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allow_v thirty_o day_n to_o the_o month_n as_o the_o jew_n compute_v it_o on_o the_o five_o of_o sivan_n which_o make_v it_o evident_a that_o the_o old_a pentecost_n be_v affix_v by_o moses_n to_o one_o certain_a day_n of_o the_o month_n as_o well_o as_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n he_o tell_v we_o next_o that_o the_o old_a pentecost_n may_v be_v presume_v to_o have_v be_v a_o movable_a feast_n but_o vary_v so_o that_o it_o may_v always_o fall_v upon_o the_o day_n immediate_o follow_v the_o ordinary_a sabbath_n which_o be_v it_o so_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o movable_a immovable_a feast_n though_o be_v constant_o reckon_v from_o the_o sixteen_o of_o nisan_fw-la and_o keep_v as_o constant_o on_o the_o morrow_n after_o the_o end_n of_o the_o seven_o week_n from_o thence_o compute_v seem_v to_o have_v nothing_o movable_a in_o it_o but_o all_o fix_a and_o firm_a three_o whereas_o it_o be_v take_v for_o grant_v and_o affirm_v express_o that_o the_o pentecost_n do_v always_o fall_v upon_o 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have_v very_o ill_a luck_n in_o find_v no_o other_o testimony_n but_o that_o of_o luxus_fw-la sabbatarius_fw-la in_o apollinaris_n p._n 75._o to_o evidence_n that_o the_o latin_a word_n sabbatum_fw-la use_v to_o denote_v our_o christian_a festivity_n of_o which_o in_o our_o first_o section_n we_o have_v speak_v sufficient_o nor_o be_v the_o lord_n primate_n less_o zealous_a to_o entitle_v the_o lord_n day_n to_o some_o divinity_n then_o to_o gratify_v the_o sabbatarian_n brethren_n by_o give_v it_o the_o name_n of_o the_o sabbath_n day_n for_o this_o be_v that_o which_o be_v chief_o aim_v at_o in_o the_o inference_n wherein_o i_o will_v very_o cheerful_o concur_v in_o opinion_n with_o he_o but_o that_o i_o be_o unsatisfied_a in_o the_o ground_n of_o it_o for_o if_o i_o be_v satisfy_v in_o this_o that_o god_n so_o order_v the_o matter_n that_o in_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o feast_n of_o week_n the_o seven_o day_n shall_v purposely_o be_v pass_v over_o and_o that_o solemnity_n 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