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passover_n sect._n ii_o the_o notification_n of_o easter_n by_o paschal_n letter_n agree_v with_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o jew_n sect._n iii_o the_o ante-paschal_n preparation_n of_o christian_n answer_n to_o a_o like_a preparation_n of_o the_o jew_n before_o their_o day_n of_o expiation_n p._n 389_o chap._n ii_o sect._n i._n the_o sacrificial_a performance_n on_o the_o jewish_a expiation_n day_n sect._n ii_o compare_v with_o that_o of_o our_o saviour_n on_o his_o passion-day_n p._n 396_o chap._n iii_o sect._n i._n the_o devotional_a duty_n of_o the_o jew_n on_o their_o expiation_n day_n sect._n ii_o practise_v by_o christian_n on_o the_o passion_n day_n sect._n iii_o some_o circumstance_n of_o the_o eve_n of_o those_o day_n compare_v p._n 406_o chap._n iu_o sect._n i._n a_o penitential_a season_n with_o the_o jew_n preparatory_a to_o their_o expiation_n day_n some_o certain_a day_n next_o before_o it_o keep_v vniformly_n by_o all_o more_o also_o general_o though_o in_o various_a 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custom_n it_o may_v be_v of_o other_o devout_a man_n who_o may_v not_o depart_v from_o the_o temple_n till_o about_o that_o hour_n when_o the_o evening_n sâârisâce_n be_v do_v k_n plin._n nat_n hist_o l._n 2._o c._n 77._o ipsum_fw-la diem_fw-la alii_fw-la aliter_fw-la observavere_fw-la babylonii_fw-la inter_fw-la dvos_fw-la solis_fw-la exortus_fw-la athenienses_fw-la inter_fw-la dvos_fw-la oceasus_fw-la umbri_n à _fw-la meridie_fw-la in_o meridiem_fw-la vulgus_fw-la omue_fw-la à _fw-la luce_n ad_fw-la tenebras_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la romani_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la diem_fw-la definiere_n civilem_fw-la item_n aegyptii_n &_o hipparchus_n à _fw-la media_fw-la nocte_fw-la in_o mediam_n p_o jos_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d arch._n 11.6_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d q_o tert._n de_fw-la poenit._fw-la c._n 11._o illotos_fw-gr sordulento_n extra_fw-la laetitiam_fw-la oportet_fw-la diversari_fw-la in_fw-la asperitudine_fw-la sacci_fw-la &_o horrore_fw-la cineris_fw-la &_o oris_n jejunio_fw-la 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justin_n apol._n 2._o edit_fw-la commel_n p._n 73._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n chap._n iii_o concern_v the_o fast_a before_o the_o festival_n of_o the_o resurrection_n §_o i._o the_o general_a presumption_n for_o its_o apostolical_a antiquity_n §_o ii_o a_o particular_a proof_n of_o it_o from_o irenaeus_n §_o iii_o the_o different_a length_n of_o that_o fast_a down_o to_o irenaeus_n his_o time_n with_o some_o probable_o of_o 40_o day_n §_o i._o it_o be_v to_o be_v remember_v that_o the_o second_o point_n of_o that_o dispute_n between_o victor_n and_o the_o asiatic_n be_v concern_v the_o end_v of_o the_o ante-paschal_a fast_o whether_o or_o no_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v leave_v off_o before_o the_o resurrection-day_n the_o asiatic_n as_o it_o seem_v conclude_v their_o fast_a at_o the_o lord_n supper_n on_o the_o 14_o day_n of_o nisan_fw-la in_o the_o evening_n and_o the_o other_o who_o keep_v the_o festival_n of_o the_o resurrection_n on_o a_o sunday_n not_o break_v 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consuetudini_fw-la domi_fw-la satisfacies_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o die_fw-la paschae_fw-la quo_fw-la communis_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la publica_fw-la jejunii_fw-la religio_fw-la est_fw-la merito_fw-la deponimus_fw-la osculum_fw-la nibil_n curantes_fw-la de_fw-la occultando_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la faciamus_fw-la chap._n v._n §_o i._o a_o testimony_n from_o origen_n for_o the_o devotion_n of_o friday_n and_o of_o the_o paschal_n season_n and_o thence_o to_o whitsuntide_n another_o from_o he_o but_o of_o ruffinus_n his_o translation_n concern_v the_o fast_a of_o the_o quadragesima_fw-la or_o the_o forty_o season_n §_o ii_o a_o distinct_a account_n of_o the_o passion-week_n from_o dionysius_n of_o alexandria_n about_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o three_o century_n §_o iii_o what_o be_v the_o first_o paschal_n solemnity_n mention_v by_o st._n cyprian_a and_o concern_v the_o passion-week_n §_o i._o the_o age_n in_o which_o we_o now_o be_v from_o the_o 200th_o to_o the_o 300th_o year_n 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then_o to_o be_v baptize_v to_o who_o catechistical_a discourse_n belong_v and_o occasion_n for_o the_o other_o the_o penitential_a exhortation_n there_o be_v then_o too_o much_o not_o but_o that_o the_o solemn_a preparation_n of_o penitent_n by_o lent_n may_v have_v be_v as_o ancient_a well_o nigh_o as_o that_o of_o the_o candidate_n for_o baptism_n the_o reason_n certain_o for_o their_o admission_n at_o easter_n be_v the_o same_o as_o our_o author_n have_v suggest_v and_o we_o have_v before_o observe_v b_o cyr._n hieros_n prologus_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d c_o catech._n 1_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d d_o catech._n 4._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d e_z catecâ_n 18._o in_o his_o discourse_n on_o the_o saturday_n he_o tell_v they_o he_o spare_v they_o in_o consideration_n of_o the_o fatigue_n they_o have_v undergo_v from_o their_o continue_v on_o the_o fast_o begin_v on_o friday_n and_o from_o their_o watch_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o this_o both_o watch_v and_o fast_v be_v express_v by_o st._n hilary_n to_o have_v be_v commensurate_a to_o the_o time_n of_o our_o lord_n passion_n and_o be_v therefore_o reckon_v to_o have_v continue_v three_o day_n hilar._n in_o can._n 15._o matth._n venturi_n ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la prius_fw-la confitentur_fw-la credere_fw-la se_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la filio_fw-la &_o in_o passionc_n &_o resurrectione_n ejus_fw-la &_o huic_fw-la professionis_fw-la sacramento_n side_n redditur_fw-la arque_fw-la ut_fw-la bane_n verborum_fw-la sponsionem_fw-la quaedam_fw-la rerum_fw-la ipsarum_fw-la veritas_fw-la consequatur_fw-la toto_fw-la in_o jejuniis_fw-la passionis_fw-la dominicae_fw-la tempore_fw-la demorante_n quádam_fw-la domino_fw-la passionis_fw-la societate_fw-la junguntur_fw-la igitur_fw-la sive_fw-la ex_fw-la sponsionis_fw-la sacramento_n sive_fw-la jejunio_fw-la omne_fw-la illud_fw-la passionis_fw-la dominicae_fw-la cum_fw-la domino_fw-la agunt_fw-la tempus_fw-la &_o hujuâ_n spei_fw-la ârque_fw-la comitatûs_fw-la dominus_fw-la misertus_fw-la ait_fw-la secum_fw-la triduo_fw-la esse_fw-la f_z tert._n de_fw-mi bapt._n c._n 20._o ingressuros_fw-la baptismum_fw-la orationibus_fw-la crebris_fw-la jejuniis_fw-la &_o geniculationibus_fw-la &_o pervigiliis_fw-la orare_fw-la oportet_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la confession_n omnium_fw-la retro_fw-la delictorum_fw-la simul_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o de_fw-la pristinis_fw-la satisfacimus_fw-la conflictatione_fw-la carnis_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la &_o subsecuturis_fw-la tentationibus_fw-la munimenta_fw-la praestruimus_fw-la vigilate_n &_o orate_fw-la inquit_fw-la ne_fw-la incidatis_fw-la in_o tentationem_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la credo_fw-la tentati_fw-la sunt_fw-la quoniam_fw-la obdormierunt_fw-la lpsum_fw-la dominum_fw-la post_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la statim_fw-la tentationes_fw-la circumsteterunt_fw-la quadraginta_fw-la diebus_fw-la jejuniis_fw-la functum_fw-la ergo_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la dicet_fw-la aliquis_fw-la 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numerus_fw-la qui_fw-la ponitur_fw-la à _fw-la septuaginta_fw-la non_fw-la convenit_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la &_o satis_fw-la miror_fw-la cur_n ita_fw-la translatum_fw-la sit_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o hebreo_fw-la nec_fw-la literarum_n nec_fw-la syllabarum_fw-la nec_fw-la accentuum_fw-la nec_fw-la verbi_fw-la sit_fw-la ulla_fw-la communitas_fw-la alioqui_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr judea_n tanto_fw-la itinere_fw-la missus_fw-la propheta_fw-la in_o assyrios_fw-la dignam_fw-la suae_fw-la praedicationis_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la flagitabat_fw-la ut_fw-la antiqua_fw-la &_o putrida_fw-la vulnera_fw-la diu_fw-la apposito_fw-la curarentur_fw-la emplastro_fw-la porro_fw-la quadragenarius_fw-la numerus_fw-la convenit_fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la &_o jejunio_fw-la &_o orationi_fw-la &_o sacco_n &_o lachrymis_fw-la &_o perseverantiâe_fw-la deprecandi_fw-la ob_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o moses_n quadraginta_fw-la diebus_fw-la jejunavit_fw-la in_o monte_fw-la sina_n &_o helias_n fugiens_fw-la jezabel_n &_o dei_fw-la desuper_fw-la ira_fw-la pendent_fw-la quadraginta_fw-la dies_fw-la jejunasse_n describitur_fw-la ipse_fw-la quoque_fw-la dominus_fw-la verus_fw-la jona_n missus_fw-la ad_fw-la praedicationem_fw-la mundi_fw-la jejunavit_fw-la quadraginta_fw-la dies_fw-la &_o haereditatem_fw-la nobis_fw-la jejunii_fw-la relinquens_fw-la ad_fw-la esum_fw-la corporis_fw-la svi_fw-la sub_fw-la hoc_fw-la numero_fw-la nostras_fw-la animas_fw-la praeparat_fw-la h_z greg._n nyss_n ep._n can._n ad_fw-la letoium_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d chap._n ix_o §_o i._o a_o lend_v always_o and_o every_o where_o observe_v though_o not_o of_o forty_o day_n §_o ii_o mr._n daillé_n objection_n against_o it_o from_o cassian_n §_o iii_o from_o st._n jerome_n §_o iv_o from_o st._n chrysostome_n §_o i._o the_o reader_n may_v perceive_v by_o the_o liberty_n we_o have_v take_v of_o this_o digression_n concern_v baptism_n and_o penance_n that_o we_o be_v now_o at_o leisure_n and_o free_a of_o all_o difficulty_n concern_v the_o actual_a observation_n of_o the_o forty_o season_n and_o indeed_o about_o the_o fast_a of_o it_o mr._n daillé_n henceforth_o give_v we_o no_o trouble_n but_o against_o the_o apostolical_a right_n he_o be_v still_o look_v out_o for_o evidence_n but_o in_o that_o point_n the_o reader_n may_v have_v already_o understand_v how_o little_a we_o be_v concern_v who_o do_v not_o pretend_v to_o prove_v that_o a_o lent_n of_o so_o many_o certain_a day_n be_v observe_v in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o apostolical_a age_n but_o that_o some_o lend_v there_o then_o be_v general_o keep_v by_o all_o and_o probable_o of_o forty_o day_n by_o some_o in_o the_o second_o century_n a_o thing_n that_o will_v not_o i_o presume_v appear_v so_o strange_a when_o we_o come_v to_o the_o second_o part_n of_o this_o discourse_n though_o therefore_o i_o be_o inclinable_a to_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v very_o ancient_o some_o regard_n have_v to_o the_o number_n forty_o and_o that_o this_o in_o process_n of_o time_n increase_v very_o much_o so_o as_o to_o have_v be_v the_o solemn_a number_n of_o lent_n in_o many_o church_n by_o the_o end_n of_o the_o three_o century_n yet_o i_o be_o willing_a to_o allow_v from_o what_o we_o have_v see_v of_o st._n chrysostome_n that_o this_o observation_n grow_v so_o universal_a from_o the_o recommendation_n of_o the_o nicene_n father_n those_o forty_o day_n too_o though_o regard_v and_o observe_v yet_o i_o do_v not_o say_v that_o they_o be_v all_o of_o they_o fast_v and_o every_o where_o equal_o but_o be_o ready_a to_o allow_v what_o st._n chrysostome_n intimate_v 15._o intimate_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d 15._o that_o in_o his_o time_n at_o antioch_n some_o fast_v two_o some_o three_o and_o some_o all_o the_o week_n of_o they_o at_o their_o own_o discretion_n and_o what_o socrates_n will_v hereafter_o tell_v we_o of_o the_o same_o kind_n §_o ii_o that_o also_o which_o cassian_n a_o disciple_n of_o st._n chrysostome_n say_v and_o be_v use_v to_o be_v 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reflection_n upon_o the_o institution_n of_o lent_n and_o those_o of_o st._n jerome_n allege_v usual_o for_o the_o same_o purpose_n apparent_o require_v the_o same_o construction_n and_o need_v only_o to_o be_v see_v if_o the_o reader_n will_v bear_v the_o length_n of_o the_o passage_n e_z some_o may_v say_v if_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o observe_v day_n and_o month_n etc._n etc._n we_o then_o be_v under_o the_o like_a gild_n who_o observe_v wednesday_n and_o friday_n and_o the_o lord_n '_o be_v day_n and_o the_o fast_a of_o the_o forty_o season_n and_o the_o holy_a day_n of_o the_o passover_n and_o the_o joy_n of_o the_o pentecost_n and_o the_o several_a day_n that_o be_v keep_v in_o several_a country_n in_o honour_n of_o martyr_n to_o this_o he_o that_o will_v give_v the_o plain_a answer_n will_v reply_v that_o the_o day_n the_o jew_n observe_v be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o we_o for_o we_o do_v not_o celebrate_v the_o passover_n of_o unleavened_a bread_n but_o of_o the_o 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