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p._n 55_o 56._o christmas_n easter_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o holiday_n be_v superstitious_a plain_o repugnant_a to_o gal._n 4.10_o col._n 2.16_o if_o the_o feast_n there_o mention_v be_v evident_o not_o christian_a festival_n i_o suppose_v i_o may_v safe_o conclude_v christian_n festival_n not_o to_o be_v plain_o forbid_v in_o that_o place_n where_o they_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o speak_v of_o the_o text_n in_o the_o galatian_n mention_n express_o month_n and_o year_n proportion_n of_o time_n no_o way_n to_o be_v accommodate_v to_o christian_a festival_n or_o then_o or_o now_o that_o in_o the_o colossian_n be_v so_o plain_a that_o it_o must_v be_v a_o worse_a principle_n than_o inconsideration_n which_o occasion_v the_o mistake_n not_o only_o because_o it_o express_v new_a moon_n a_o thing_n not_o establish_v by_o christian_a authority_n but_o in_o the_o word_n follow_v the_o 17._o verse_n give_v a_o clear_a account_n of_o the_o unlawfulness_n of_o those_o feast_n of_o the_o 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