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council_n for_o as_o claviâ—s_n observe_v 7._o god_n do_v not_o tie_v his_o church_n to_o the_o subtlety_n of_o astronomical_a calculation_n but_o to_o the_o common_a judgement_n of_o sense_n in_o which_o the_o aequinox_n have_v the_o latitude_n of_o four_o day_n with_o we_o and_o as_o many_o more_o in_o those_o more_o southern_a part_n the_o like_a liberty_n be_v use_v in_o the_o christian_a church_n before_o the_o nicene_n council_n for_o in_o the_o council_n of_o caesarea_n they_o do_v allow_v the_o celebration_n of_o easter_n before_o the_o aequinox_n which_o they_o then_o suppose_v to_o be_v march_n 25._o and_o yet_o they_o reckon_v three_o day_n before_o that_o among_o those_o on_o which_o the_o paschal_n sunday_n may_v fall_v as_o appear_v by_o the_o epistle_n of_o one_o philippus_n about_o the_o council_n of_o caesarea_n extant_a in_o the_o work_v of_o bede_n aequinoâ—tio_fw-la wherein_o he_o say_v that_o after_o the_o resurrection_n or_o ascension_n of_o our_o saviour_n the_o 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