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labour_n and_o vocation_n whereunto_o they_o be_v call_v this_o kind_n of_o idleness_n god_n do_v not_o only_o persuade_v but_o also_o command_v it_o in_o his_o law_n in_o that_o he_o appoint_v the_o sabbath_n day_n and_o command_v that_o in_o it_o not_o only_a man_n shall_v rest_v but_o the_o beast_n also_o let_v we_o then_o be_v idle_a not_o for_o carnal_a pleasure_n as_o the_o wicked_a and_o ungodly_a be_v wont_a but_o for_o godliness_n and_o virtue_n sake_n etc_n etc_n master_n bullinger_n also_o say_v sabbatum_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la institutum_fw-la est_fw-la â—â—_o non_fw-la propter_fw-la otium_fw-la per_fw-la se._n otium_fw-la enim_fw-la deus_fw-la nuspiam_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la approbat_fw-la proinde_fw-la otium_fw-la sabbati_fw-la commendantur_fw-la propter_fw-la aliud_fw-la nimirum_fw-la propter_fw-la diligens_fw-la religionis_fw-la studium_fw-la ideò_fw-la enim_fw-la feriandum_fw-la praecipitur_fw-la à _fw-la laboribus_fw-la manurijs_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la totum_fw-la tempus_fw-la impendamus_fw-la exercitio_fw-la
religionis_fw-la that_o be_v the_o sabbath_n day_n be_v appoint_v of_o god_n not_o for_o idleness_n simp_o idleness_n of_o itself_o be_v not_o where_o allow_v of_o god_n therefore_o the_o idleness_n of_o the_o sabbath_n day_n be_v commend_v for_o another_o purpose_n that_o be_v for_o the_o study_n and_o diligent_a desire_n of_o religion_n therefore_o he_o command_v to_o rest_v from_o our_o handy_a labour_n that_o we_o may_v bestow_v all_o that_o time_n in_o the_o exercise_n of_o religion_n it_o be_v likewise_o in_o the_o very_a same_o commandment_n say_v 20.11_o that_o god_n rest_v the_o seven_o day_n etc_n etc_n shall_v we_o conclude_v with_o the_o heretic_n that_o god_n sit_v idle_o in_o heaven_n and_o have_v no_o care_n of_o his_o creature_n by_o his_o heavenly_a providence_n now_o he_o have_v once_o create_v they_o god_n forbid_v this_o rest_n of_o god_n as_o the_o scripture_n testify_v be_v à _fw-la creatione_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la à _fw-la gubernation_n it_o be_v from_o 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