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communion_n the_o pledge_n of_o our_o resurrection_n as_o our_o saviour_n say_v s._n john_n 6._o he_o that_o eat_v my_o flesh_n shall_v live_v for_o ever_o that_o by_o this_o mean_v the_o memory_n of_o the_o resurrection_n may_v be_v fix_v deep_o in_o their_o mind_n we_o must_v not_o think_v that_o the_o christian_n than_o do_v keep_v all_o this_o time_n holy_a so_o as_o to_o cease_v from_o labour_n for_o the_o poverty_n of_o many_o and_o the_o care_n and_o charity_n require_v in_o all_o will_v not_o permit_v that_o but_o only_a as_o to_o religious_a exercise_n and_o service_n as_o devotion_n abate_v the_o feast_n be_v shorten_v yet_o long_o after_o tertullian_n even_o till_o gratian'ss_n time_n and_o downward_o the_o whole_a week_n of_o easter_n as_o also_o of_o whitsuntide_n be_v reckon_v among_o holiday_n gratian._n de_fw-fr consec_n dist._n 3._o and_o our_o church_n though_o she_o enjoyâ—s_v only_a monday_n and_o tuesday_n of_o this_o week_n for_o holiday_n yet_o seem_v to_o i_o 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