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ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n but_o they_o cease_v not_o up_z and_o down_o clamour_v that_o this_o be_v not_o witness_v in_o any_o write_a word_n of_o god_n yet_o the_o same_o s._n augustine_n beside_o that_o he_o profess_v to_o find_v authority_n for_o it_o ex_fw-la veteribus_fw-la libris_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la evangelio_n out_o of_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o out_o of_o the_o gospel_n though_o not_o authoritatem_fw-la evidentem_fw-la praecepti_fw-la yet_o habet_fw-la say_v he_o quadragesima_fw-la jejuniorum_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la &_o in_o v._o l._n &_o ex_fw-la evangelio_n have_v he_o find_v it_o neither_o evident_o nor_o obscure_o or_o at_o all_o in_o the_o write_a word_n of_o god_n yet_o he_o will_v never_o have_v allow_v the_o opposer_n to_o have_v abuse_v so_o his_o word_n to_o their_o conclusion_n as_o shall_v now_o appear_v from_o his_o doctrine_n not_o in_o one_o but_o many_o of_o his_o undoubted_a work_n never_o retract_v nor_o in_o their_o allegation_n from_o he_o contradict_v this_o holy_a father_n thus_o write_v speak_v of_o a_o certain_a custom_n of_o the_o church_n l._n 2._o de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la contra_fw-la donatistas_n c._n 7._o quam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la credo_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolicâ_fw-la traditione_n venientem_fw-la sicut_fw-la multa_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-fr inveniuntur_fw-la in_o literis_fw-la eorum_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o conciliis_fw-la posteriorum_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la quia_fw-la per_fw-la universam_fw-la custodiuntur_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la tradita_fw-la &_o commendata_fw-la creduntur_fw-la which_o custom_n i_o believe_v to_o have_v come_v from_o tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n as_o many_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o find_v in_o their_o write_n nor_o in_o the_o counsel_n of_o follow_a time_n and_o yet_o because_o they_o be_v observe_v through_o the_o church_n universal_a be_v believe_v to_o have_v be_v by_o they_o deliver_v and_o commend_v ibid._n l._n 4._o c._n 6._o illa_fw-la 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nostrum_fw-la consilium_fw-la est_fw-la scriptorum_fw-la codicum_fw-la sidem_fw-la sequi_fw-la quorum_fw-la nullus_fw-la ita_fw-la habet_fw-la neque_fw-la marianus_n neque_fw-la beda_n neque_fw-la isidorus_n after_o this_o section_n concern_v chocebas_n they_o which_o put_v forth_o the_o edition_n of_o eusebius_n chronicoââ¦_n have_v thrust_v in_o thereunto_o that_o the_o fast_a of_o lent_n be_v institute_v by_o telesphorus_n but_o our_o purpose_n it_o be_v to_o follow_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o manuscript_n copy_n from_o whence_o all_o print_a edition_n do_v pretend_v to_o proceed_v of_o which_o no_o one_o have_v that_o thing_n nor_o marianus_n nor_o bede_n nor_o isidore_n and_o as_o to_o the_o feast_n of_o easter_n pretend_v to_o be_v institute_v on_o the_o lord_n day_n by_o piââ¦s_n the_o first_o the_o same_o scaliger_n in_o his_o animadversion_n upon_o the_o chronicle_n of_o eusebius_n p._n 201._o ad_fw-la annum_fw-la mmclviii_o thus_o witness_v quae_fw-la pio_n attribuuntur_fw-la in_o editionibus_fw-la de_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la dominicae_fw-la die_v dominico_n celebrandae_fw-la institutione_n ea_fw-la in_o nullo_n veterum_fw-la codicum_fw-la compárent_fw-la sed_fw-la marianus_n à _fw-la bedâ_fw-la beda_n à _fw-la libro_fw-la hermae_fw-la apocrypho_fw-la insua_fw-la chronica_fw-la traduxerunt_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la illis_fw-la in_o eusebianum_fw-la textum_fw-la ab_fw-la editoribus_fw-la admissa_fw-la sunt_fw-la nos_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la prosessi_fw-it sumus_fw-la nihil_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la scriptorum_fw-la codicum_fw-la hîc_fw-la innoââ¦aturos_fw-la quod_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la hactenùs_fw-la summâ_fw-la ââ¦ide_fw-la &_o religione_fw-la observatum_fw-la suisse_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la editiones_fw-la cum_fw-la libris_fw-la scriptis_fw-la contuleriââ¦t_fw-la judices_fw-la ferââ¦_n that_o which_o in_o the_o edition_n be_v attribute_v to_o pius_n as_o the_o institutor_n of_o the_o annual_a feast_v of_o christ_n resurrection_n on_o the_o 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ferrandus_fw-la diaconus_fw-la of_o the_o next_o age_n in_o paraenetico_n ad_fw-la reginam_fw-la regulâ_fw-la quintâ_fw-la et_fw-la omnis_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la legibus_fw-la vivat_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la maximè_fw-la his_fw-la quas_fw-la antiquitas_fw-la roboravit_fw-la unde_fw-la etiam_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la sine_fw-la lege_fw-la quam_fw-la tamen_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la traditio_fw-la custodiendam_fw-la jugiter_fw-la posteris_fw-la tradidit_fw-la eâdem_fw-la reverentiâ_fw-la videtur_fw-la custodienda_fw-la &_o nullatenùs_fw-la amovenââ¦a_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ââ¦idei_fw-la verae_fw-la contraria_fw-la and_o let_v every_o one_o who_o glori_v that_o he_o belong_v unto_o the_o church_n live_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o church_n especial_o those_o which_o antiquity_n have_v confirm_v whence_o also_o custom_n without_o a_o law_n w_z ch_z yet_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o holy_a church_n universal_a have_v deliver_v to_o be_v observe_v by_o posterity_n for_o ever_o seem_v that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v observe_v with_o the_o same_o reverence_n and_o at_o no_o hand_n to_o be_v lay_v aside_o when_o it_o be_v not_o contrary_a to_o the_o true_a faith_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o add_v numerous_a testimony_n from_o s._n jerome_n epiphanius_n tertullian_n chrysostome_n and_o other_o but_o these_o be_v sufficient_a only_o be_v it_o here_o well_o note_v that_o neither_o s._n augustine_n s._n basil_n leo_n ferrandus_fw-la or_o other_o here_o do_v speak_v of_o matter_n of_o faith_n or_o of_o essential_a duty_n moral_a or_o of_o the_o essence_n of_o sacrament_n all_o which_o we_o be_v teach_v indeed_o by_o the_o consent_n of_o these_o same_o father_n to_o be_v contain_v express_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o so_o their_o testimony_n in_o that_o behalf_n be_v reconcileable_a with_o these_o but_o of_o ritual_a observance_n which_o be_v visible_a and_o as_o it_o be_v legible_a in_o the_o universal_a church_n constant_a practice_n need_v not_o to_o be_v set_v down_o in_o her_o write_a rule_n or_o those_o which_o be_v therein_o set_v down_o not_o necessary_o so_o evident_o but_o that_o they_o may_v need_v the_o interpretation_n of_o such_o the_o church_n practice_n the_o hypothesis_n here_o to_o be_v subsume_v that_o the_o paschal_n fast_o of_o lent_n be_v ever_o observe_v in_o the_o church_n universal_a i_o may_v here_o well_o assume_v to_o myself_o to_o have_v sufficient_o prove_v in_o the_o testimony_n already_o vouch_v throughout_o this_o whole_a discourse_n to_o all_o which_o it_o be_v yet_o much_o more_o easy_a to_o add_v numberless_a proof_n of_o that_o matter_n of_o fact_n and_o practise_v ecclesiastical_a hierome_n ecclesiastical_a such_o as_o be_v these_o socrates_n l._n ââ¦_n c._n 22._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d among_o the_o rest_n he_o particular_o recount_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d sozomen_fw-fr l._n 7._o c._n 19_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d palladius_n historiâ_fw-la lausiacâ_fw-la cap._n 20._o concern_v macarius_n the_o contemporary_a ââ¦f_n pachomius_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d viz._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d cassianus_n collat._n 21._o c._n 27._o ait_fw-fr diverso_fw-la more_fw-mi i_o e._n sex_n vel_fw-la septem_fw-la hebdomadibus_fw-la per_fw-la nonnullas_fw-la provincias_fw-la quadragefimam_fw-la celebrari_fw-la sed_fw-la unam_fw-la rationem_fw-la eundemque_fw-la modum_fw-la jeiuniorum_fw-la diversâ_fw-la hebdomadarum_fw-la observatione_fw-la concludi_fw-la by_o enim_fw-la inquit_fw-la sibi_fw-la 6._o hebdomadarum_fw-la obseruantiam_fw-la prasixerunt_fw-la qui_fw-la putant_fw-la die_fw-la quoque_fw-la sabbati_fw-la jejunandum_fw-la sex_n ergò_fw-la in_o hebdemada_n jejunia_fw-la persolvunt_fw-la quae_fw-la eosdem_fw-la 6_o &_o 30_o dies_fw-la sexies_fw-la revoluta_fw-la consummant_fw-la his_o tripartite_a history_n also_o l._n 2._o c._n 12._o epistola_fw-la synodica_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la pascha_fw-la custodientibus_fw-la but_o jejunium_fw-la domini_fw-la pascha_fw-la includit_fw-la say_v s._n hierome_n then_o to_o have_v allege_v such_o witness_n as_o have_v be_v do_v already_o throughout_o 7._o age_n which_o together_o with_o the_o practice_n universal_a have_v testify_v in_o the_o question_n of_o right_n as_o well_o as_o fact_n that_o this_o observance_n of_o the_o paschal_n fast_o have_v its_o institution_n from_o the_o apostle_n from_o christ_n from_o god_n and_o the_o gospel_n that_o it_o stand_v by_o tradition_n apostolical_a and_o evangelical_n if_o many_o among_o they_o have_v aver_v not_o only_o a_o institution_n and_o tradition_n apostolical_a and_o evangelical_n but_o also_o a_o precept_n from_o the_o apostle_n etc._n etc._n they_o have_v do_v that_o ex_fw-la abundante_fw-la by_o a_o overflow_a measure_n to_o what_o be_v the_o proposition_n by_o i_o undertake_v to_o be_v prove_v viz._n pag._n 24._o that_o the_o church_n have_v ever_o observe_v this_o paschal_n fast_o since_o the_o time_n of_o the_o take_v away_o of_o the_o lord_n the_o bridegroom_n and_o since_o the_o time_n of_o the_o child_n of_o the_o bride-chamber_n the_o apostle_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o 2_o dly_a the_o church_n have_v do_v this_o have_v observe_v this_o paschal_n fast_o as_o from_o the_o apostle_n ground_v their_o practice_n upon_o instruction_n evangelical_n tradition_n apostolical_a now_o how_o it_o be_v
that_o forty-daies-abstinence_n within_o which_o also_o we_o may_v best_o choose_v to_o we_o day_n for_o proper_a fast_n according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o our_o bodily_a strength_n and_o devotion_n of_o our_o mind_n come_v unto_o we_o fair_o recommend_v from_o tradition_n apostolical_a in_o a_o word_n this_o be_v prove_v from_o every_o author_n that_o have_v give_v in_o testimony_n of_o the_o original_a apostolical_a of_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d or_o quadragesima_fw-la which_o i_o have_v show_v never_o be_v understand_v in_o the_o church_n of_o forty_o hour_n and_o yet_o be_v for_o certain_a a_o aim_v at_o least_o at_o some_o number_n of_o forty_o within_o which_o christian_a abstinence_n shall_v especial_o be_v exercise_v but_o if_o not_o forty_o hour_n there_o be_v nothing_o next_o that_o can_v be_v imagine_v less_o nor_o indeed_o be_v it_o more_o than_o forty_o day_n among_o such_o testimony_n already_o produce_v there_o need_n be_v nothing_o ask_v for_o elder_a than_o 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food_n and_o salt_n for_o that_o which_o they_o eat_v with_o their_o bread_n some_o for_o the_o space_n of_o three_o day_n receive_v no_o food_n and_o scarce_o sometime_o by_o the_o space_n of_o six_o day_n do_v they_o refresh_v themselves_o with_o their_o natural_a food_n a_o week_n they_o observe_v by_o a_o pure_a and_o holy_a virginal_a observance_n which_o be_v preparatory_a to_o the_o great_a feast_n which_o with_o philo_n and_o eusebius_n in_o the_o jew_n and_o christian_n language_n be_v know_v to_o be_v the_o feast_n of_o easter_n which_o be_v follow_v with_o the_o 50_o day_n solemnity_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d the_o whole_a space_n with_o they_o from_o morning_n unto_o evening_n be_v a_fw-la spiritual_fw-la exercise_v for_o be_v intent_n on_o the_o holy_a scripture_n etc._n etc._n make_v one_o choir_n they_o sing_v eucharistical_a hymn_n to_o god_n their_o saviour_n ever_o they_o have_v god_n in_o perpetual_a remembrance_n this_o philo_n write_v who_o in_o the_o day_n 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the_o jew_n or_o of_o any_o other_o religion_n in_o the_o world_n before_o christianity_n bring_v in_o this_o so_o far_o therefore_o be_v this_o from_o any_o thing_n of_o judaical_a rite_n that_o from_o this_o itself_o eusebius_n collect_v as_o from_o one_o of_o his_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d their_o indubitable_a christianity_n next_o i_o may_v here_o be_v allow_v to_o suppose_v that_o i_o have_v already_o show_v in_o the_o forego_n chapter_n a_o fair_a intimation_n of_o forty_o day_n abstinence_n or_o fast_v in_o irenaeus_n his_o epistle_n to_o victor_n euseb._n l._n 5._o c._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d as_o the_o plain_a and_o simple_a manner_n of_o keep_v the_o paschal_n fast_o as_o long_o before_o his_o time_n as_o the_o apostle_n be_v they_o which_o be_v so_o confident_a that_o no_o mention_n of_o forty_o day_n that_o no_o such_o number_n of_o day_n be_v at_o first_o observe_v or_o
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