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israel_n dare_v not_o to_o gather_v manna_n therein_o when_o it_o be_v give_v they_o from_o heaven_n the_o second_o thing_n which_o we_o be_v to_o observe_v be_v to_o preserve_v ourselves_o from_o sin_n as_o it_o be_v say_v in_o exodus_fw-la remember_v to_o sanctify_v the_o day_n of_o rest_n that_o be_v to_o observe_v it_o by_o keep_v thyself_o careful_o from_o sin_n and_o therefore_o say_v saint_n augustine_n it_o be_v better_a to_o labour_n and_o to_o dig_v the_o earth_n upon_o the_o lord_n day_n then_o to_o be_v drink_v or_o to_o commit_v any_o other_o sin_n for_o sin_n be_v a_o servile_a work_n by_o which_o a_o man_n serve_v the_o devil_n again_o he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v better_a to_o labour_v with_o profit_n then_o to_o range_v and_o roam_v abroad_o idle_o for_o the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v not_o ordain_v to_o the_o end_n that_o a_o man_n shall_v cease_v from_o worldly_a good_a work_n and_o give_v himself_o unto_o sin_n but_o to_o the_o end_n he_o shall_v addict_v 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the_o father_n the_o inquisitor_n and_o for_o the_o full_a accomplishment_n of_o the_o contentment_n of_o the_o say_a father_n their_o accuse_v be_v exile_v for_o a_o penance_n into_o the_o holy_a land_n or_o enroll_v for_o some_o other_o expedition_n against_o the_o turk_n or_o other_o infidel_n levy_v by_o the_o command_n of_o the_o pope_n to_o serve_v the_o church_n for_o a_o certain_a time_n at_o their_o own_o charge_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o say_v holy_a father_n take_v possession_n of_o the_o good_n of_o the_o poor_a pilgrim_n and_o that_o which_o be_v worst_a of_o all_o at_o their_o return_n they_o must_v not_o inquire_v whether_o the_o say_v monk_n have_v in_o their_o absence_n any_o private_a familiarity_n with_o their_o wife_n for_o fear_v lest_o they_o shall_v be_v condemn_v for_o backsliders_a impenitent_a and_o altogether_o unworthy_a of_o any_o favour_n now_o these_o violence_n be_v execute_v from_o the_o year_n a_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o six_o 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