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week_n it_o be_v in_o all_o likelihood_n for_o this_o reason_n because_o the_o novatian_o of_o that_o place_n where_o the_o schism_n be_v first_o found_v adhere_v more_o stiff_o to_o the_o usage_n of_o their_o first_o separation_n and_o will_v not_o comply_v with_o the_o enlargement_n the_o catholic_n make_v as_o those_o of_o the_o same_o sect_n in_o other_o city_n may_v have_v be_v induce_v to_o do_v a_o orig._n cont_n câ—is_fw-la l._n 8._o p._n 392._o edit_fw-la câ—â—â—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d c_o orig._n hom._n 10._o in_o levit._n hâ—â—_n tam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ideo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—t_a absâ—inentiâ—_n christianae_n franâ—_n laxâ—â—â—â—_n 〈…〉_o quaâ—â—ag_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d dieâ—_n jejuniis_fw-la consecratos_fw-la liabemus_fw-la quartam_fw-la &_o sextâ—â—â—_n septimanâ—â—_n die_v 〈◊〉_d solenniter_fw-la jejunâ—mâ—s_fw-la d_o dion_n alex._n can._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d e_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d f_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d e_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v proper_o signify_v to_o passover_n put_v off_o postpone_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ultra_fw-la post_fw-la as_o in_o phot._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v post_fw-la quinque_fw-la dies_fw-la and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v be_v that_o their_o food_n be_v put_v off_o for_o a_o day_n or_o a_o day_n put_v off_o for_o their_o food_n as_o the_o word_n prorogate_v will_v agree_v in_o both_o construction_n and_o in_o the_o latter_a i_o suppose_v dieu_fw-fr cibationi_fw-la solitoe_n superponere_fw-la be_v to_o be_v take_v in_o solinus_n cap._n 28._o though_o salmasius_n understand_v it_o not_o the_o cibo_fw-la sumendo_fw-la but_o de_fw-la sumpto_fw-la exerc._n pl._n in_o sol._n p._n 324._o epist_n simplic_n ver._n p._n 203._o as_o if_o the_o day_n be_v put_v upon_o the_o food_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v answer_v to_o that_o other_o signification_n of_o the_o latin_a pro_fw-la in_o prorogare_fw-la as_o in_o prolatus_fw-la productus_fw-la protractus_fw-la and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v be_v to_o prolong_v and_o protract_v or_o put_v over_o the_o fast_a for_o one_o or_o more_o day_n in_o which_o sense_n jejunii_fw-la superpositio_fw-la conc._n illiber_n can._n 26._o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v ch._n 8._o light_v e_o may_v be_v well_o understand_v and_o possible_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v also_o be_v much_o the_o same_o with_o our_o author_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o signify_v transigere_fw-la producere_fw-la diem_fw-la jejunio_fw-la to_o pass_v the_o day_n in_o fast_v so_o as_o tertullian_n may_v mean_v by_o his_o sabbatum_fw-la continuare_fw-la see_v the_o last_o ch._n lit_fw-fr 0_o f_z fast_v a_o day_n must_v be_v understand_v here_o in_o contradistinction_n to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o pass_n over_o a_o day_n and_o must_v therefore_o be_v take_v for_o such_o a_o abstinence_n as_o will_v allow_v some_o sustenance_n at_o least_o at_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o day_n g_o cyprian_n epist_n 56._o edit_fw-la oxon._n quoniam_fw-la scripsistis_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la plur_v thus_o collegis_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la plenissime_fw-la tractem_fw-la &_o nunc_fw-la omnes_fw-la fere_n inter_fw-la prima_fw-la paschae_fw-la solennia_fw-la apud_fw-la se_fw-la cum_fw-la fratribus_fw-la demorantur_fw-la quando_fw-la solennitati_fw-la celebrandoe_v apud_fw-la suos_fw-la satisfecerint_fw-la &_o add_v i_o venire_fw-la coeperint_fw-la tractabo_fw-la cum_fw-la singulis_fw-la plenius_fw-la b_o just_a cod._n lib._n 3._o tit._n 12._o §_o 7._o inter_fw-la dies_fw-la feriale_n recensentur_fw-la sacri_fw-la paschâ—e_n dies_fw-la qui_fw-la septenario_fw-la numero_fw-la vel_fw-la pracedunt_fw-la vel_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la ay_o theophyl_n in_o joan._n 12.1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o 2_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_z 2_o this_o particular_a may_v be_v speak_v by_o our_o author_n out_o of_o exodus_fw-la for_o according_a to_o maimon_n de_n sacr_n pasch_fw-mi tract_n 1._o cap._n 10._o §_o xv._o this_o circumstance_n with_o some_o other_o praescribe_v at_o the_o first_o institution_n be_v observe_v the_o first_o passover_n only_o and_o never_o after_o m_o epiph._n haer._n 7._o §_o xi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d n_z maimonid_v de_fw-fr solenn_n pasch_fw-mi seu_fw-la de_fw-la ferment_n &_o azm._n cap._n 6._o §_o i._o this_o be_v observe_v by_o petavius_n upon_o the_o place_n chap._n vi_o §_o i._o a_o mention_n of_o a_o forty_o day_n fast_o by_o peter_n of_o alexandria_n before_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a §_o ii_o very_o probable_o they_o be_v the_o day_n before_o easter_n §_o i._o and_o so_o have_v we_o see_v all_o along_o through_o the_o three_o first_o century_n as_o much_o mention_n of_o the_o ante-paschal_n fast_o as_o can_v be_v expect_v from_o the_o scarcity_n of_o author_n and_o the_o rarity_n of_o the_o