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pacifi_v the_o brawl_n it_o coërce_v the_o trouble_n and_o tumult_n of_o the_o city_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o fast_a what_o lascivious_a company_n can_v have_v allowance_n filthy_a song_n and_o outrageous_a dance_n sudden_o depart_v the_o city_n be_v chase_v thence_o by_o fast_v as_o by_o a_o austere_a judge_n 〈◊〉_d judge_n idem_fw-la s._n basilius_n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o like_a manner_n s._n cyril_n of_o alexandria_n in_o his_o 20._o hom._n the_o fest_n paschal_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o his_o 1._o serm._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o s._n chrysostom_n have_v call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v we_o receive_v that_o true_o chaste_a and_o holy_a fast_n the_o nurse_n of_o all_o good_a order_n the_o mother_n of_o sanctity_n and_o the_o harbinger_n of_o a_o good_a will_n from_o above_o do_v not_o fast_v bring_v forth_o to_o we_o the_o idea_n of_o all_o virtue_n fast_v the_o imitation_n of_o angelical_a conversation_n the_o fountain_n of_o temperance_n the_o beginning_n of_o continence_n the_o pare_n off_o of_o lasciviousness_n the_o calm_a and_o serenity_n of_o our_o soul_n which_o be_v s._n chrysostom_n word_n to_o conclude_v this_o fast_v seem_v the_o flower_n of_o temperance_n the_o chastisement_n of_o intemperance_n the_o exercise_n of_o corrective_a justice_n on_o ourselves_o the_o cut_n off_o of_o occasion_n of_o injustice_n towards_o other_o the_o understanding_n clearness_n the_o will_n emendation_n it_o be_v the_o body_n of_o piety_n which_o serve_v the_o soul_n and_o spirit_n of_o inward_a godliness_n beati_fw-la qui_fw-la lugent_fw-la mat._n 5._o bless_a be_v they_o that_o mourn_v after_o all_o this_o it_o shall_v happy_o be_v demand_v what_o reason_n can_v be_v assign_v of_o these_o so_o great_a encomiastic_a praise_n of_o the_o work_n of_o fast_v even_o right_o perform_v i_o answer_v 1_o st_o negative_o such_o afflict_v of_o ourselves_o by_o fasting_n watch_n lie_v on_o the_o ground_n or_o in_o sackcloth_n or_o the_o like_a be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v to_o be_v give_v to_o god_n for_o satisfaction_n to_o his_o justice_n in_o lieu_n of_o eternal_a punishment_n that_o christ_n only_o can_v and_o do_v satisfy_v for_o that_o be_v a_o debt_n which_o the_o bridegroom_n alone_o can_v and_o do_v discharge_v for_o his_o spouse_n and_o for_o the_o child_n of_o his_o bride-chamber_n and_o all_o who_o be_v call_v to_o the_o marriage-supper_n of_o the_o lamb_n he_o have_v do_v it_o alone_o and_o of_o the_o people_n there_o be_v none_o with_o he_o when_o there_o be_v none_o to_o help_v none_o beside_o to_o save_v his_o own_o arm_n bring_v salvation_n and_o he_o have_v tread_v the_o winepress_a alone_a isai._n 63._o 2_o dly_a not_o for_o satisfaction_n to_o the_o divine_a justice_n as_o if_o such_o self-affliction_n be_v adequate_a to_o the_o temporal_a punishment_n either_o which_o god_n may_v or_o happy_o will_v otherwise_o have_v lay_v on_o we_o if_o impenitent_a or_o lay_v on_o we_o even_o in_o some_o true_a
entreat_v at_o large_a which_o most_o do_v aim_n at_o either_o in_o strict_a fast_n as_o those_o in_o illyricum_n and_o all_o greece_n and_o alexandria_n as_o the_o last_o cite_v author_n in_o the_o same_o chapter_n witness_v or_o at_o least_o in_o continual_a abstinence_n though_o not_o so_o long_o fast_v as_o leo_n suppose_v in_o the_o roman_n in_o his_o time_n and_o st._n ambrose_n in_o the_o christian_a people_n at_o milan_n ten_o all_o day_n but_o few_o festival_n day_n only_o except_v such_o be_v iudith_n fast_n who_o fast_v all_o the_o day_n of_o her_o widowhood_n except_o the_o sabbath_n new-moon_n feast_n and_o solemn_a day_n with_o their_o eve_n that_o then_o be_v observe_v by_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n chap._n 8._o 6._o and_o some_o such_o we_o may_v suppose_v be_v that_o other_o religious_a widow_n anna_n fast_n in_o the_o gospel_n luc._n 2._o 37._o eleven_o a_o continual_a uninterrupted_a fast_n though_o not_o from_o all_o meat_n but_o from_o all_o bread_n of_o delight_n and_o to_o a_o very_a small_a proportion_n such_o be_v john_n baptist_n fast_a and_o many_o christian_a anachorite_n chap._n iu._n how_o the_o paschal_n or_o lent-fast_a be_v as_o have_v be_v show_v apostolical_a there_o be_v that_o bear_v the_o world_n in_o hand_n that_o the_o observation_n of_o any_o set_v and_o oft-recurring_a day_n beside_o the_o lord_n day_n be_v superstitious_a and_o contrary_a to_o the_o gospel_n freedom_n and_o at_o best_o but_o of_o humane_a tradition_n who_o require_v of_o we_o a_o express_v write_v precept_n for_o any_o such_o day_n or_o day_n and_o have_v be_v late_o by_o many_o of_o the_o sectary_n convict_v as_o unable_a to_o produce_v any_o such_o express_v write_v precept_n of_o god_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n for_o change_v the_o seven_o day_n of_o the_o old_a into_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n which_o we_o now_o observe_v they_o have_v give_v they_o occasion_n to_o cast_v off_o the_o observance_n of_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n also_o the_o church_n interpretation_n of_o some_o text_n which_o be_v not_o evident_a and_o express_a precept_n and_o her_o witness_n of_o the_o apostolical_a tradition_n concern_v the_o same_o and_o the_o church_n universal_a and_o perpetual_a practice_n all_o this_o together_o they_o have_v teach_v the_o sectary_n to_o be_v a_o unsufficient_a warrant_n for_o the_o determination_n of_o any_o day_n or_o day_n but_o we_o be_v not_o afraid_a to_o say_v that_o upon_o those_o ground_n above_o say_v we_o hold_v all_o oblige_v as_o to_o the_o determination_n of_o the_o weekly_a first_o day_n for_o the_o church_n more_o public_a assembly_n so_o also_o for_o a_o annual_a beside_o the_o weekly_a memorial-day_n of_o christ_n resurrection_n call_v pascha_fw-la or_o easter_n day_n and_o so_o our_o paschal_n or_o lent-fast_a precede_a be_v not_o the_o only_a observance_n that_o need_n be_v the_o church_n interpretation_n and_o tradition_n apostolical_a and_o touch_v this_o â—…east_n of_o easter_n we_o desire_v they_o to_o tell_v we_o their_o mind_n we_o shall_v content_v ourselves_o at_o present_a till_o that_o feast_n particular_o be_v deny_v to_o remind_v they_o of_o one_o only_a record_n even_o out_o of_o their_o own_o author_n socrates_n so_o often_o vouch_v by_o they_o against_o the_o set_a feast_n and_o fast_n of_o the_o church_n who_o witness_n here_o where_o he_o agree_v in_o express_a term_n with_o eusebius_n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr constantin_n cap._n 7_o 18._o and_o theodoret_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 10._o two_o sufficient_a witness_n of_o themselves_o may_v better_o be_v believe_v than_o in_o what_o he_o report_v contrary_a to_o they_o as_o it_o happen_v when_o the_o opposer_n of_o our_o â—…ast_n do_v vouch_v he_o the_o record_n be_v in_o socrates_n lib._n 1._o c._n 6._o where_o he_o tell_v we_o and_o true_o that_o in_o the_o imperial_a public_a letter_n of_o constantine_n which_o be_v send_v by_o he_o to_o the_o church_n in_o all_o the_o province_n throughout_o the_o whole_a empire_n the_o emperor_n to_o the_o church_n thus_o write_v upon_o the_o result_n of_o all_o or_o at_o least_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o bishop_n invite_v from_o all_o part_n and_o then_o assemble_v in_o that_o first_o and_o most_o sacred_a ecumenical_a council_n at_o nice_a and_o that_o touch_v the_o most_o holy_a day_n of_o the_o feast_n of_o easter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o have_v receive_v say_v he_o from_o our_o saviour_n another_o way_n of_o observe_v easter_n than_o that_o of_o the_o jew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…or_a the_o course_n of_o observe_v easter_n which_o be_v propound_v to_o our_o most_o holy_a religion_n be_v the_o legitimate_a and_o become_a course_n which_o he_o call_v afterward_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o above_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o true_a order_n which_o we_o i._n e._n the_o christian_a church_n have_v keep_v from_o the_o first_o day_n wherein_o christ_n our_o lord_n who_o be_v our_o pass-ove_a suffer_v viz._n ever_o since_o christ_n very_a suffering_n until_o this_o present_a year_n the_o same_o observance_n also_o to_o be_v extend_v unto_o the_o age_n to_o come_v the_o passion_n and_o resurrection_n of_o our_o lord_n be_v close_o together_o as_o it_o be_v one_o season_n and_o solemnity_n and_o come_v under_o the_o one_o name_n of_o pascha_fw-la therefore_o also_o of_o the_o principal_a day_n of_o our_o paschal-fast_a near_o precede_v the_o feast_n of_o easter_n he_n proceed_v in_o the_o same_o imperial_a letter_n to_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o our_o saviour_n have_v deliver_v one_o solemnity_n viz._n the_o day_n or_o time_n of_o his_o most_o holy_a passion_n the_o day_n of_o our_o freedom_n viz._n together_o with_o the_o day_n of_o his_o resurrection_n and_o will_v that_o his_o catholic_n church_n shall_v be_v one_o and_o this_o there_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o great_a a_o matter_n and_o such_o a_o feast_n of_o our_o religion_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o most_o holy_a day_n of_o easter_n the_o feast_n from_o which_o we_o have_v receive_v the_o hope_n of_o immortality_n and_o that_o before_o this_o feast_n there_o do_v precede_v not_o only_o the_o fast_n of_o good_a friday_n but_o more_o fast_n more_o set_v and_o appoint_v fast_v day_n which_o make_v up_o our_o paschal_n or_o lend_v fast_o you_o may_v see_v in_o the_o follow_a part_n of_o that_o imperial_a epistle_n where_o twice_o he_o add_v of_o something_o precede_v that_o feast_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o within_o few_o line_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vacant_a attendance_n upon_o fast_n and_o determinate_a fast_n thus_o far_o constantine_n socrates_n himself_n record_v it_o from_o the_o bishop_n assemble_v in_o the_o first_o general_a council_n as_o the_o representative_a of_o the_o pastor_n of_o the_o whole_a christian_a world_n in_o this_o question_n therefore_o now_o betwixt_o we_o and_o our_o brethren_n whether_o our_o lord_n himself_o do_v or_o do_v not_o deliver_v to_o the_o church_n the_o annual_a memorial_n of_o his_o passion_n and_o resurrection_n in_o the_o set_v fast_o and_o feast_v appoint_v therefore_o whether_o this_o order_n and_o way_n the_o church_n have_v or_o have_v not_o receive_v from_o our_o saviour_n that_o she_o shall_v observe_v the_o paschal_n solemnity_n in_o a_o different_a manner_n from_o the_o jew_n whether_o that_o order_n they_o have_v or_o have_v not_o keep_v from_o the_o very_a year_n itself_o of_o our_o saviour_n passion_n and_o resurrection_n uâ—…o_v the_o time_n of_o that_o council_n to_o be_v transmit_v to_o all_o posterity_n who_o shall_v we_o believe_v a_o few_o man_n of_o this_o or_o yesterday_n age_n lay_v hold_n â—…pon_o some_o say_n of_o socrates_n against_o the_o agreement_n of_o he_o with_o all_o other_o historian_n or_o those_o three_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o most_o renown_a father_n of_o the_o first_o and_o most_o sacred_a ecumenical_a council_n that_o ever_o be_v hold_v if_o now_o their_o own_o socrates_n though_o in_o conjunction_n with_o eusebius_n and_o theodoret_n displease_v they_o they_o shall_v yet_o consider_v that_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n and_o tradition_n from_o the_o apostle_n time_n above_o relate_v concern_v the_o annual_a set_a feast_n of_o easter_n be_v not_o deny_v but_o free_o consent_v to_o by_o the_o very_a novatian_o the_o adversary_n of_o the_o church_n that_o then_o live_v acesius_n the_o great_a novatian_a bishop_n free_o acknowledge_v to_o constantine_n as_o the_o same_o socrates_n also_o acknowledge_v that_o what_o the_o council_n have_v define_v concern_v the_o time_n of_o the_o feast_n of_o easter_n be_v not_o any_o new_a thing_n but_o what_o himself_o have_v receive_v from_o the_o elder_a time_n and_o even_o from_o the_o beginning_n from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socrat._v l._n 1
that_o forty-daies-abstinence_n within_o which_o also_o we_o may_v best_o choose_v to_o we_o day_n for_o proper_a fast_n according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o our_o bodily_a strength_n and_o devotion_n of_o our_o mind_n come_v unto_o we_o fair_o recommend_v from_o tradition_n apostolical_a in_o a_o word_n this_o be_v prove_v from_o every_o author_n that_o have_v give_v in_o testimony_n of_o the_o original_a apostolical_a of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o quadragesima_fw-la which_o i_o have_v show_v never_o be_v understand_v in_o the_o church_n of_o forty_o hour_n and_o yet_o be_v for_o certain_a a_o aim_v at_o least_o at_o some_o number_n of_o forty_o within_o which_o christian_a abstinence_n shall_v especial_o be_v exercise_v but_o if_o not_o forty_o hour_n there_o be_v nothing_o next_o that_o can_v be_v imagine_v less_o nor_o indeed_o be_v it_o more_o than_o forty_o day_n among_o such_o testimony_n already_o produce_v there_o need_n be_v nothing_o ask_v for_o elder_a than_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o religious_a in_o st._n mark_n be_v time_n witness_v by_o philo_n who_o see_v they_o and_o live_v among_o they_o by_o eusebius_n who_o see_v and_o cite_v many_o ancient_a record_n and_o monument_n ecclesiastical_a which_o now_o be_v not_o where_o extant_a and_o by_o s._n hierom_n who_o make_v most_o curious_a search_n into_o the_o ascetical_a observance_n of_o the_o primitive_a religious_a christian_n in_o egypt_n and_o write_v exact_o the_o life_n of_o many_o of_o the_o chief_a of_o they_o all_o these_o three_o philo_n in_o his_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eusebius_n in_o l._n 2._o histor._n ecclesiast_fw-la c._n 16_o 17._o s._n hierom._n in_o l._n 2._o advers._fw-la jovinian_a c._n 39_o 〈◊〉_d 39_o add_v to_o these_o sozomen_n l._n 1._o c._n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v together_o make_v up_o this_o complete_a testimony_n that_o far_o within_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n while_o yet_o s_n john_n yea_o s._n peter_n and_o s._n 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fast_a day_n and_o in_o their_o rigour_n of_o their_o abstinence_n and_o that_o variety_n which_o socrates_n note_v socrates_n himself_o acknowledge_v there_o have_v various_a cause_n as_o it_o be_v reasonable_a ground_n of_o some_o such_o variety_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o there_o be_v beside_o in_o other_o divers_a country_n ten_o thousand_o cause_n or_o reason_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d viz._n three_o week_n of_o strict_a fasting_n after_o the_o example_n of_o daniel_n for_o otherwise_o that_o rome_n have_v from_o the_o first_o of_o all_o the_o custom_n of_o forty_o day_n abstinence_n or_o fast_v more_o large_o take_v st._n hierome_n himself_o a_o priest_n of_o rome_n who_o can_v know_v better_o than_o socrates_n though_o socrates_n also_o do_v not_o here_o deny_v it_o witness_v who_o tell_v we_o what_o he_o mean_v by_o his_o nos_fw-la unam_fw-la quadragesimam_fw-la secundùm_fw-la traditionem_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la jejunamus_fw-la we_o fast_o one_o lent_n accordâ—…ing_v to_o tradition_n apostolical_a epist._n ad_fw-la marcellam_fw-la by_o what_o he_o write_v on_o jonah_n 3_o ipse_fw-la dominus_fw-la jejunavit_fw-la quadraginta_fw-la dies_fw-la &_o haereditatem_fw-la nobis_fw-la jejunii_fw-la derelinquens_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 the_o lord_n himself_o fast_v forty_o day_n and_o leave_v to_o we_o the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o fast_a prepare_v our_o soul_n under_o this_o number_n of_o forty_o day_n â—…o_v the_o eat_n of_o his_o body_n and_o on_o isai_n 58._o dominus_fw-la quadraginta_fw-la diebus_fw-la in_o solitudine_fw-la jejunavit_fw-la ut_fw-la nobis_fw-la solennes_n jejuniorum_fw-la dies_fw-la relinqueret_fw-la the_o lord_n fast_v forty_o day_n that_o he_o may_v leave_v we_o the_o solemn_a day_n of_o the_o fasting_n and_o far_o for_o rome_n also_o leo_n the_o great_a himself_o bishop_n of_o rome_n serm._n 12._o appropinquante_fw-la dilectissimi_fw-la solennitate_fw-la paschali_fw-la sic_fw-la est_fw-la praecurrenda_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la jejunii_fw-la ut_fw-la nos_fw-la quadraginta_fw-la dierum_fw-la numerus_fw-la ad_fw-la sanctificationem_fw-la corporis_fw-la &_o mentis_fw-la exerceat_fw-la unde_fw-la in_o coelestibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la disciplinis_fw-la multùm_fw-la utilitatis_fw-la afferunt_fw-la divinitùs_fw-la instituta_fw-la jejunia_fw-la the_o solemnity_n of_o easter_n now_o approach_v my_o beloved_a the_o custom_n of_o the_o fast_o be_v so_o to_o be_v premit_v that_o the_o number_n of_o forty_o day_n may_v exercise_v we_o for_o the_o sanctification_n of_o our_o body_n and_o mind_n so_o as_o that_o in_o the_o heavenly_a discipline_n of_o the_o church_n the_o fast_n institute_v by_o god_n bring_v unto_o we_o much_o advantage_n the_o same_o in_o his_o four_o sermon_n magnâ_fw-la divinae_fw-la institutionis_fw-la salubritate_fw-la provisum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la reparandam_fw-la mentium_fw-la 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three_o the_o abstinence_n of_o forty_o day_n and_o quadraginta_fw-la dierum_fw-la exercitationem_fw-la sâ—…rm_n four_o the_o exercise_n of_o forty_o day_n than_o quadraginta_fw-la dierum_fw-la jejunia_fw-la if_o leo_n can_v for_o the_o practice_n of_o rome_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o sermon_n of_o lent_n direct_v his_o auditor_n to_o forty_o day_n exercise_n and_o one_o and_o twenty_o day_n fast_o as_o be_v six_o time_n three_o then_o socrates_n find_v at_o rome_n as_o he_o say_v three_o week_n fast_o though_o all_o together_o yet_o need_v not_o to_o wonder_v how_o they_o call_v it_o there_o and_o in_o all_o country_n quadragesima_fw-la that_o some_o observation_n of_o forty_o day_n be_v keep_v at_o rome_n gregory_n the_o great_a another_o godly_a bishop_n of_o rome_n do_v witness_v homil._n 16._o in_o evangelia_n quadragesimae_fw-la tempus_fw-la inchoamus_fw-la etc._n etc._n curio_n ergò_fw-la in_o abstinentiâ_fw-la quadragenarius_fw-la numerus_fw-la custoditur_fw-la nisi_fw-la 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