The Christian's manual in three parts ... / by L. Addison ...

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Title
The Christian's manual in three parts ... / by L. Addison ...
Author
Addison, Lancelot, 1632-1703.
Publication
London :: Printed for W. Crooke ...,
1691.
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Church of England -- Catechisms.
Lord's Supper.
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Cite this Item
"The Christian's manual in three parts ... / by L. Addison ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A26360.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2024.

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LXXIX.

And as these and the like con∣siderations may serve to render your Soul devout, so will they also make your Body humble: For though Humility properly belongs to the Heart, yet it can∣not be outwardly expressed, but by gestures of the Body. And you are to manifest your Reve∣rence at the Lords Supper, by using such gestures as the cu∣stom of the place where you re∣ceive

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it account most decent, humble, and reverend. Kneeling is the posture appointed by our National Church, as fittest to signifie your humble and grate∣ful acknowledgment of the be∣nefits of Christ therein sealed to every worthy Receiver; and for the avoiding of such profanation and disorder in the Holy Com∣munion, as might otherwise en∣sue.

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