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disapprove_v and_o they_o be_v commend_v who_o do_v not_o bow_v the_o knee_n to_o he_o wherever_o we_o find_v a_o command_n that_o every_o knee_n shall_v bow_v to_o god_n and_o christ_n in_o all_o those_o place_n the_o speech_n be_v not_o of_o internal_a but_o of_o external_n adoration_n whence_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o collect_v that_o god_n require_v external_n adoration_n also_o and_o external_n worship_n as_o the_o testimony_n and_o fruit_n of_o that_o which_o be_v internal_a zanchy_a and_o mr._n perkins_n 55._o be_v clear_a and_o express_v for_o it_o adoration_n in_o general_n say_v he_o be_v outward_a worship_n signify_v and_o testify_v the_o inward_a worship_n of_o the_o heart_n more_o especial_o by_o it_o we_o must_v conceive_v the_o bow_n of_o the_o head_n and_o knee_n the_o bend_n and_o prostrate_v of_o the_o body_n the_o lift_v up_o of_o the_o hand_n eye_n and_o such_o like_a and_o a_o little_a after_o adoration_n that_o be_v due_a to_o god_n the_o creator_n must_v not_o be_v 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