Observe well the times, for to stand or to kneel,
The more inward ease of thy heart shalt thou feel.
To kneel on the ground with one knee alone,
Is even as comely as though it were none.
How can thy devotion be hearty and sound,
If thou do refuse to lay knees to the ground?
’Tis like to the soldier, who mockingly came,
Saluting our Saviour, and gave Him the name
(Hail King of the Jews) his knee was so bent,
Not with any duty, nor godly intent.