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the_o lo_o d_n day_n vi_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n consecrate_v to_o this_o office_n and_o for_o that_o reason_n style_v the_o lord_n day_n dishonour_v by_o derivation_n from_o the_o four_o commandment_n can_v be_v worse_o profane_v than_o by_o neglect_n of_o this_o office_n to_o which_o it_o owe_v its_o sacredness_n chap._n vi_o the_o practice_n of_o antiquity_n pag._n 131._o i._o the_o constant_a practice_n of_o christ_n church_n in_o its_o best_a age_n prove_v by_o one_o evidence_n of_o each_o kind_n viz._n 1._o canon_n the_o 9_o apostolic_a ii_o 2._o one_o father_n justin_n martyr_n 3._o one_o historian_n socrates_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n under_o pretence_n of_o tradition_n innovate_v against_o the_o church_n universal_a iii_o 4._o enemy_n of_o each_o kind_n 1._o protestant_n iv_o 2._o papist_n v._o 3._o junior_fw-la father_n particular_o st._n augustin_n who_o word_n be_v recite_v wherein_o we_o must_v distinguish_v between_o father_n and_o doctor_n as_o father_n 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church_n of_o england_n iv_o the_o church_n vindicate_v v._o the_o two_o opposite_a opinion_n personate_v the_o university_n statute_n the_o best_a comment_n upon_o the_o church_n rubrike_n the_o greek_a church_n in_o great_a church_n celebrate_v the_o holy_a communion_n every_o sunday_n and_o holy_a day_n vi_o those_o who_o omit_v the_o communion_n itself_o great_a nonconformist_n than_o those_o who_o neglect_v the_o communion_n service_n chap._n ii_o we_o may_v not_o omit_v this_o duty_n without_o warrant_n pag._n 164._o i._o necessity_n may_v be_v comply_v with_o a_o doubl_n question_n ii_o difference_n between_o law_n moral_a and_o positive_a the_o apostl_n vouch_v our_o lord_n revelation_n a_o proof_n of_o the_o valu_n of_o the_o sacrament_n fear_v of_o cheapness_n no_o reason_n why_o we_o shall_v make_v it_o scarce_o iii_o omission_n compare_v with_o unworthiness_n iv_o our_o warrant_n must_v be_v either_o countermand_n or_o dispensation_n v._o defect_n of_o preparation_n no_o dispensation_n vi_o all_o other_o duty_n in_o the_o same_o danger_n chap._n iii_o the_o obligation_n cease_v not_o upon_o the_o change_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o fe_v in_o the_o church_n but_o must_v be_v accommodate_v thereto_o pag._n 174._o i._o the_o apostle_n have_v prevent_v such_o a_o consequence_n by_o say_v our_o lord_n appoint_v we_o to_o do_v this_o till_o he_o come_v ii_o the_o adequate_a measure_n of_o our_o do_v this_o be_v not_o eat_v but_o meet_v in_o the_o church_n as_o change_v of_o the_o ceremony_n hinder_v not_o perjury_n from_o be_v a_o sin_n nor_o do_v change_v of_o the_o season_n hinder_v we_o from_o still_v it_o a_o supper_n iii_o the_o church_n careful_a to_o preserve_v the_o memory_n and_o titl_n of_o fe_v vi_o the_o apostl_n argument_n hold_v by_o vers_n 20._o more_o for_o the_o thing_n than_o for_o the_o manner_n wherein_o we_o can_v now_o be_v guilty_a as_o the_o corinthian_n be_v v._o the_o equitable_a and_o moral_a sens_fw-fr of_o the_o argument_n 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