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a_o body_n subject_a to_o sin_n wisd._n 1._o 3._o we_o must_v seek_v his_o return_n and_o favour_n by_o fast_v weep_a and_o supplication_n psal._n 143._o 3_o 8._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o the_o bridegroom_n shall_v be_v take_v up_o away_o from_o they_o in_o his_o ascension_n after_o his_o departure_n into_o heaven_n so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tolli_fw-la may_v signify_v to_o be_v take_v away_o up_o and_o so_o be_v the_o render_n of_o the_o syriack_n in_o this_o text_n and_o so_o the_o greek_a father_n theophylact_fw-mi understand_v it_o of_o the_o time_n after_o his_o ascension_n disciple_n ascension_n theophylact_fw-mi in_o luc._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la in_o matthaei_n cap._n 9_o v._n 15._o viz._n on_o the_o same_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d christianus_n druthmarus_n on_o the_o same_o word_n mat._n 9_o cum_fw-la auferetur_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n sponsus_fw-la illud_fw-la tempus_fw-la ostendit_fw-la quo_fw-la ipsus_fw-la in_o 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scripture_n record_v the_o apostle_n fast_n after_o the_o bridegroom_n take_v away_o in_o equal_a term_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o cor._n 11._o 27._o in_o fasting_n often_o or_o many_o time_n in_o watch_n often_o &_o 2_o cor._n 6._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v be_v repeat_v in_o much_o or_o oft_o watch_n and_o fasting_n fast_o fasting_n upon_o which_o text_n s._n chrysostome_n say_v by_o these_o word_n s._n p._n signify_v his_o labour_n how_o he_o labour_v go_v up_o and_o down_o and_o work_v with_o his_o hand_n and_o the_o night_n in_o which_o he_o teach_v or_o also_o his_o work_n in_o the_o night_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o with_o all_o these_o labour_n neither_o do_v he_o neglect_v to_o fast_o st._n chrysostome_n also_o on_o s._n matt._n 17._o v._n 19_o 21._o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d therefore_o the_o apostle_n also_o fast_v almost_o continual_o yea_o touch_v these_o certain_a fast_n for_o the_o 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but_o where_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v omit_v also_o as_o in_o st._n matthew_n c._n 9_o and_o if_o the_o ms._n r._n read_v it_o in_o one_o place_n in_o that_o day_n marc._n 2._o yet_o still_o it_o be_v with_o the_o article_n interpose_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o read_v they_o which_o follow_v as_o i_o do_v not_o may_v well_o refer_v it_o to_o the_o day_n of_o christ_n death_n and_o passion_n as_o in_o the_o septuagint_n greek_n of_o esther_n cap._n 1._o v._n 2_o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o those_o same_o day_n on_o which_o ahashuerus_n have_v be_v once_o enthrone_v he_o as_o herod_n on_o his_o birthday_n make_v a_o feast_n unto_o all_o his_o prince_n in_o the_o 3_o d_o as_o in_o every_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n so_o philo_n the_o jew_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o religious_a anon_o to_o be_v cite_v use_v these_o very_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d speak_v of_o certain_a yearly_a recur_v day_n 3_o lie_v our_o lord_n christ_n speak_v here_o 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prophetis_fw-la unde_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o monte_fw-fr inter_fw-la utramque_fw-la personam_fw-la medius_fw-la salvator_fw-la efsulsit_fw-la etc._n etc._n now_o what_o may_v it_o mean_v that_o moses_n fast_v 40._o day_n that_o number_n of_o day_n both_o moses_n and_o elias_n and_o the_o lord_n himself_o do_v fast_o for_o also_o it_o be_v command_v unto_o we_o from_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n and_o from_z the_o gospel_n itself_o which_o receive_v witness_n from_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n whence_o also_o on_o the_o mount_n betwixt_o those_o two_o person_n our_o saviour_n shine_v forth_o in_o the_o midst_n the_o same_o he_o declare_v more_o at_o large_a l._n 1._o de_fw-fr offic_n eccles._n c._n 36._o jejuniorum_fw-la tempora_fw-la secundum_fw-la scripturas_fw-la sacras_fw-la quatuor_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la per_fw-la abstinentiam_fw-la &_o lamentum_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la dominus_fw-la supplicandus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o licèt_fw-la omnibus_fw-la diebus_fw-la 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persona_fw-la est_fw-la in_o mose_n hoc_fw-la prophetia_fw-la cujus_fw-la personam_fw-la gerit_fw-la elias_n hoc_fw-la ipse_fw-la dominus_fw-la monet_fw-la qui_fw-la tanquam_fw-la testimonium_fw-la habens_fw-la ex_fw-la lege_fw-la &_o prophetis_fw-la medius_fw-la inter_fw-la illos_fw-la in_o monte_fw-fr 3._o discipulis_fw-la videntibus_fw-la atque_fw-la stupentibus_fw-la claruit_fw-la we_o be_v admonish_v to_o fast_v forty_o day_n this_o the_o law_n who_o person_n moses_n bare_a this_o the_o prophet_n who_o person_n elias_n sustain_v this_o the_o lord_n himself_o admonish_v we_o who_o as_o receive_v witness_n from_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n shine_v forth_o in_o the_o midst_n betwixt_o those_o two_o in_o the_o mount_n etc._n etc._n the_o same_o s._n austin_n l._n â—…_n c._n 169._o quâ—…st_n super_fw-la genes_n non_fw-la enim_fw-la frustrà _fw-la quadriginta_fw-la dies_fw-la jejuniorum_fw-la sunt_fw-la constituti_fw-la quibus_fw-la moses_n &_o elias_n &_o ipse_fw-la dominus_fw-la jejunavit_fw-la &_o ecclesia_fw-la precipuâ_fw-la observatione_fw-la jejumorum_fw-la quadrage_n simam_fw-la vocat_fw-la s._n aâ—…stin_n again_o in_o psal._n 110._o dies_fw-la iâ—…i_fw-la paschales_fw-la praeteritis_fw-la diebus_fw-la quadragesimae_fw-la etc._n etc._n quadragenario_fw-la numero_fw-la quo_fw-la &_o moses_n &_o elias_n &_o ipse_fw-la dominus_fw-la jejunaverunt_fw-la precipitur_fw-la enim_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la lege_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la prophetis_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la ipso_fw-la evangelio_n etc._n etc._n s._n hierome_n on_o jon._n 3_o ipse_fw-la quoque_fw-la dominus_fw-la verus_fw-la jonas_n missus_fw-la ad_fw-la praedicationem_fw-la mundi_fw-la jejunavit_fw-la quadragint_fw-la a_o dies_fw-la &_o haereditatem_fw-la nobis_fw-la jejunii_fw-la derelinquens_fw-la ad_fw-la esum_fw-la corporis_fw-la svi_fw-la sub_fw-la hoc_fw-la numero_fw-la nostras_fw-la animas_fw-la preparat_fw-la s._n ambrose_n serm._n 25._o dominus_fw-la enim_fw-la diabolum_fw-la 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