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that_o law_n especial_o this_o mercy_n be_v so_o new_a and_o fresh_a in_o memory_n whereas_o god_n in_o the_o four_o commandment_n go_v back_o to_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n to_o seek_v out_o another_o and_o firm_a foundation_n of_o institute_v the_o sabbath_n without_o mention_v of_o this_o at_o all_o thus_o when_o all_o circumstance_n be_v due_o weigh_v it_o will_v easy_o appear_v to_o any_o not_o forestall_v by_o prejudice_n that_o in_o this_o exod._n 16._o moses_n speak_v of_o the_o sabbath_n to_o the_o elder_n of_o israël_n know_v whence_o it_o appear_v that_o moses_n mention_n the_o sabbath_n to_o the_o elder_n exod._n 16.23_o as_o a_o thing_n know_v as_o of_o a_o thing_n well_o know_v unto_o they_o beforehand_o and_o by_o consequent_a which_o the_o jew_n be_v wel-acquainted_n with_o before_o the_o law_n be_v give_v to_o moses_n on_o mount_n sinai_n whereupon_o it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o they_o receive_v it_o from_o the_o patriarch_n deliver_v from_o hand_n to_o 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wherewith_o most_o man_n be_v possess_v but_o without_o any_o firm_a ground_n either_o out_o of_o reason_n or_o scripture_n that_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v grant_v that_o there_o be_v something_o ceremonial_a in_o the_o four_o commandment_n either_o the_o set_a day_n or_o the_o strict_a rest_n of_o the_o sabbath_n or_o both_o have_v be_v a_o great_a occasion_n of_o beget_v and_o cherish_v this_o error_n that_o there_o be_v something_o mutable_a in_o the_o decalogue_n and_o consequent_o that_o it_o be_v neither_o moral_a nor_o perpetual_a if_o therefore_o upon_o a_o due_a and_o thorough_a examination_n of_o all_o the_o several_a clause_n and_o expression_n which_o we_o meet_v with_o in_o the_o four_o commandment_n we_o can_v make_v it_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o that_o four_o commandment_n that_o be_v any_o way_n ceremonial_a and_o therefore_o mutable_a we_o shall_v remove_v a_o great_a scruple_n which_o have_v long_o trouble_v the_o mind_n of_o many_o man_n divers_a of_o they_o much_o esteem_v both_o for_o their_o learning_n and_o piety_n before_o we_o begin_v to_o take_v this_o task_n in_o hand_n it_o will_v be_v needful_a to_o premise_v this_o one_o thing_n by_o way_n of_o caution_n that_o in_o this_o case_n we_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o phrase_n and_o expression_n which_o we_o meet_v withal_o in_o this_o commandment_n rest_n the_o word_n of_o of_o the_o four_o commandment_n in_o a_o fair_a construction_n enjoin_v nothing_o ceremonial_a neither_o in_o the_o day_n nor_o rest_n can_v have_v no_o other_o sense_n then_o that_o in_o which_o we_o take_v they_o it_o will_v be_v sufficient_a for_o we_o to_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o according_a to_o the_o usual_a course_n of_o grammatical_a construction_n and_o without_o any_o incoherence_n or_o incongruity_n with_o other_o part_n of_o the_o law_n they_o may_v be_v take_v in_o such_o a_o sense_n as_o we_o give_v they_o for_o if_o we_o can_v but_o make_v this_o appear_v that_o our_o construction_n of_o the_o word_n be_v as_o fair_a and_o proper_a as_o any_o other_o that_o be_v give_v by_o other_o the_o consequent_a of_o establish_v the_o immutability_n of_o the_o decalogue_n be_v of_o that_o weight_n that_o i_o conceive_v any_o man_n of_o two_o probable_a interpretation_n will_v be_v willing_a to_o embrace_v that_o which_o most_o make_v for_o the_o establish_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n prove_v which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o needs_o to_o be_v prove_v it_o must_v therefore_o be_v our_o care_n to_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o sense_n which_o we_o give_v of_o the_o word_n of_o this_o law_n may_v stand_v according_a to_o a_o fair_a and_o usual_a manner_n of_o grammatical_a construction_n and_o those_o that_o will_v oppose_v we_o must_v prove_v on_o the_o other_o side_n that_o it_o can_v stand_v that_o we_o may_v proceed_v