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only_o the_o honour_n due_a unto_o it_o but_o the_o name_n by_o the_o apostle_n impose_v upon_o it_o which_o no_o doubt_n a_o special_a occasion_n of_o that_o thick_a cloud_n of_o superstition_n which_o afterwards_o over_o shadow_v the_o face_n of_o the_o church_n and_o in_o appearance_n the_o reduce_n of_o this_o day_n to_o its_o original_a honour_n and_o name_n will_v prove_v the_o ready_a mean_n to_o restore_v the_o church_n again_o to_o her_o original_a lustre_n and_o beauty_n even_o in_o those_o part_n where_o that_o cloud_n be_v not_o yet_o dispel_v as_o in_o all_o likelihood_n the_o preserve_n of_o that_o name_n and_o honour_n with_o we_o will_v likewise_o serve_v to_o preserve_v that_o soundness_n of_o religion_n which_o now_o by_o god_n blessing_n we_o have_v long_o enjoy_v under_o three_o such_o prince_n as_o the_o world_n in_o their_o several_a kind_n and_o in_o succession_n can_v show_v the_o like_a and_o so_o i_o pass_v to_o my_o four_o and_o last_o general_a part_n the_o duty_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n which_o in_o a_o word_n be_v to_o be_v in_o the_o spirit_n that_o be_v in_o sptrituall_a exercise_n as_o saint_n john_n upon_o this_o day_n be_v though_o he_o be_v then_o banish_v into_o the_o solitary_a isle_n of_o patmos_n where_o he_o have_v no_o mean_n to_o converse_v with_o any_o christian_n much_o less_o to_o communicate_v with_o their_o assembly_n in_o religious_a duty_n yet_o be_v he_o present_a with_o they_o in_o spirit_n as_o saint_n paul_n be_v with_o the_o colossian_n 5._o though_o absent_a in_o body_n much_o desire_v to_o be_v present_a with_o they_o and_o join_v with_o they_o even_o in_o his_o private_a devotion_n a_o good_a lesson_n for_o such_o as_o can_v have_v access_n to_o the_o public_a congregation_n consider_v they_o can_v do_v what_o they_o will_v yet_o to_o do_v what_o they_o may_v which_o be_v religious_o to_o observe_v the_o lord_n day_n in_o their_o private_a house_n or_o chamber_n in_o the_o ship_n or_o in_o the_o prison_n if_o 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spiritual_a manner_n that_o be_v if_o we_o perform_v they_o not_o
in_o great_a request_n sed_fw-la eam_fw-la solennitatem_fw-la dominus_fw-la in_fw-la diem_fw-la dominicum_fw-la transtulit_fw-la but_o the_o solemnity_n thereof_o the_o lord_n himself_o have_v now_o put_v over_o and_o confer_v upon_o the_o lordsday_n and_o again_o in_o another_o place_n octavo_fw-la sabbathum_fw-la dissolvit_fw-la 119._o and_o to_o i_o saint_n augustine_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o januarius_n seem_v to_o fall_v in_o the_o same_o way_n the_o lord_n day_n say_v he_o be_v declare_v by_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o lord_n et_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la coepit_fw-la habere_fw-la festivitatem_fw-la suam_fw-la not_o ab_fw-la illa_fw-la but_o ab_fw-la illo_fw-la from_o he_o it_o begin_v to_o be_v make_v festival_n to_o these_o ancient_n may_v be_v add_v of_o our_o own_o divine_n doctor_n fulk_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o rhemist_n on_o the_o word_n of_o my_o text_n and_o master_n perkins_n not_o 17._o only_o in_o his_o exposition_n of_o these_o word_n but_o in_o his_o case_n of_o conscience_n and_o among_o foreign_a divine_n the_o learned_a junius_n as_o well_o in_o his_o lecture_n â—…pon_o gen._n 2._o 3._o as_o his_o note_n upon_o tertullian_n in_o the_o former_a of_o which_o he_o say_v that_o this_o day_n be_v set_v apart_o for_o holy_a use_n non_fw-la humana_fw-la traditione_fw-la sed_fw-la christi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la observatione_fw-la et_fw-la instituto_fw-la not_o by_o any_o human_a tradition_n but_o by_o the_o observation_n and_o institution_n of_o christ_n 10._o himsâ—…lf_n in_o the_o latter_a vt_fw-la quem_fw-la dominus_fw-la tum_fw-la resurrectione_fw-la sui_fw-la corporis_fw-la tum_fw-la ordinaria_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la suae_fw-la synaxi_fw-la sanctificaverat_fw-la ut_fw-la cyrillus_n in_o iohan._n annotavit_fw-la as_o be_v the_o day_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v consecrate_v not_o only_o by_o the_o resurrection_n of_o his_o body_n but_o by_o the_o ordinary_a assembly_n of_o his_o church_n as_o cyrillus_n upon_o joâ—…n_n have_v observe_v the_o sum_n of_o all_o be_v this_o that_o the_o apostle_n have_v not_o a_o freedom_n of_o choice_n leave_v to_o themselves_o what_o day_n they_o will_v set_v apart_o for_o the_o public_a exercise_n of_o religion_n but_o what_o be_v foretell_v by_o the_o prophet_n what_o be_v shadow_v before_o and_o under_o the_o law_n what_o they_o practise_v and_o deliver_v herein_o they_o receive_v from_o the_o lord_n as_o one_o of_o they_o speak_v for_o 23._o all_o in_o another_o case_n indeed_o yet_o not_o improper_o appliable_a to_o our_o present_a purpose_n which_o be_v so_o they_o doubtless_o derogate_v much_o both_o from_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o lordsday_n and_o from_o the_o lord_n himself_o the_o author_n thereof_o who_o will_v make_v it_o no_o better_o than_o a_o human_a ordination_n or_o at_o best_a a_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n frame_v according_a to_o the_o pattern_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o consequent_o changeable_a either_o by_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n as_o some_o or_o by_o 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tum_fw-la veer_fw-la praecipuus_fw-la tum_fw-la haud_fw-la 18_o dubie_fw-la primus_fw-la of_o all_o other_o day_n as_o true_o the_o principal_a as_o it_o be_v undoubted_o the_o first_o athanasius_n call_v sunt_fw-la it_o diem_fw-la sanctissimum_fw-la and_o sanctissimum_fw-la festum_fw-la the_o most_o holy_a day_n the_o most_o holy_a festival_n attribute_v unto_o it_o both_o the_o initiation_n of_o the_o world_n and_o man_n regeneration_n igâ—…atius_n in_o his_o epist._n to_o the_o magnesian_n style_v it_o reginam_fw-la et_fw-la princâ—…m_fw-la dierum_fw-la the_o queen_n and_o princess_n of_o day_n chrysostome_n drem_fw-la râ—…galem_fw-la a_o royal_a resurrect_v day_n leo_n have_v write_v purposely_o in_o commendation_n of_o it_o in_o his_o 81._o epistle_n to_o dioscorus_n saint_n augustine_n in_o sundry_a treatise_n of_o his_o take_v occasion_n high_o to_o extol_v it_o as_o namely_o in_o his_o 251._o sermon_n de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la have_v speak_v of_o some_o of_o the_o most_o 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