; hath; hee; ibid; iesus; iesus christ; iohn; knee; lib; lord; mat; men; owne; page; phil; place; popish; saviour; scripture; sonne; text; things; time; tom; widdowes; writes; ● ● cache: A10188.xml plain text: A10188.txt item: #5 of 15 id: A10973 author: Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616. title: Two dialogues, or conferences (about an old question lately renued, and by the schismaticall company, both by printed pamphlets, and otherwise to the disturbance of the Churches quiet, and of peaceable minds, very hotly pursued.) Concerning kneeling in the very act of receiuing the sacramental bread and wine, in the Supper of the Lord The former betweene two ministers of the word, the one refractarie, and depriued; the other not so. The latter betweene an humorous schismatike and a setled professor. date: 1608 words: 38703 flesch: 69 summary: LAstly , for iustifying of Kneeling it is affirmed , that it is indifferent whether wee Sit , Stand , or Kneele , seeing Christ did Sit , when he did eate the Passeouer , whereas God commanded the children of Israel in Egypt to eate the Passeouer Standing , and some reformed Churches receiue Standing . Before Kneeling by authoritie was enioined , it was lawfull for vs , and all men , to question about the lawfulnesse thereof : but being once appointed , now to resuse to bow , sauoureth not of his spirit , which said : If any man be contentious , we haue no such custome , nor the Church of God n . keywords: bee; bread; christ; christians; church; churches; communion; doe; doth; euen; example; gesture; god; gods; good; hath; haue; hee; holy; kneele; kneeling; lords; man; papists; pro; receiuing; sacrament; schis; sinne; sitting; supper; things; time; vnto; wee; wine; word; worship cache: A10973.xml plain text: A10973.txt item: #6 of 15 id: A17572 author: Calderwood, David, 1575-1650. title: A defence of our arguments against kneeling in the act of receiving the sacramentall elements of bread and wine impugned by Mr. Michelsone date: 1620 words: 23201 flesch: 70 summary: Nōn● acce●●to corpore Domini & reservat ▪ 〈◊〉 qu● sa●vu●●m est ▪ & pa●●ici●●●●o sacrifi●ij & execu●●●ss ●ij . I will also , so farr as I may , eschew repetition of any thing already written in the two former treatises ●●ent this argument : yet so that this Defence shal be , as I ●ope , sufficient without them . keywords: act; action; adoration; apostles; argument; body; bread; christ; communion; cup; day; defence; doctor; doe; doth; eating; elements; gesture; god; hath; hee; howbeit; idolatry; kneele; kneeling; lord; man; manner; o ●; pag; place; prayer; reason; receiving; sacrament; sacramentall; sayth; set; sitting; supper; table; time; use; wee; words; worship; ● e; ● ● cache: A17572.xml plain text: A17572.txt item: #7 of 15 id: A17574 author: Calderwood, David, 1575-1650. title: An epistle of a Christian brother exhorting an other to keepe himselfe vndefiled from the present corruptions brought in to the ministration of the Lords Supper. date: 1624 words: 7196 flesch: 50 summary: Since yee professe , and faine would bee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , and submitting yourselfe to bee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , a follower of God by your profession , wish , and submission , rather to follow Christ and his Apostles followers of him , then any other man , or societie of men , and rather the forme of our owne kirke observed since reformation , wherin yee haue gotten the comfort that ever yee had , or haue by that sacrament , and for thir particulars , and other causes of contention betwixt you and them , that would draw you to a mixture with them in their forme , you must deprecate favour while you be better informed , and advised , and they both to the effect that before you come to communication at the Table , yee may be one in faith and articles of religion , and of one consent of heart in Ierome his sence , calling Augustine of his communion , and of Augustines meaning , calling a certaine woman of his communion . In these difficulties , your case is the more lamentable , that ye are drawn under the displeasure of high authoritye , which , next to God ye would fainest please , & under the dislike of some Peers , and Iudges of the land , hauing such particular care to their owne charges , giuing them small leasure to sound the depth of ecclesiastical controversies , & only for a matter of conformitie , that known enemy to the vnitie and peace of the kirks of Christ in all the world , where it hath found credit . keywords: bee; bread; christ; conscience; god; haue; kirke; lord; owne; sacrament; table; text; truth; yee cache: A17574.xml plain text: A17574.txt item: #8 of 15 id: A17588 author: Calderwood, David, 1575-1650. title: A solution of Doctor Resolutus, his resolutions for kneeling date: 1619 words: 22696 flesch: 67 summary: If Christ had celebrated the Paschal supper in the dayes of DAVID or SALOMON , before the custome of sitting at table in beds entred among the Iewes , he had used the gesture of upright sitting , as the Iewes did then , and as the Iewes do at this day , when they celebrate the Paschal Supper . VVhile as the Disciples were sitting at table in Emaus , Christ gave thankes , and Math. 14. keywords: act; action; adoration; apostles; body; bread; christ; communicants; communion; cup; day; doctor; doth; elements; gesture; god; gods; institution; kirk; kneele; kneeling; lord; prayer; receiving; sacrament; sayd; sayth; sitting; standing; supper; table; time; use; vvas; vve; vvhen; vvhich; vvith; word; worship cache: A17588.xml plain text: A17588.txt item: #9 of 15 id: A20465 author: Dighton, Thomas. title: Certain reasons of a private Christian against conformitie to kneeling in the very act of receiving the Lords Supper. By Tho: Dighton Gent date: 1618 words: 39341 flesch: 51 summary: And the rest of our Saviours cariage ( who is Lord and blessed for ever ) when he would manifestly and mightly declare himselfe to bee the onely and sole king or supreame head of his Church : in generall , and of all the nationall ▪ or severall congregations therein in particular by exercising dominion not onely in the fundamentall points of faith and justification , but in everie things of Religious use seeme it never so small even in these circumstances or appurtenances seemed unto flesh and bloud something rude and indiscreet , and that the businesse was not so carried as the peace of that Church wherein he was borne and bred required , or as the reverence of the Ecclesiasticall persons in authority deserued , yea seeing as carnall reason doth think and censure ) these matters were but things indifferent ; though there was questionles many excellent parts in him , yet his discenting from the Church government , so ancient & so reverent , yea and by generall consent uppon most graue and learned consultation with all possible wisdom , with such good successe so long established , must needs argue exceeding great weaknes in him ( by our learned adversaries louely oratory ) because hee was so violent in these small triviall matters as if the verie substance of Religion had consisted in them , surelie ( goodmen ) they seeme to be hartelie sorie that he overshot himselfe more in this then all the things that ever he did in his whole life , and did not performe this action with such moderation and discretion as was fit , and as a matter of such high consequence deserved , notwithstanding all this , and whatsoever had been or shall be said against such proceedings , I humblie beseech all such as unfeinedlie desire to serve the Lord Christ to Remember , that it is as a perpetuall law to bind Gods servannts even all posteritie for ever , that , when the outward and publick worship of God is thus corrupted and defiled by mens Inventions in the ceremonies , callings gestures and actions thereof , all those in whom the spirit of true Zeale doth abide must be so far of from conforming upon any termes unto these things , or any of them as upon pain of Gods high displeasure ( according as it is written of them ) they must in one degree or other manifest their Iudgement in the dislike of them and everie of them yea though they expose their persons , their credit and reputations to the like disgraces and Rebukes by so doing . Now the God of peace , who will shortly send our Lord Iesus to make triall of every mans worke , preserue and keepe you , and make you wise according unto godlinesse , that you may discerne things that differ , and so be of one minde and of one practise , and so may haue peace , not with the world , for all that will liue godly , and conforme onely to him , must haue tribulation therein ; but with God , and amongst your selues having your consciences pure within , and liues outwardly unspotted in the world , for nothing is availeable but a new creature , godlinesse is the morter whereby the house of God is builded : all the gifts of Art and nature without this , do pull downe and not set vp ; yea , though they haue both zeale and knowledge . keywords: bee; callings; ceremonies; christ; church; churches; conforme; conformitie; divine; doe; doth; gesture; god; gods; good; hath; haue; hee; holy; inventions; learning; lord; man; men; owne; publick; scriptures; spirit; things; thou; thy; truth; use; verie; vers; warrant; wee; whatsoever; word; worship; yea cache: A20465.xml plain text: A20465.txt item: #10 of 15 id: A20466 author: Dighton, Thomas, fl. 1618-1619. title: The second part of a plain discourse of an unlettered Christian wherein by way of demonstration hee shevveth vvhat the reasons bee vvhich hee doth ground upon in refusing conformity to kneeling in the act of receiving the Lords Supper / by Tho. Dighton ... date: 1619 words: 22254 flesch: 29 summary: Seing then the sacraments and whatsoeuer is sacramentall ( as a gesture in the act of receaving is ) are ordeined not by man but by God , not for any worldly , carnall or civill respects as to testifie our obedience to the magistrate which yet I confesse must most cheerfully be manifested , but meerly and properly for spirituall vses , euen to nourish our soules by sealing vp unto our hearts the assurance and certeintie of the couenant of grace in the free pardon of all our sins through the sole merit of the most pretious blood of our Lord Iesus Christ , most liuely represented , and truly or effectually exhibited to every faithfull beleeuer herein ? let vs hold fast the right order and forme of administration thereof in all the signs elementall or ceremoniall , euen in all the actions , gestures , or ceremonies , which by Christ himself in the first administration being vsed , and neuer after repealed not any other by his warrant established come within the compasse of diuine institution ? Ieast wittingly , though wee pretend vnwillingly conforming to the alteration of the signe ( though but ceremoniall ) wee depriue our selues of that which stands in relation therevnto ( which is substantiall ) . This Sacrament was ordained , not to nourish to a carnall or temporall life , but to a holy and spirituall , that so in all the occasions and occurrences of this world , we might liue by faith , and be made able more and more to bring forth the fruits thereof , it must of necessity therefore follow , that this ceremonial signe or gesture , or any thing essentially necessary in the act of receiving this holy nourishment , may not be carnall , or of humane devising , but holy and spirituall , not onely in the intention of the party ( for so was theirs to the Calfe ) but of divine ordinance , or else whatsoever the world esteemes of it , it is most abhominable unto God , and dare we then conforme unto it ? so that what gesture soever is proposed , if Christ haue not ordained it , it is strange and vnlawfull , and so not being holy , conformity thereto is hatefull , for none can make a gesture for the sacrament holy , but onely he that may ordaine a sacrament . keywords: act; bee; ceremonies; christ; conforme; faith; gesture; god; gods; hath; haue; holy; institution; lord; receiving; sacrament; spirituall; substance; table; table gesture; thing; use; warrant; word; worship; yea cache: A20466.xml plain text: A20466.txt item: #11 of 15 id: A30556 author: Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662. title: The true state of Christianity, truly discribed, and also discovered unto all people what it was in its beginning and purity, and what it now is in its apostacy and degeneration ... / written by ... Edward Burrough. date: 1658 words: 15518 flesch: 14 summary: I say look back to your Original , and see how you are Apostatized from them in your entrance into your profession of Christianity ; fo●… though you have the name of Christians , yet you were no●… made so ▪ nor received that name by being first converted and changed , and translated from death to life , and 〈◊〉 being the children of disobedience , to be the children of God , through the work and operation of the spirit of God in you , for hereof are thousands and ten thousands of Christians now wholly ignorant , and altogether without the feeling of the spirit of God , to change them , to convert them , and to translate them , but are accounted Christians b●… tradition , or natural education , and because of being sprinkled with a little water upon the face , being Infant●… , or by a bare confession and profession of the name of Christ in words , and professing of a bare belief in the Scriptures , by this way and means were you made ( and received you the name of ) Christians without any real change from darkness to light , and from Satan to God , as I have said . 〈◊〉 in this all ye Christians generally how you are fallen ; then in the beginning of Christianity , no lack nor want was amongst them ; they that had much , sold it , and gave to them that had none ; but now thousands are oppressed through want , while others have too much ; some are feeding and cloathing excessively with their multitude of dishes , and changes of rayment , while others hath scarce whereon to feed , or to cover their nakedness ; and this manifesteth that you are not members of the body of Christ , neither is he head in you , nor amongst you , but you are members of an harlot , and joyned to a h●…rlot , and one with a harlot , for you profess many faiths ; some say they believe Christ is given to all , others believes not so ; some say they believe he died for all , others they say , they believe contrary to that ; and thus the one faith which the Apostles had , the Christians of this generation have lost , and they have lost the one head Christ , and hath many heads , every Sect hath their head , many heads among the Protestants , many heads among the Papists , but thus it was not in the beginning of Christianity ; therefore you Christians are subverted from the true life of Christ ; the Christians then were of one faith , but now of many ; the Christians then had one head Christ , but now the Christians ( so called ) hath many heads ; the Christians then could lay down their life one for another , and were written in the hearts of one another by the spirit of the living God ; but the Christians now , are in envy one towards another , and in strife one with another ; the great men doth oppress the poor , and they go to Law one with another for earthly things , and one stealing from another , and one hanging another , and murdering one another , and making slaves one of another , and robbing one another , and seeking utterly to destroy one another , and yet such hath the name of Christians , amongst whom all this is acted ; but consider how woful is your fall , and how wicked is your degeneration from the life of God , and from the true Christian life and unity , which was amongst them in their beginning , then they were of one heart , and of one way , but now divided , and in strife and contention about Religion , and the worship of God , and also about earthly things , for which they destroy one 〈◊〉 ▪ and seek so to do ; then they could lay down their life one for another , but now they are taking the life one from another , through wickedness , a woful Apostacy , and great night of darkness is upon you ; then none amongst them had lack of any thing , nor none destroyed through wasting any thing upon their lusts , but now thousands perisheth for want , while others hath too much , and are destroying it upon their lusts ; then had the Christians one head Christ , but now the b●…ast reigns that hath many heads ; then they were of one faith ▪ but now the Christians profess many faiths ; then the Christians handled , saw , heard and felt , of the Word of life in the●… , and they had fellowship with the Father and with the Son , but now thousands of thousands of Christians are without the sence , and feeling , and knowledge of the Word of life in them , and walks in darkness and in ignorance , and hath no fellowship with the Father nor with the Son . keywords: christianity; christians; god; hath; life; lord; people; spirit; worship cache: A30556.xml plain text: A30556.txt item: #12 of 15 id: A30643 author: Burton, Henry, 1578-1648. title: Jesu-vvorship confuted, or, Certain arguments against bowing at the name Jesus proving it to be idolatrous and superstitious and so utterly unlawful : with objections to the contrary fully answered / by H.B. date: 1660 words: 2913 flesch: 66 summary: That the first is true , to wit , that the worshipping of the name JESUS painted on a Wall is idolatry , no good and sound Protestant will deny , for , there is this same reason thereof , as of all other Image-worship , names being a kind of the things they represent or intend . The reason of this act is taken from the practice of the IESU-Worshippers , who never use any adoration or signe of reverence when JEHOVAH is named , but only when JESUS is named they give both outward and inward adoration to the name JESUS , but not to the name JEHOVAH : keywords: adoration; idolatry; image; jesus; text; worship cache: A30643.xml plain text: A30643.txt item: #13 of 15 id: A38767 author: Evans, John, 17th cent. title: The case of kneeling at the Holy Sacrament stated & resolved. Part I ... date: 1683 words: 21070 flesch: 65 summary: Why should the Gesture be scrupled at more than the Voice , or the Bowing of my Knees be esteemed incongruous and unfitting , any more than moving my Tongue , or raising my Hands and Eyes to Heaven ? Especially if we consider , that the high degree of Honour and Glory to which our Lord is advanced in the Heavens by God the Father , as the reward of his Humble and Submissive Obedience here on Earth , challenges from us all manner of Respect and Reverence both of Soul and Body , He Humbled himself , and became Obedient into Death , even the Death of the Cross Wherefore God hath highly exalted him , and given him a Name which is above every Name , that at the Name of Jesus every Knee should Bow , &c. and that every Tongue should Confess that Jesus Christ is Lord , to the Glory of God the Father . we Feast upon the memorials of the great Sin-Offering : And in so doing , we make an open Confession and Acknowledgment of our Guilt and Unworthiness to God , and we plead with him in the Vertue of his Sons Blood which was shed for us , for the Pardon and Remission of all our Sins . keywords: christ; church; example; feast; gesture; god; holy; kneeling; lord; nature; passover; sacrament; sitting; supper; table; things; use cache: A38767.xml plain text: A38767.txt item: #14 of 15 id: A42751 author: Giles, Mascall, 1595 or 6-1652. title: A treatise against superstitious Jesv-worship wherein the true sense of Phil. 2, 9-10 is opened, and from thence is plainly shewed and by sundry arguments proved, that corporall bowing at the name Jesus, is neither commanded, grounded, or warranted thereupon ... / written especially for the benefit of weake seduced persons that have a zeale towards God, though not according to knowledge by Mascall Giles. date: 1642 words: 27908 flesch: 72 summary: 2. 9 , 10. is the Name above every Name , not onely created but divine , and that therefore we must bow at the sound of that Name , is not warranted by any correspondent Scriptures , speaking often of the same matter : Or to expound these phrases , Name above Names , made or given , to be the advancement of a naked proper Name above such Names , or {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the Name of Jesus , to be the Name Jesus , or {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , in the Name , to be at the sound of the Name . First , What is meant by the high exalted Name of Christ , signified in these words ; Name above . keywords: bowing; christ; creatures; doe; doth; father; glory; god; gods; honour; jesus; jesus christ; knee; lord; men; names; non; opinion; person; reason; text; things cache: A42751.xml plain text: A42751.txt item: #15 of 15 id: A85780 author: Gunton, Simon, 1609-1676. title: Ortholatreia: or, A brief discourse concerning bodily worship: proving it to be Gods due; to be given unto him with acceptation on his part, and not to be denyed him without sin, on ours. A thing worthy to be taken into consideration in these dayes, wherein prophaness and irreverence toward the sacred Majesty of God hath so much corrupted our religious assemblies, that men are regardless of their being before God, or of Gods being amongst them in his own house. / By S.G. late preacher of the Word of God in the Cathedrall Church of Peterburgh. date: 1650 words: 17511 flesch: 66 summary: The consideration of which , is necessary for these days of ours , wherein there is great murmuring , that Corporal Reverence and Worship should be given unto God ; and it is not onely neglected and opposed , but branded with ignominy , slander , and reproach ; which , whether they be just , or injurious , I shall ( God willing ) according to my ability , endeavour to make appear , in this ensuing Discourse upon a portion of Scripture which alludeth to that Subject : Adorabis Dominum Deum tuum : Although Worship , or Adoration , be not there expresly mentioned in the letter , yet , no doubt but it is implicitely included ; and that God saith to every one , in every religious action , ( and so of Worship or Adoration in particular ) Give me thy heart : For indeed , God requires the heart , and hath respect unto it , principally , first , and before the body : * All our Service and Worship being neither accepted nor respected with him , if our heart go not along with our body in the performance of it . keywords: adoration; bodies; body; corporal; fear; god; gods; hath; heart; idolatry; lord; man; men; non; outward; place; reverence; saith; saviour; spirit; thing; thou; thy; thy god; way; words; worship cache: A85780.xml plain text: A85780.txt