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34._o 〈◊〉_d lib._n 2_o cap._n 8._o sect_n 34._o veteres_n subrogarunt_fw-la diem_fw-la dominicum_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la sabbati_fw-la zanchius_n say_v preceâ—t_n in_o 4_o preceâ—t_n that_o the_o lordsday_n nullum_fw-la habet_fw-la domini_fw-la mandatum_fw-la d_o r._n feild_n say_v 20._o book_n 4._o church_n chap._n 20._o that_o the_o lordsday_n be_v a_o apostolical_a tradition_n not_o precept_n the_o book_n of_o homily_n not_o to_o stand_v upon_o other_o say_v prayer_n homily_n of_o the_o place_n and_o time_n of_o prayer_n that_o christian_a people_n choose_v the_o first_o day_n which_o be_v as_o much_o in_o effect_n as_o that_o it_o be_v not_o christ_n commandment_n will_v any_o man_n say_v that_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n choose_v the_o seven_o day_n now_o of_o this_o opinion_n i_o be_o and_o these_o be_v my_o reason_n 1._o have_v christ_n or_o his_o apostle_n command_v to_o sanctify_v the_o lordsday_n mention_n shall_v have_v be_v make_v thereof_o in_o god_n word_n for_o the_o 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bishop_n white_a pag_n 144._o say_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o public_a or_o solemn_a read_n or_o expound_v of_o the_o law_n every_o weekly_a sabbath_n day_n be_v not_o express_o require_v and_o command_v in_o the_o pentateuch_n and_o again_o he_o say_v pag_n 146._o after_o the_o captivity_n the_o jew_n frequent_v their_o synagogue_n upon_o the_o sabbath_n day_n and_o moses_n be_v read_v but_o say_v he_o this_o be_v not_o command_v in_o the_o decalogue_n or_o by_o any_o express_a sentence_n or_o mandate_n of_o moses_n law_n answer_n these_o antisabbatarian_o discover_v a_o strange_a partiality_n for_o where_o as_o they_o jeer_v other_o for_o their_o too_o precise_o call_v for_o a_o scriptum_n est_fw-la for_o the_o proof_n of_o every_o circumstance_n yet_o now_o when_o the_o point_n come_v in_o issue_n for_o themselves_o they_o fly_v to_o the_o same_o way_n of_o argumentation_n non_fw-la invenimus_fw-la non_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la chap._n est_fw-la so_o bishop_n white_a 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