necessarily a gesture. He should have spoken
of one kind of worship in both cases, namely, of that which is outward;
for of no other do we dispute. When we are moved by the sacrament to adore
God in the act of receiving, thus can be no other but that which is
inward, and thus we adore God by faith, hope, and love, though neither the
heart be praying, nor the body kneeling. That which we deny (whereof
himself could not be ignorant) is, that the sacramental elements may be to
us, in the receiving, active objects of outward adoration; or because they
move us to worship inwardly, that therefore we should adore outwardly. 2.
Whereas he teacheth that kneeling before any creature, when thereby we are
moved to worship privately, is lawful; but kneeling before the sacramental
elements, when thereby we are moved to worship in the assemblies of the
church, is necessary; that we may kneel there, but we must kneel here, he
knew, or else he made himself ignorant that both these should be denied by
us. Why, then, did he not make them good? Kneeling before those active
objects which stir up our hearts to worship, if it be necessary in the
church, it must first be proved lawful both in the church and out of it.
Now, if a man meeting his lord riding up the street upon his black horse,
have his heart stirred up to worship God, by something which he seeth
either in himself or his horse, should fall down and kneel before him or
his horse, as the active object of his worship, I marvel whether the
Bishop would give the man leave to kneel, and stand still as the active
object before the man's senses? As for us, we hold that we may not kneel
before every creature which stirreth up our hearts to worship God; kneel,
I say, whilst the eyes both of body and mind are fastened upon it as the
active object of our adoration.

_Sect._ 13. The fourth reason whereby I prove the kneeling in question to
be idolatry, proceedeth thus. Kneeling in the act of receiving, for
reverence to the sacrament, is idolatry. But the kneeling in question is
such, therefore, &c. The proposition is necessary. For if they exhibit
divine adoration (such as then kneeling is confessed to be) for reverence
of the sacrament, they do not only give, but also intend to give, divine
adoration to the same. This is so undeniable that it dasheth Bishop
Lindsey,(707) and makes him give a broad confession, that it is idolatry
to kneel at the sacrament for reverence to the elements. The assu