admit_v the_o doctor_n aforesaid_a be_v adverse_a to_o we_o and_o we_o to_o they_o in_o many_o more_o position_n than_o indeed_o we_o be_v yet_o notwithstanding_o it_o may_v be_v lawful_a for_o we_o to_o use_v their_o testimony_n in_o all_o question_n wherein_o they_o maintain_v catholic_a and_o orthodoxal_a verity_n elicitur_fw-la verity_n iren._n li._n 4._o ca._n 14._o vera_fw-la &_o contradictioni_fw-la minime_fw-la obnoxia_fw-la est_fw-la probatio_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la dictis_fw-la adversariorum_fw-la elicitur_fw-la s._n paul_n use_v the_o testimony_n of_o heathen_a poet_n in_o matter_n of_o truth_n notwithstanding_o they_o be_v enemy_n to_o christian_a piety_n 30._o piety_n chrys_n in_o gen._n hom._n 57_o infidelium_fw-la &_o adversantium_fw-la religioni_fw-la testimonia_fw-la majorem_fw-la habent_fw-la fidem_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la omnipotenti_fw-la sapientia_fw-la dei_fw-la ut_fw-la inimici_fw-la veritatis_fw-la fiant_fw-la ipsi_fw-la testes_fw-la 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apostolis_n tertul._n c._n haer._n cap._n 32._o hier._n catalogue_n in_o clement_n ignatio_n polycarpo_fw-it etc._n etc._n nevertheless_o according_a to_o br._n b._n the_o same_o be_v not_o divine_a but_o the_o prelate_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n who_o exercise_n such_o authority_n be_v vein_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o maintainer_n thereof_o be_v guide_v by_o a_o papal_a spirit_n dialog_n pag._n 3._o a_o fifteen_o passage_n of_o h._n b._n the_o four_o commandment_n be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o law_n write_v in_o adam_n heart_n need_v not_o any_o express_a commandment_n more_o than_o the_o rest_n 42._o rest_n ib._n pag._n 42._o prove_v because_o it_o be_v make_v know_v by_o divine_a revelation_n only_o and_o not_o by_o a_o natural_a impression_n that_o god_n create_v heaven_n and_o earth_n in_o six_o day_n and_o rest_v the_o seven_o and_o if_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o sabbath_n be_v command_v adam_n the_o same_o be_v the_o saturday_n sabbath_n of_o every_o week_n and_o 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161._o 276._o thesis_n 3a._o the_o christian_a church_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n have_v receive_v no_o special_a or_o express_v divine_a precept_n in_o holy_a scripture_n command_v the_o same_o to_o observe_v any_o one_o particular_a or_o individual_a day_n of_o every_o week_n rather_o than_o another_o for_o their_o sabbath_n neither_o have_v the_o christian_a church_n receive_v any_o divine_a mandate_n to_o observe_v any_o day_n of_o the_o week_n according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n pag._n 189._o 239._o thesis_n 4a._o the_o observation_n of_o the_o lord's-day_n be_v not_o ground_v upon_o the_o particular_a law_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n but_o only_o upon_o the_o equity_n of_o that_o commandment_n and_o upon_o the_o practice_n and_o example_n of_o the_o holy_a apostle_n and_o of_o the_o primitive_a church_n and_o after_o such_o time_n as_o the_o persecution_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n by_o infidel_n cease_v then_o godly_a law_n and_o canon_n 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