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doctrine_n and_o a_o tongue_n etc._n etc._n let_v all_o thing_n be_v do_v to_o edify_v though_o he_o find_v fault_n with_o the_o disorderly_a performance_n of_o those_o several_a duty_n yet_o he_o suppose_v they_o to_o be_v duty_n because_o prescribe_v rule_n for_o the_o right_a order_n of_o they_o from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n pass_v we_o to_o those_o that_o immediate_o succeed_v where_o we_o shall_v find_v yet_o more_o express_a testimony_n of_o this_o be_v a_o part_n of_o their_o lord's-day_n service_n for_o thus_o pliny_n inuicem_fw-la pliny_n lib._n 10._o ep._n 97._o adfirmabant_fw-la autem_fw-la hanc_fw-la fuisse_fw-la summam_fw-la vel_fw-la culpae_fw-la suae_fw-la vel_fw-la erroris_fw-la quod_fw-la essent_fw-la soliti_fw-la state_n die_fw-la ante_fw-la lucem_fw-la convenire_fw-la carmenque_fw-la christo_fw-la quasi_fw-la deo_fw-la dicere_fw-la secum_fw-la inuicem_fw-la give_v a_o account_n of_o what_o the_o christian_n do_v upon_o the_o set-day_n of_o their_o 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〈◊〉_d allege_v against_o those_o who_o deny_v the_o divinity_n of_o our_o saviour_n certain_a psalm_n and_o song_n write_v ancient_o by_o the_o brethren_n wherein_o they_o magnify_v christ_n as_o god_n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o he_o say_v not_o in_o that_o place_n that_o they_o be_v sing_v in_o the_o church_n which_o may_v seem_v to_o render_v that_o testimony_n so_o much_o the_o more_o defective_a but_o as_o it_o be_v evident_a from_o tertullian_n canere_fw-la tertullian_n apol._n c._n 39_o post_fw-la aquam_fw-la manualem_fw-la &_o lumina_fw-la ut_fw-la cuique_fw-la de_fw-la scripture_n sanctis_fw-la vel_fw-la de_fw-la proprio_fw-la ingenio_fw-la potest_fw-la provocatur_fw-la in_o medium_n deo_fw-la canere_fw-la that_o man_n be_v invite_v to_o sing_v in_o their_o assembly_n as_o well_o their_o own_o composition_n as_o those_o of_o scripture_n so_o eusebius_n elsewhere_o 〈◊〉_d elsewhere_o eccl._n hist_o lib._n 7._o c._n 30._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d give_v we_o plain_o to_o 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purpose_n to_o make_v know_v the_o manner_n of_o it_o to_o the_o heathen_a lest_o the_o misunderstanding_n of_o it_o shall_v bring_v it_o into_o contempt_n yet_o as_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr coronâ_fw-la militis_fw-la sumimus_fw-la militis_fw-la cap._n 3._o eucharistiae_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la &_o in_o tempore_fw-la victus_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la mandatum_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la etiam_fw-la antelucanis_fw-la coetibus_fw-la nec_fw-la de_fw-la aliorum_fw-la manu_fw-la quà m_fw-la praefidentium_fw-la sumimus_fw-la he_o mention_n it_o as_o a_o part_n of_o the_o business_n of_o those_o assembly_n before_o day_n whereof_o we_o have_v mention_n in_o pliny_n so_o justin_n martyr_v citato_fw-la martyr_v vid._n apol._n 2._o loco_fw-la prius_fw-la citato_fw-la not_o only_a mention_n it_o as_o a_o part_n of_o the_o lord's-day_n service_n but_o describe_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o celebration_n of_o it_o from_o all_o which_o put_v together_o it_o be_v evident_a i_o do_v not_o say_v how_o 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