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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 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 title_n of_o fe_v iv_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 accommodate_v to_o the_o present_a manner_n of_o church-meeting_n vi_o distinguish_v between_o yield_v and_o justify_v but_o there_o be_v yet_o another_o way_n obligation_n without_o either_o countermand_n or_o dispensation_n from_o the_o author_n may_v fall_v by_o the_o sink_n of_o the_o ground_n they_o be_v bilt_v upon_o upon_o the_o death_n of_o our_o parent_n we_o be_v no_o long_o oblige_v to_o honour_v their_o person_n but_o only_o their_o memory_n and_o upon_o this_o account_n all_o that_o we_o have_v say_v seem_v to_o free_v we_o from_o any_o other_o duty_n towards_o this_o institution_n but_o that_o of_o speak_v and_o think_v honourable_o of_o it_o for_o if_o this_o be_v bilt_v upon_o a_o festival_n tradition_n then_o will_v the_o apostl_n declaration_n of_o our_o lord_n will_v oblige_v we_o to_o do_v this_o as_o often_o as_o they_o do_v that_o his_o argument_n must_v be_v good_a against_o the_o corinthian_n and_o all_o other_o church_n that_o may_v irreverent_o fest_n in_o the_o church_n but_o when_o the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n banish_v fe_v thence_o 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