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observe_v by_o the_o ancient_a gentile_n who_o that_o old_a bishop_n of_o antioch_n have_v no_o reference_n to_o in_o this_o citation_n johannes_n philoponus_n the_o grammarian_n speak_v more_o plain_o than_o theophilus_n do_v but_o he_o speak_v nothing_o to_o the_o point_n which_o we_o have_v in_o hand_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n which_o balthasar_n corderius_n thus_o translate_v illud_fw-la certè_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la consentiunt_fw-la septem_fw-la sole_n esse_fw-la dies_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o seipsos_fw-la revoluti_fw-la totum_fw-la tempus_fw-la constituunt_fw-la and_o so_o it_o be_v no_o question_n in_o that_o author_n time_n which_o be_v about_o the_o year_n 600._o and_o somewhat_o after_o the_o distinction_n of_o time_n into_o week_n be_v then_o general_o receive_v by_o all_o civil_a nation_n who_o either_o have_v receive_v the_o gospel_n or_o have_v be_v under_o the_o command_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n that_o which_o come_v after_o touch_v moses_n 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have_v very_o ill_a luck_n in_o find_v no_o other_o testimony_n but_o that_o of_o luxus_fw-la sabbatarius_fw-la in_o apollinaris_n p._n 75._o to_o evidence_n that_o the_o latin_a word_n sabbatum_fw-la use_v to_o denote_v our_o christian_a festivity_n of_o which_o in_o our_o first_o section_n we_o have_v speak_v sufficient_o nor_o be_v the_o lord_n primate_n less_o zealous_a to_o entitle_v the_o lord_n day_n to_o some_o divinity_n then_o to_o gratify_v the_o sabbatarian_n brethren_n by_o give_v it_o the_o name_n of_o the_o sabbath_n day_n for_o this_o be_v that_o which_o be_v chief_o aim_v at_o in_o the_o inference_n wherein_o i_o will_v very_o cheerful_o concur_v in_o opinion_n with_o he_o but_o that_o i_o be_o unsatisfied_a in_o the_o ground_n of_o it_o for_o if_o i_o be_v satisfy_v in_o this_o that_o god_n so_o order_v the_o matter_n that_o in_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o feast_n of_o week_n the_o seven_o day_n shall_v purposely_o be_v pass_v over_o and_o that_o solemnity_n 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saint_n john_n apocal._n 1._o call_v the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n as_o most_o christian_a writer_n think_v he_o do_v yet_o do_v it_o not_o follow_v thereupon_o that_o it_o be_v so_o call_v statim_fw-la post_fw-la missionem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la as_o waldensis_n will_v have_v it_o immediate_o on_o the_o come_n down_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n for_o not_o only_o in_o the_o eighteen_o of_o the_o act_n which_o be_v some_o year_n after_o the_o first_o christian_n pentecost_n but_o in_o saint_n paul_n epistle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n it_o be_v give_v we_o by_o no_o other_o name_n then_o that_o of_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n nor_o do_v saint_n john_n write_v the_o revelation_n in_o which_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n be_v first_o give_v unto_o it_o till_o the_o ninty_a four_o or_o ninty_a five_o year_n from_o our_o saviour_n birth_n which_o be_v sixty_o year_n or_o thereabouts_o from_o the_o come_n down_o 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the_o creation_n be_v finish_v on_o the_o seven_o day_n as_o himself_o acknowledge_v p._n 86._o now_o how_o these_o poet_n come_v to_o know_v that_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v finish_v on_o the_o seven_o day_n be_v tell_v we_o by_o aristobulus_n before_o mention_v namely_o that_o euseb_n the_o poet_n have_v consult_v with_o the_o holy_a bible_n and_o from_o thence_o suck_v this_o knowledge_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o his_o own_o word_n be_v and_o this_o may_v be_v agreeable_a enough_o to_o the_o time_n they_o live_v in_o for_o homer_n who_o be_v the_o old_a of_o they_o flourish_v about_o 500_o year_n from_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n which_o happen_v in_o or_o near_o the_o reign_n of_o solomon_n the_o son_n of_o david_n the_o most_o mighty_a monarch_n of_o the_o hebrew_n at_o what_o time_n the_o people_n manage_v a_o great_a trade_n in_o egypt_n and_o hold_v good_a correspondence_n with_o those_o of_o tyre_n from_o both_o of_o which_o be_v seafaring_a nation_n 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appropriate_v to_o the_o sixteen_o of_o nisan_fw-la because_o it_o have_v no_o other_o name_n by_o which_o it_o may_v be_v dignify_v above_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o fifty_o and_o distinguish_v from_o they_o whereas_o the_o day_n on_o which_o the_o two_o love_n be_v to_o be_v offer_v be_v eminent_o know_v by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o feast_n of_o week_n and_o the_o feast_n of_o pentecost_n and_o sometime_o also_o call_v the_o feast_n of_o the_o law_n because_o the_o law_n be_v give_v that_o day_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o moses_n in_o the_o next_o place_n the_o lord_n primate_n either_o do_v not_o understand_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o word_n sabbath_n levit._n 23._o 15_o 16._o or_o if_o he_o do_v he_o will_v not_o seem_v to_o understand_v it_o the_o better_a to_o carry_v on_o some_o design_n for_o the_o sabbatarian_o for_o by_o the_o tenor_n of_o his_o discourse_n it_o appear_v most_o evident_o that_o in_o both_o place_n he_o understand_v the_o word_n sabbath_n in_o no_o other_o sense_n but_o as_o it_o signify_v the_o weekly_a sabbath_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n and_o thereupon_o conclude_v that_o the_o computation_n of_o the_o fifty_o day_n beginning_n on_o the_o morrow_n after_o the_o sabbath_n and_o continue_v till_o seven_o sabbath_n shall_v be_v complete_a even_o unto_o the_o morrow_n after_o the_o seven_o sabbath_n the_o feast_n of_o pentecost_n must_v of_o necessity_n fall_v upon_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n which_o be_v now_o our_o sunday_n if_o so_o the_o sabbatarian_n brethren_n be_v in_o the_o right_n in_o make_v the_o fall_n of_o the_o first_o christian_n pentecost_n on_o which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n come_v down_o and_o sit_v on_o the_o head_n of_o the_o apostle_n three_o thousand_o soul_n be_v that_o day_n add_v to_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n to_o be_v a_o argument_n of_o some_o weight_n for_o their_o lordsday_n sabbath_n and_o dr._n heylyn_n be_v in_o the_o wrong_n for_o make_v the_o fall_n of_o that_o pentecost_n upon_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n to_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o casualty_n the_o feast_n of_o pentecost_n not_o be_v tie_v to_o a_o certain_a day_n but_o fall_v on_o any_o day_n of_o the_o week_n as_o the_o year_n do_v vary_v but_o by_o his_o leave_n by_o sabbath_n in_o verse_n 15._o and_o you_o shall_v count_v unto_o you_o from_o the_o morrow_n after_o the_o sabbath_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v the_o feast_n of_o unleavened_a bread_n which_o with_o all_o other_o of_o the_o annual_a feast_n have_v the_o name_n of_o sabbath_n as_o appear_v plain_o by_o many_o several_a passage_n in_o this_o very_a chapter_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o be_v observe_v by_o some_o of_o the_o father_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v saint_n chrysostom_n hom._n in_o matth._n 39_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v isidore_n epist_n 110._o l._n 3._o and_o second_o by_o sabbath_n in_o the_o rest_n of_o those_o two_o verse_n viz._n seven_o sabbath_n shall_v be_v complete_a even_o unto_o the_o morrow_n after_o the_o seven_o sabbath_n etc._n etc._n we_o be_v not_o to_o understand_v the_o weekly_a sabbath_n but_o the_o week_n itself_o the_o whole_a seven_o day_n which_o from_o the_o last_o in_o order_n but_o the_o first_o in_o dignity_n take_v the_o name_n of_o sabbath_n for_o so_o we_o read_v it_o in_o chap._n 18._o of_o saint_n luke_n where_o the_o pharisee_fw-mi boast_v of_o himself_o that_o he_o fast_v twice_o a_o week_n verse_n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o greek_a original_a jejuno_n bis_fw-la in_o sabbato_fw-la say_v the_o vulgar_a latin_a thus_o also_o in_o matth._n 28._o &_o luke_n 24._o we_o find_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d prima_fw-la &_o una_fw-la sabbati_fw-la as_o the_o vulgar_a have_v it_o to_o denote_v