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and_o their_o disciple_n but_o the_o roman_a church_n itself_o be_v guilty_a of_o as_o great_a the_o great_a ignorance_n which_o wilfrid_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o zealot_n for_o the_o roman_a custom_n betray_v lie_v in_o this_o that_o what_o they_o see_v practise_v in_o their_o time_n at_o rome_n they_o suppose_v to_o have_v be_v always_o observe_v there_o and_o that_o it_o come_v from_o a_o command_n of_o s._n peter_n that_o the_o day_n of_o easter_n shall_v be_v observe_v as_o it_o be_v then_o in_o the_o roman_a church_n whereas_o there_o be_v nothing_o like_o any_o apostolical_a precept_n for_o it_o and_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n itself_o have_v but_o late_o embrace_v the_o alexandrian_a cycle_n which_o wilfrid_n will_v with_o so_o much_o authority_n have_v enforce_v upon_o the_o poor_a scottish_a christian_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o christianity_n nothing_o be_v look_v on_o with_o great_a indifferency_n than_o the_o anniversary_n day_n of_o the_o christian_a pasch_fw-mi 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the_o moon_n on_o the_o evening_n of_o which_o they_o be_v to_o begin_v their_o passeover_n and_o these_o two_o be_v observe_v by_o all_o christian_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n till_o towards_o the_o end_n of_o the_o second_o century_n according_a to_o the_o jewish_a cycle_n which_o be_v of_o eighty_o four_o year_n as_o epiphanius_n tell_v we_o â—1_n which_o although_o it_o be_v not_o exact_v according_a to_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o heaven_n yet_o that_o be_v not_o think_v a_o sufficient_a ground_n for_o the_o alteration_n of_o it_o yea_o epiphanius_n mention_n a_o apostolical_a constitution_n quite_o different_a from_o what_o be_v now_o extant_a in_o the_o book_n that_o go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o apostolical_a constitution_n wherein_o christian_n be_v command_v not_o to_o trouble_v themselves_o with_o calculation_n 70._o but_o that_o they_o
shall_v keep_v the_o feast_n at_o the_o same_o time_n with_o the_o brethren_n that_o come_v out_o of_o the_o circumcision_n although_o they_o be_v mistake_v in_o their_o calculation_n not_o with_o those_o that_o remain_v in_o the_o circumcision_n but_o with_o those_o that_o come_v out_o of_o it_o say_v epiphanius_n which_o he_o understand_v of_o the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n fifteen_o of_o which_o continue_v to_o a._n d._n 136._o till_o towards_o the_o end_n of_o the_o empire_n of_o hadrian_n at_o which_o time_n marcus_n be_v the_o first_o bishop_n that_o be_v make_v of_o the_o gentile_n 70._o petavius_n know_v not_o what_o to_o make_v of_o this_o constitution_n for_o by_o it_o he_o suppose_v the_o christian_n be_v oblige_v to_o keep_v easter_n with_o the_o jew_n on_o the_o fourteen_o day_n for_o he_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n do_v so_o as_o he_o confess_v some_o of_o the_o apostle_n do_v but_o the_o learned_a primate_n of_o armagh_n think_v petavius_n mistake_v in_o this_o because_o although_o they_o do_v then_o 〈◊〉_d the_o jewish_a computation_n yet_o he_o suppose_v that_o they_o do_v keep_v easter_n not_o with_o the_o jew_n on_o what_o day_n of_o the_o week_n soever_o it_o fall_v 9_o but_o on_o the_o sunday_n in_o honour_n of_o our_o saviour_n resurrection_n and_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o narcissus_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o theophilus_n of_o caesarea_n with_o cassius_n of_o tyre_n and_o clarus_n of_o ptolemais_n do_v in_o their_o synodical_a epistle_n declare_v that_o they_o agree_v with_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n viz._n in_o keep_v it_o on_o the_o lord_n day_n and_o that_o this_o have_v be_v the_o constant_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o it_o be_v plain_a epiphanius_n understand_v it_o so_o or_o else_o it_o be_v to_o no_o purpose_n to_o distinguish_v in_o this_o matter_n those_o who_o remain_v in_o the_o circumcision_n and_o those_o which_o come_v out_o of_o it_o but_o 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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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april_n to_o the_o 11._o kal._n of_o may_n viz._n from_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o of_o march_n to_o the_o one_o and_o twenty_o of_o april_n inclusive_a and_o withal_o they_o add_v that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v lawful_a for_o any_o to_o exceed_v these_o limit_n and_o yet_o afterward_o these_o limit_n be_v so_o far_o exceed_v that_o the_o latin_a church_n in_o leo_n '_o s_o time_n make_v the_o cycle_n of_o the_o paschal_n sunday_n to_o consist_v of_o thirty_o three_o day_n and_o the_o alexandrian_a cycle_n take_v in_o two_o day_n more_o viz._n the_o twenty_o four_o and_o twenty_o five_o of_o april_n because_o they_o find_v the_o former_a limit_n too_o straight_o unless_o they_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o they_o call_v it_o i._n e._n that_o the_o anniversary_n day_n of_o our_o saviour_n passion_n shall_v always_o fall_v between_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o of_o march_n and_o one_o and_o twenty_o of_o april_n §_o 11._o the_o first_o person_n who_o 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