[1116] Spectator, No. 455. Burnet, as a matter of opinion, thought this more consonant with primitive usage, and, except during confession, more expressive of the feelings of faith and confidence.—Four Discourses, &c., 1694, 323.
[1117] The Scourge, 1720, No. 3.
[1118] Cruttwell's Life of Bishop Wilson, 12; and Fleetwood's 'Letter to an Inhabitant of St. Andrew's, Holborn,' 1717—Works. 1737, 722-3.
[1119] Id.
[1120] Towards the end of the century, on the other hand, there were many churches where kneeling was sufficiently uncommon as almost to call special attention. Thus Admiral Austen was remarked upon as 'the officer who kneeled at church' (Jane Austen's Memoirs, 23); and C. Simeon writes in his Diary, '1780, March 8. Kneeled down before service; nor do I see any impropriety in it. Why should I be afraid or ashamed of all the world seeing me do my duty?' (Memoirs, 19).
[1121] Tatler, No. 241.
[1122] J. Hunt, Relig. Thought in England, i. 197.
[1123] Sherlock On Public Worship, 1681, ii. ch. 2.
[1124] Fleetwood's Works, 1737, 723.
[1125] G. Hickes, Devotions, &c., second ed., 1701, Pref.