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not_o of_o the_o same_o condition_n with_o the_o rest_n be_v no_o new_a invention_n the_o â—_z joint_o so_o resolve_v it_o it_o be_v true_a that_o irenâ—ns_n telâ—_n we_o how_o god_n the_o better_a to_o prepare_v we_o to_o eternal_a life_n decalogi_fw-la verba_fw-la per_fw-la somet_n ipsum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la fimiliter_fw-la locutus_fw-la est_fw-la 31._o liâ—_n 4._o cap._n 31._o do_v by_o himself_o proclaim_v the_o decalogue_n to_o all_o people_n equal_o which_o therefore_o be_v to_o be_v in_o full_a force_n among_o 〈◊〉_d as_o have_v rather_o be_v enlarge_v then_o dissolve_v by_o our_o saviour_n come_v in_o the_o flesh_n which_o wordâ—_n of_o irenâ—us_n if_o consider_v right_o must_v be_v refer_v to_o that_o part_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n which_o indeed_o be_v moral_a or_o else_o the_o four_o commandment_n must_v not_o be_v reckon_v as_o 〈◊〉_d part_n or_o member_n of_o the_o decalogue_n because_o it_o do_v receive_v no_o such_o enlargement_n as_o do_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o commandment_n by_o our_o saviour_n preach_v whereof_o see_v math._n 5._o 6_o and_o 7._o chapter_n but_o a_o dissolution_n rather_o by_o his_o practice_n tryâ—â—â—â—â—_n 〈◊〉_d tryâ—â—â—â—â—_n justin_n the_o martyr_n more_o express_o in_o his_o dispute_n with_o tryplâ—â—_n a_o learned_a jew_n maintainâ—â—_n the_o sabbath_n to_o be_v only_o a_o mosaical_a ordinance_n as_o we_o shall_v see_v anon_o more_o full_o and_o that_o it_o be_v impose_v upon_o the_o israelite_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o of_o their_o hard-heartednâ—sse_a and_o irregularity_n judaeos_fw-la contra_fw-la judaeos_fw-la tertullian_n also_o in_o his_o treatise_n against_o the_o jew_n â—aith_o that_o it_o be_v not_o spiritale_fw-it &_o aternum_fw-la mandatum_fw-la sed_fw-la temporale_fw-la quod_fw-la quandoque_fw-la cessaret_fw-la not_o a_o spiritual_a and_o eternal_a institution_n but_o a_o temporal_a only_o saint_n austin_n yet_o more_o full_o gaâ—at_n in_o epistola_fw-la â—d_a gaâ—at_n that_o it_o be_v no_o part_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n for_o he_o divide_v the_o law_n of_o moses_n into_o these_o two_o part_n sacrament_n and_o moral_a duty_n account_v circumcision_n the_o new_a moor_n sabbath_n and_o the_o sacrifice_n to_o appertain_v unto_o the_o first_o ad_fw-la mores_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la occides_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o these_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v nor_o commit_v adultery_n nor_o bear_v false_a witness_n and_o the_o rest_n to_o be_v contain_v within_o the_o second_o nay_o more_o he_o tell_v we_o 114_o de_fw-fr spiritu_fw-la &_o liâ—_n c._n 114_o that_o moses_n do_v receive_v a_o law_n to_o be_v deliver_v to_o the_o people_n write_v in_o two_o table_n make_v of_o stone_n by_o the_o lord_n own_o finger_n wherein_o be_v nothing_o to_o be_v find_v either_o of_o circumcision_n or_o the_o jewish_a sacrifice_n and_o then_o he_o add_v in_o illis_fw-la igitur_fw-la decem_fw-la prâ—ceptis_fw-la excepta_fw-la sabbati_fw-la observatione_fw-la dicatur_fw-la mihi_fw-la quid_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la observandum_fw-la à _fw-la christiano_n tell_v i_o say_v he_o what_o be_v there_o in_o the_o decalogue_n except_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o sabbath_n day_n which_o be_v not_o careful_o to_o be_v observe_v of_o a_o christian_a man_n to_o this_o we_o may_v refer_v all_o those_o several_a place_n wherein_o he_o call_v the_o four_o commandment_n praeceptum_fw-la figuratum_fw-la &_o iâ—_n umbra_fw-la positum_fw-la a_o sacrament_n a_o shadow_n and_o a_o figure_n as_o tract_n the_o three_o in_o joh._n 1._o and_o tract_n 17._o and_o 20._o in_o joh._n 5._o ad_fw-la bonifac._n l._n 3._o t._n 7._o contra_fw-la faust._n manich._n l._n 19_o c._n 18._o the_o 14._o chapter_n of_o the_o book_n de_fw-fr spiritu_fw-la &_o lit_fw-fr before_o remember_v and_o final_o to_o go_v no_o further_o qu._n in_o exod._n l._n 2._o qu._n 173._o where_o he_o speak_v most_o home_n and_o to_o the_o purpose_n exit_fw-la decem_fw-la praeceptis_fw-la hoc_fw-la solum_fw-la figurate_a dictum_fw-la est_fw-la of_o all_o the_o ten_o commandment_n this_o only_o be_v deliver_v as_o a_o sign_n or_o figure_n see_v also_o what_o be_v say_v before_o out_o of_o theodoret_n and_o sedulius_n chap._n 1._o n._n 6._o hesychius_n go_v yet_o further_o and_o will_v not_o have_v the_o four_o commandment_n to_o be_v any_o of_o the_o ten_o etsi_fw-la decem_fw-la mandatis_fw-la insertum_fw-la sit_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la exiis_fw-la esse_fw-la 26._o in_o levit._n l._n 6._o â—_o 26._o and_o howsoever_o it_o be_v place_v among_o they_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o of_o they_o and_o therefore_o to_o make_v up_o the_o number_n divide_v the_o first_o commandment_n in_o two_o as_o those_o of_o rome_n have_v do_v the_o last_o to_o exclude_v the_o second_o but_o here_o hesychius_n be_v deceive_v in_o take_v this_o commandment_n to_o be_v only_o ceremonial_a whereas_o it_o be_v indeed_o of_o a_o mix_v or_o middle_a nature_n for_o so_o the_o schoolman_n and_o other_o learned_a author_n in_o these_o late_a time_n ground_v themselves_o upon_o the_o father_n have_v resolve_v it_o general_o moral_a it_o be_v as_o to_o the_o duty_n that_o there_o must_v be_v a_o time_n appoint_v for_o the_o service_n of_o god_n and_o ceremonial_a as_o unto_o the_o day_n to_o be_v one_o of_o seven_o and_o to_o continue_v that_o whole_a day_n and_o to_o surcease_v that_o day_n from_o all_o kind_n of_o work_n as_o moral_a place_v among_o the_o ten_o commandment_n extend_v unto_o all_o mankind_n and_o write_v natural_o in_o our_o heart_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o nature_n as_o ceremonial_a appertain_v to_o the_o law_n leviticall_a peculiar_a only_o to_o the_o jew_n and_o to_o be_v reckon_v with_o the_o rest_n of_o moses_n institute_n aquinas_n thus_o 2._o 2_o ae_z cue_n 122._o art_n 4._o resp_n ad_fw-la primum_fw-la tostatus_n thus_o in_o exod._n 20._o qu._n 11._o so_o petr._n galatinus_n also_o lib._n 11._o cap._n 9_o and_o bonaventure_n in_o his_o sermon_n on_o the_o four_o commandment_n and_o so_o divers_a other_o 4_o i_o say_v the_o four_o commandment_n so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v ceremonial_a in_o limit_v the_o sabbath_n day_n to_o be_v one_o oâ—_n seven_o and_o to_o continue_v all_o that_o day_n and_o thereon_o to_o surcease_v from_o all_o kind_n of_o labour_n which_o three_o ingredient_n be_v require_v in_o the_o law_n unto_o the_o make_n of_o a_o sabbath_n be_v to_o be_v reckon_v with_o the_o rest_n of_o moses_n institute_n and_o proper_a only_a to_o the_o jew_n for_o proof_n of_o this_o we_o have_v the_o father_n very_o copious_a and_o first_o that_o it_o be_v one_o of_o moses_n institute_n justin_n the_o martyr_n say_v express_o tryphâ—â—e_fw-la dial._n cum_fw-la tryphâ—â—e_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n as_o circumcision_n begin_v from_o abraham_n and_o as_o the_o sabbath_n sacrifice_n feast_n and_o offering_n come_v in_o by_o moses_n so_o be_v they_o all_o to_o have_v a_o end_n and_o in_o another_o place_n of_o the_o same_o discourse_n see_v there_o be_v no_o use_n of_o circumcision_n until_o abraham_n time_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nor_o of_o the_o sabbath_n until_o moses_n by_o the_o same_o reason_n there_o be_v as_o little_a use_n now_o of_o they_o as_o have_v be_v before_o so_o do_v eusebius_n tell_v we_o 6._o de_fw-fr praeparat_fw-la l._n 7._o c._n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o moses_n be_v the_o first_o lawgiver_n among_o the_o jew_n who_o do_v appoint_v they_o to_o observe_v a_o certain_a sabbath_n in_o memory_n of_o god_n rest_n from_o the_o world_n creation_n as_o also_o divers_a anniversary_n festival_n together_o with_o the_o difference_n of_o clean_a and_o unclean_a creature_n and_o of_o other_o ceremony_n not_o a_o few_o next_o athanasius_n let_v we_o know_v that_o in_o the_o book_n of_o exodus_fw-la scripe_fw-la synopsis_fw-la sacrâ—_n scripe_fw-la we_o have_v the_o institution_n of_o the_o passeover_n the_o sweeten_v of_o the_o bitter_a water_n of_o marah_n the_o send_v down_o of_o quail_n and_o mannah_n the_o water_n issue_v from_o the_o rock_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o time_n the_o sabbath_n take_v beginning_n and_o the_o law_n be_v publish_v by_o moses_n on_o mount_n sinâ—i_n macarius_n a_o contemporary_a of_o athanasius_n do_v affirm_v as_o much_o 35._o hom._n 35._o viz._n that_o in_o the_o law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v give_v by_o moses_n it_o be_v command_v as_o in_o a_o figure_n or_o a_o shadow_n that_o every_o man_n shall_v rest_v on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n from_o the_o work_n of_o labour_n â—0_n in_o ezech._n â—0_n saint_n hierome_n also_o let_v we_o know_v though_o he_o name_v not_o moses_n that_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o sabbath_n among_o other_o ordinance_n be_v give_v by_o god_n unto_o his_o people_n in_o the_o wilderness_n haec_fw-la praecepta_fw-la &_o justificationes_fw-la &_o obseruantiam_fw-la sabbati_fw-la dominus_fw-la dedit_fw-la in_o deserto_fw-la which_o be_v asmuch_o as_o if_o he_o have_v express_o tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v give_v unto_o they_o
most_o likely_a that_o it_o be_v the_o sabbath_n his_o reason_n make_v the_o matter_n sure_a than_o his_o resolution_n the_o jew_n say_v he_o upbraid_v our_o saviour_n that_o his_o disciple_n pluck_v the_o ear_n of_o corn_n on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n to_o satisfy_v which_o doubt_n he_o tell_v they_o what_o be_v do_v by_o david_n on_o a_o sabbath_n also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o that_o father_n have_v it_o saint_n hierome_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o day_n whereon_o he_o flee_v away_o from_o saul_n be_v both_o a_o sabbath_n and_o new-moon_n 12._o in_o maâ—h_n 12._o &_o ad_fw-la sabbati_fw-la solennitatem_fw-la accedebant_fw-la neomeniarum_fw-la dies_fw-la indeed_o the_o story_n make_v it_o plain_a it_o can_v be_v no_o other_o the_o shewbread_n be_v change_v every_o sabbath_n in_o the_o morning_n early_o that_o which_o be_v bring_v in_o new_a not_o to_o be_v stir_v off_o from_o the_o table_n till_o the_o week_n be_v out_o the_o other_o which_o be_v take_v away_o be_v appropriate_v to_o the_o priest_n and_o to_o be_v eat_v by_o they_o only_o be_v so_o stale_a before_o we_o may_v the_o easy_o think_v it_o lay_v not_o long_o upon_o their_o hand_n and_o have_v not_o david_n come_v as_o he_o do_v that_o morning_n perhaps_o he_o have_v not_o find_v the_o priest_n so_o well_o provide_v in_o the_o afternoon_n have_v david_n think_v that_o break_n of_o the_o sabbath_n in_o what_o case_n soever_o have_v be_v a_o sin_n against_o the_o eternal_a law_n of_o nature_n he_o will_v no_o doubt_n have_v hide_v himself_o that_o day_n in_o the_o field_n 24_o 1._o sam._n 20._o verse_n 19_o 24_o by_o the_o stone_n ezel_n as_o he_o have_v do_v two_o day_n before_o rather_o then_o so_o have_v run_v away_o as_o well_o from_o god_n as_o from_o the_o king_n especial_o consider_v that_o on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n he_o may_v have_v lurk_v there_o with_o more_o safety_n then_o before_o he_o do_v none_o be_v permit_v as_o some_o say_v by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n to_o walk_v abroad_o that_o day_n if_o occasion_n be_v neither_o have_v david_n pass_v it_o over_o in_o so_o light_a a_o manner_n have_v he_o do_v contrary_a to_o the_o law_n that_o heart_n of_o he_o which_o smite_v he_o for_o his_o murder_n and_o adultery_n and_o for_o his_o number_n of_o the_o people_n will_v sure_o have_v take_v some_o impression_n upon_o the_o break_n of_o the_o sabbath_n have_v he_o conceive_v that_o law_n to_o be_v like_o the_o rest_n but_o david_n know_v of_o no_o such_o matter_n neither_o do_v jonathan_n as_o it_o seem_v for_o howsoever_o david_n fact_n may_v be_v excuse_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o imminent_a peril_n yet_o sure_o jonathans_n walk_n forth_o with_o his_o bow_n and_o arrow_n be_v of_o a_o very_a different_a nature_n nor_o do_v he_o do_v it_o fearful_o and_o by_o way_n of_o stealth_n as_o if_o he_o be_v afraid_a to_o avow_v the_o action_n but_o take_v his_o page_n with_o he_o to_o bring_v back_o his_o arrow_n and_o call_v aloud_o unto_o he_o to_o do_v thus_o and_o thus_o according_a as_o he_o be_v direct_v as_o if_o it_o be_v his_o usual_a custom_n jonathan_n may_v have_v think_v of_o some_o other_o way_n to_o give_v advertisement_n unto_o david_n of_o his_o father_n anger_n rather_o than_o by_o a_o public_a break_n of_o the_o sabbath_n to_o provoke_v the_o lord_n but_o then_o as_o may_v from_o hence_o be_v gather_v shoot_v and_o such_o like_a manlike_a exercise_n be_v not_o account_v thing_n unlawful_a on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n 3_o this_o act_n and_o flight_n of_o david_n from_o the_o face_n of_o saul_n happen_v in_o torniellus_n computation_n anno_fw-la 2974_o and_o forty_o six_o year_n after_o that_o be_v 3020_o of_o the_o world_n creation_n and_o the_o last_o year_n of_o david_n life_n he_o make_v a_o new_a division_n of_o the_o son_n of_o levi._n for_o where_o the_o levite_n be_v appoint_v in_o the_o time_n before_o to_o bear_v about_o the_o tabernacle_n as_o occasion_n be_v the_o tabernacle_n now_o be_v fix_v and_o settle_v in_o jerusalem_n there_o be_v no_o further_a use_n of_o the_o levite_n service_n 5_o 1._o chron_n 23._o 4_o 5_o in_o that_o kind_n therefore_o king_n david_n think_v it_o good_a to_o set_v they_o to_o some_o new_a employment_n and_o so_o he_o do_v some_o of_o they_o to_o assist_v the_o priest_n in_o the_o public_a ministry_n some_o to_o be_v overseer_n and_o judge_n of_o the_o people_n some_o to_o be_v porter_n also_o in_o the_o house_n of_o god_n and_o final_o some_o other_o to_o be_v singer_n to_o praise_v the_o lord_n with_o instrument_n that_o he_o have_v make_v with_o harp_n with_o viol_n and_o with_o cymbal_n of_o these_o the_o most_o considerable_a be_v the_o first_o and_o last_o the_o first_o appoint_v to_o assist_v at_o the_o daily_a sacrifice_n 31._o vers._n 31._o as_o also_o at_o the_o offer_n of_o all_o burn_a offering_n unto_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o sabbath_n in_o the_o month_n and_o at_o the_o appoint_a time_n according_a to_o the_o number_n and_o according_a to_o their_o custom_n continual_o before_o the_o lord_n the_o other_o be_v instruct_v in_o the_o song_n of_o the_o lord_n 7._o chap._n 25._o 7._o the_o other_o chief_o which_o be_v make_v for_o the_o sabbath_n day_n and_o the_o other_o festival_n and_o one_o he_o make_v himself_o of_o his_o own_o endite_v entitle_v a_o song_n or_o psalm_n for_o the_o sabbath_n day_n calvin_n upon_o the_o 92_o psalm_n be_v of_o opinion_n 92._o psal._n 92._o that_o he_o make_v many_o for_o that_o purpose_n as_o no_o doubt_n he_o do_v and_o so_o he_o do_v for_o the_o feast_n also_o 10._o antiq_fw-la jud._n l._n 7._o c._n 10._o josephus_n tell_v we_o that_o he_o compose_v ode_n and_o hymn_n to_o the_o praise_n of_o god_n as_o also_o that_o he_o make_v divers_a kind_n of_o instrument_n and_o that_o he_o teach_v the_o levite_n to_o praise_v god_n name_n upon_o the_o sabbath_n day_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o other_o festival_n as_o well_o upon_o the_o annual_a as_o the_o weekly_a sabbath_n where_o note_n that_o in_o the_o distribution_n of_o the_o levite_n into_o several_a office_n there_o be_v then_o no_o such_o office_n think_v of_o as_o to_o be_v reader_n of_o the_o law_n which_o prove_v sufficient_o that_o the_o law_n be_v not_o yet_o read_v public_o unto_o the_o people_n on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n nor_o do_v he_o only_o appoint_v they_o their_o song_n and_o instrument_n but_o so_o exact_a and_o punctual_a be_v he_o that_o he_o prescribe_v what_o habit_n they_o shall_v wear_v in_o the_o discharge_n of_o their_o ministry_n in_o sing_v praise_n to_o the_o lord_n which_o be_v a_o white_a linen_n raiment_n such_o as_o the_o surplice_n 13._o 2._o chron._n 5._o 12_o 13._o now_o in_o use_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n also_o the_o levite_n say_v the_o text_n which_o be_v the_o singer_n be_v array_v in_o white_a linen_n have_v cymbal_n and_o psaltery_n and_o harp_n stand_v at_o the_o east_n end_n of_o the_o altar_n etc._n etc._n praise_v and_o thank_v god_n for_o his_o grace_n and_o 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one_o in_o the_o synagogue_n the_o other_o in_o the_o house_n of_o a_o principal_a pharisee_n be_v proof_n sufficient_a that_o he_o fear_v not_o their_o accusation_n 9_o joh._n 9_o but_o that_o great_a cure_n he_o wrought_v on_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v blind_a be_v most_o remarkable_a to_o this_o purpose_n first_o in_o relation_n to_o our_o saviour_n who_o have_v before_o heal_v other_o with_o his_o word_n alone_o but_o here_o he_o spit_v upon_o the_o ground_n and_o make_v clay_n thereof_o and_o anoint_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o blind_a man_n with_o the_o clay_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—2_n l._n 1._o hâ—â—res_n 30._o â—_o â—2_n but_o to_o mould_n clay_n and_o make_v a_o plaster_n be_v questionless_a a_o work_n so_o say_v epiphanius_n next_o in_o relation_n to_o the_o patient_a who_o he_o command_v to_o go_v into_o the_o pool_n of_o siloam_n and_o then_o wash_v himself_o which_o certain_o can_v not_o be_v do_v without_o bodily_a labour_n these_o word_n and_o action_n of_o our_o 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