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they_o to_o be_v jure_fw-la divino_fw-la but_o grant_v this_o be_v not_o command_v by_o christ_n yet_o be_v you_o no_o gainer_n by_o it_o for_o i_o do_v the_o rather_o think_v that_o because_o no_o express_a mention_n be_v make_v of_o it_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n by_o way_n of_o commandment_n it_o shall_v seem_v the_o rather_o to_o be_v the_o sabbath_n thus_o eatonus_n de_fw-fr sabbato_fw-la pag._n 69._o the_o institutione_n &_o jure_fw-la diei_fw-la dominicae_fw-la ait_fw-la non_fw-la opus_fw-la erat_fw-la mandato_fw-la novo_fw-la cum_fw-la vetus_fw-la illud_fw-la mandatum_fw-la de_fw-la observando_fw-la sabbato_fw-la in_o vigore_fw-la esset_fw-la &_o adhuc_fw-la est_fw-la iam_fw-la autem_fw-la novum_fw-la praceptum_fw-la far_o de_fw-la re_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la veteri_fw-la pracepto_fw-la stabilita_fw-la fuerat_fw-la esset_fw-la vetus_fw-la praceptum_fw-la abolore_fw-la christus_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la venit_fw-la abolere_fw-la legem_fw-la sed_fw-la implere_fw-la and_o 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