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in reading of the Words without Stop or Interruption, and without Dangerof spilling the Bread and Wine, he did in Tower Church in Ipswich, anno1636. turn unto the West-fide of the Table, but it was only while he re-hearsed the forementioned Collect, in which he was to take the Bread andWine, and at no other Time.

And he humbly conceiveth, that altho’ the Rubrick fays, that the Ministershall stand at the North-side of the Table, yet it is not so to be meant, as thatupon no Occasion, during all the Communion-time, he shall step from it:For it is usual to go before the Table to read the Epistle and Gospel, andnecessary to go from the Table to the Pulpit to preach, and with the Basonto receive the Offerings, if any be; and with the Bread and Wine to distri-bute to the Communicants. Inasmuch therefore as he did stand at the North-lide, all the while before he came to that Collect, wherein he was to take theBread and Wine into his Hands, and as soon as that was done, thither hereturned again; he humbly conceiveth, it is a plain Demonstration that hecame to the West-side, only for more Conveniency of executing his Office,and no way at all in any Superstition, much less in any Imitation of theifo-mijh Priests; for, they place themselves there, at all the Service before, andat all after, with no less Strictness, than at the Time of their consecratingthe Bread and Wine.

But he denieth, that ever he did use any elevating of the Bread and Wine,much less that he made any Elevation lo high, as that the Bread and Winemight be seen over his Shoulders; whereof abundant Testimony will be hadof many (omni exccptionc majores) who were then present, and well observedall Pa stages and Gestures, viz. Mr. Lany, Mr. Kcenc, Mr. Norwich , Mr. Novella.]x\x.Mapletost , and others. He therefore faith, that only in repeating the Wordsof Institution, he took the Silver Plate, wherein the Bread was, into hisHand, to break the Bread, and to fay, Hake, eat, &c. But then he neverlifted his Hand from the Table, whereon it rested : and no otherwise did hewith the Cup also, whereas then in the Popish Church the use is, that thePriest after the Consecration, elevating the Bread and the Chalice, does it so, asnot to be seen over his Shoulder only, but holds it up over his Plead,meaning that then he does sacrifice Chris’s Body, which there he hath tran-substantiated, and therefore to that End elevates it, that the People beholdingmay fall down and adore it: this Defendant is ready, according to the De-cision in such Cafes used in the ancient Councils, to pronounce Anathemato any superstitious or idolatrous Usages, or Intentions by him in that kindever had, and to profess, that he doth faithfully and totally adhere to the Ar-ticle of the Church of England. [That the Sacrament is not to be carriedabout, lifted up, or worshipped, Art. 28.]

For bowing at his Access to, or his Recess from the Lord’s Table, whetherthe Lord’s Supper be there celebrated, or not; he humbly referreth himselfto that which he hath answered unto the sixth Article of this Charge: ad-ding this, that the Bread and Wine being then upon the Table, it cannototherwise be, but that the Reverence which he then useth, must be beforethem, or after they are set upon the said Table. But he further faith, that as soonas he had ended the Collect of Consecration, his bowing low was a kneelingdown at the Table to receive the Bread and Wine himself. Now for that heever useth to kneel at the holy Action, upon the Floor, and not upon anyPeffe, aster he had taken the Bread, and was then to set up the Plate uponthe Table, that he might likewise take the Cup, he could not but lift thesaid Plate, not only so high as his Shoulder, but as high as his Plead also,because while he continued so kneeling, his Head was as low as was the Table,if not lower,

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