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judgement_n also_o of_o irenaeus_n lib._n 4._o c._n 30._o and_o of_o eusebius_n 1_o histor._n c._n 4._o and_o thus_o may_v we_o best_o explicate_v that_o of_o genesis_n 2._o god_n bless_v the_o seven_o day_n and_o sanctify_v it_o which_o the_o hebrew_n master_n will_v have_v to_o be_v speak_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anticpation_n as_o if_o moses_n shall_v say_v that_o this_o cessation_n of_o god_n from_o his_o work_n of_o creation_n be_v the_o cause_n why_o after_o in_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n the_o celebration_n or_o sanctification_n of_o the_o seven_o day_n be_v ordain_v but_o the_o right_a interpretation_n be_v that_o which_o distinguish_v the_o precept_n of_o keep_v holy_a the_o sabbath_n from_o the_o precept_n of_o rest_v from_o labour_n as_o by_o the_o cause_n so_o also_o by_o the_o time_n and_o to_o this_o difference_n moses_n himself_o seem_v to_o have_v have_v respect_n when_o in_o duternomy_n to_o these_o word_n observe_v the_o sabbath_n day_n to_o sanctify_v it_o he_o add_v as_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n have_v command_v three_o nam_o long_a ago_o from_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o the_o world_n as_o grotius_n conceive_v or_o as_o selden_n from_o the_o time_n when_o the_o israelite_n be_v encamp_v in_o mara_n a_o part_n of_o the_o wilderness_n so_o call_v from_o the_o brackish_a bitterness_n of_o the_o water_n where_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o sabbath_n be_v first_o institute_v about_o forty_o day_n before_o that_o institution_n be_v renew_v in_o the_o decalogue_n for_o he_o refer_v the_o first_o word_n of_o this_o precept_n remember_v to_o the_o first_o sabbath_n there_o institute_v and_o true_a it_o be_v that_o the_o first_o sabbath_n be_v celebrate_v by_o the_o israelite_n in_o their_o ten_o mansion_n or_o encamp_v in_o alush_n part_n of_o the_o desert_n of_o sin_n they_o come_v from_o elim_n into_o the_o desert_n of_o sin_n upon_o the_o fifteen_o day_n of_o the_o second_o month_n from_o their_o beginning_n to_o march_v six_o day_n manna_n be_v gather_v and_o one_o the_o seven_o the_o people_n sabbatize_v so_o that_o the_o first_o observation_n of_o the_o sabbath_n fall_v upon_o the_o 22._o day_n of_o the_o same_o month_n which_o be_v the_o second_o month_n from_o their_o exit_fw-la out_o of_o egypt_n be_v after_o name_v jiar_n for_o the_o name_n of_o the_o hebrew_n month_n be_v then_o unborn_a and_o that_o 22._o day_n of_o this_o month_n answer_v to_o the_o 23._o of_o may_n in_o the_o julian_n year_n the_o seder_n olam_n make_v this_o month_n hollow_n i._n e._n of_o but_o twenty_o nine_o day_n not_o full_o i._n e._n of_o thirty_o day_n whence_o in_o compute_v the_o feriae_fw-la or_o holy_a day_n of_o these_o month_n there_o have_v rise_v up_o a_o discrepancy_n of_o one_o day_n betwixt_o that_o chronicon_fw-la and_o the_o talmudist_n but_o that_o alternate_a distinction_n of_o month_n as_o our_o most_o excellent_a chronologist_n sir_n john_n marsham_n in_o chronic._n canon_n pag_n 184._o observe_v do_v not_o well_o agree_v with_o the_o antic_a chronology_n of_o the_o hebrew_n how_o then_o shall_v we_o reconcile_v these_o two_o reconcile_v different_a opinion_n concern_v the_o respect_n of_o the_o word_n remember_v the_o one_o assert_v by_o grotius_n the_o other_o by_o selden_n by_o grant_v that_o the_o precept_n de_fw-fr observando_fw-la sabbato_fw-la in_o commemoration_n of_o the_o egyptian_a servitude_n be_v first_o give_v to_o the_o israelite_n in_o mara_n and_o a_o little_a after_o renew_v at_o the_o promulgation_n of_o the_o decalogue_n as_o pertinent_a particular_o and_o only_o to_o they_o and_o consequent_o that_o so_o far_a selden_n be_v in_o the_o right_n but_o that_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o sabbath_n in_o grateful_a memory_n of_o the_o world_n creation_n by_o god_n wherein_o all_o mankind_n be_v equal_o concern_v be_v as_o ancient_a as_o the_o world_n itself_o and_o extend_v to_o all_o nation_n universal_o and_o therefore_o grotius_n who_o seem_v to_o have_v 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faith_n and_o pledge_v of_o our_o hope_n the_o resurrection_n of_o our_o redeemer_n from_o the_o dead_a hence_o balsamo_n most_o apposite_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n by_o the_o holy_a father_n the_o sabbath_n day_n be_v hold_v in_o all_o respect_v equal_a to_o the_o lord_n day_n hence_o also_o gregorius_n nyssenus_n call_v these_o two_o day_n brethren_n as_o worthy_a of_o equal_a veneration_n and_o solemnity_n and_o the_o ancient_a book_n of_o the_o constitution_n of_o clement_n l._n 7._o c._n 24._o give_v this_o in_o precept_n diem_fw-la sabbatti_n &_o diem_fw-la dominicam_fw-la festas_fw-la habete_fw-la quoniam_fw-la illa_fw-la creationis_fw-la altera_fw-la resurrection_n memoriae_fw-la dicata_fw-la est_fw-la nor_o be_v it_o from_o any_o other_o cause_n that_o by_o the_o most_o ancient_a church_n be_v introduce_v the_o custom_n of_o not_o fast_v upon_o the_o sabbath_n because_o it_o be_v a_o day_n of_o joy_n and_o gladness_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o epistle_n 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liberty_n grant_v to_o they_o and_o by_o voluntary_a