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with_o conference_n saint_n chrysostome_n on_o joh._n 3._o hom._n be_v offend_v with_o the_o people_n that_o then_o do_v not_o meditate_v on_o the_o word_n hear_v who_o be_v earnest_a with_o they_o that_o present_o upon_o their_o come_n home_o they_o will_v take_v the_o bible_n into_o their_o hand_n and_o make_v rehearsal_n with_o their_o wife_n and_o child_n of_o that_o which_o have_v be_v teach_v they_o out_o of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n but_o let_v we_o come_v to_o that_o which_o justine_n martyr_n say_v and_o tertullian_n when_o they_o be_v depart_v out_o of_o the_o congregation_n they_o ever_o remember_v one_o another_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o they_o have_v hear_v they_o go_v not_o say_v tertullian_n 692._o apol._n ca_fw-mi 30._o 39_o pag._n 692._o in_o catervas_fw-la caesionum_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o class_n discursationum_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o eruptiones_fw-la lasciviarum_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la eandem_fw-la curam_fw-la modesty_n &_o pudicitiae_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la 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chapter_n thirteen_o hear_v what_o durand_n say_v in_o rational_a lib._n 5._o de_fw-la vesperis_fw-la who_o tell_v we_o of_o the_o evening_n meeting_n wherein_o they_o do_v confer_v of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n his_o word_n be_v these_o postremò_fw-la notandum_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la religiosi_fw-la ante_fw-la completorium_fw-la permittunt_fw-la collationem_fw-la quae_fw-la à _fw-la sanctis_fw-la patribus_fw-la originem_fw-la traxit_fw-la qui_fw-la dictis_fw-la vesperis_fw-la convenire_fw-la &_o the_o scripture_n sacris_fw-la confer_v solebant_fw-la ad_fw-la instar_fw-la operariorum_fw-la ad_fw-la recreationem_fw-la ad_fw-la inuicem_fw-la confabulantium_fw-la ideoque_fw-la tunc_fw-la vitas_fw-la vel_fw-la collationem_fw-la patrum_fw-la quae_fw-la potius_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la recreationem_fw-la &_o delectationem_fw-la legunt_fw-la &_o eruditiores_fw-la si_fw-la dubium_fw-la occurrerit_fw-la interrogant_a chap._n xvii_o how_o our_o church_n will_v have_v our_o sunday_n keep_v 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