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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27562	A sermon concerning the excellency and usefulness of the common prayer preached by William Beveridge ... 27th of November. 1681.	Beveridge, William, 1637-1708.	1682 (1682)	Wing B2100; ESTC R974	27,675	46

ordained to be used in this Sacrament as the Breaking of the Bread and the Consecrating both that and the Wine to represent his Death the breaking of his Body and the shedding of his Blood for our sins that so our hearts may be the more affected with it and by consequence our Souls more edified by it But this cannot be so well done except there be a place set apart for it where they may all be placed about or near to the Communion Table and so behold what is there done at the Consecration of the Elements Hence also it is that the Seats there are and ought to be so ordered that all that are in them may still look that way and contemplate upon their Blessed Saviour there evidently set forth as Crucified for them The other thing that I would observe unto you concerning the Holy Communion is this that our Church requireth or at least supposeth it to be Administered every Lords-day and every Holy day throughout the year as it was in the Primitive Church For that is the reason that the Communion Service is appointed to be used upon all such days and to be read at the Communion Table that so the Minister may be there ready to Administer it unto all that desire to partake of it Which shews the great care that our Church hath of all her Members that they might be edified and confirmed in the Faith To which nothing contributes more than frequent Communion at our Lords Table Which if people could once be perswaded to they would soon find greater benefit by it then I can express or they themselves till then imagine I shall say no more of it at present but only this That I am so sensible of what I now say that could I be sure to have a sufficient number of Communicants I should be heartily glad to Administer this Holy Sacrament every Lords day both for their sakes and my own too Thus I have given you a short Scheme of that excellent Method wherein our Divine Service is performed Which whosoever rightly considers will need no other Argument to convince him that it is according to the Apostles Rule very Edifying indeed The last thing to be considered in it is the Manner of its Performance by which I mean only the several postures of the Body as standing and kneeling which are used in it for they also are done to edifying While we say or sing the Hymns and Psalms to the Praise and Glory of God we stand up not only to signifie but to excite the Elevation of our minds at that time For as on the one hand if our Souls be really lift up in the praises of God our Bodies will naturally lift up themselves to accompany them as far as they can towards Heaven so on the other hand the raising up of our bodies helps towards the raising up of our Souls too by putting us in mind of that high and heavenly work we are now about wherein according to our weak Capacities we joyn with the Quire of Heaven in praising God now as we hope to do it for evermore For this cause also we stand at the Creeds for they being Confessions of our Faith in God as such they come under the proper Notion of Hymns or Songs of praise to him All our praising God being really nothing else but our Confessing and acknowledging him to be what he is in himself and to us And besides that by our standing both at the Creeds and Gospels we signifie our assent unto them and our readiness to defend them to the utmost of our power against all opposition whatsoever And as for the Gospels particularly they contain the very Acts which our Lord did and the very Words which he spake when he was upon Earth and therefore we who profess him to be our Lord and Master cannot surely but stand up when we hear him speaking and listen diligently to those gracious words which proceeded out of his Divine Mouth And as when we praise God we raise up our selves as high as we can towards Heaven so when we pray unto him we fall down as low as we can towards the Earth not daring to present our Supplications to the absolute Monarch of the whole World any other ways then upon our knees Which is so proper so natural a posture of Supplicants that if all men would but duly consider what they do when they pray to Almighty God the Church need never have commanded them to kneel at that time For they could not chuse but do it No not although the place where they are should seem never so inconvenient for it For we find our Blessed Saviour himself kneeling at his Prayer in the Garden upon the bare ground Luke 22. 41. and St. Paul upon the Sea-shore where he could have no other Cushion but Stones or Sand Acts 21. 5. Howsoever To take off all those little excuses that men are apt to make for themselves in this case the Seats in this Church are so disposed and all things so prepared in them that there can be no inconvenience at all in it but rather all the conveniences for kneeling that can be desired And therefore if any of you shall yet neglect to kneel while the Prayers are read they will give us too much cause to call their Religion into question or to suspect they have none at all For if they had they durst not they could not offer such a manifest affront to the great Creator of the World as to carry themselves no otherwise while they pray to him then as if they were conversing with their Fellow Creatures But why do I speak of their praying unto God It is too much to be feared they do not pray at all nor come to Church for any better purpose then only to see and be seen I am sure they perform no Act of External Worship or Adoration unto God nor shew hm that respect and reverence which is due unto him and so give very great offence to all pious and devout Christians Whereas if all and every person in the Congregation would always be upon their knees while they put up their petitions to the most high God what a mighty advantage would this be not onely to every one in particular but to the whole Congregation in general For as every one would by this means keep his heart more stedfast in the true fear and dread of God and likewise more certainly obtain the good things he prays for as the Fathers frequently assert so the whole Congregation also would be very much edified by it For by this means we should excite and inflame each others Devotions confirm and strengthen one anothers Faith and convince both our selves and all that see us that Religion is indeed a serious thing and that we believe it to be so by our serving God with so much reverence and godly fear as this humble posture representeth And therefore as you tender the love of God the credit of