be_v withdraw_v from_o the_o care_n of_o temporal_a thing_n its_o rest_n shall_v be_v spend_v in_o spiritual_n as_o chrisostom_n hom._n 1._o de_fw-fr lazaro_n athanasius_n of_o the_o same_o judgement_n the_o sabbat_n &_o circumcis_n for_o he_o say_v the_o end_n of_o the_o sabbath_n be_v the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o creation_n and_o not_o idleness_n that_o man_n keep_v holy_a that_o day_n they_o may_v know_v god_n who_o rest_v on_o that_o day_n have_v finish_v the_o work_n of_o creation_n in_o the_o three_o council_n of_o orleans_n it_o be_v provide_v that_o man_n abstain_v from_o rural_a labour_n 27._o and_o they_o show_v the_o end_n of_o this_o abstinence_n that_o they_o may_v go_v more_o easy_o to_o church_n to_o pray_v therefore_o by_o the_o very_a dictate_v of_o nature_n 16._o the_o priest_n affirm_v that_o holy_a day_n be_v pollute_v if_o any_o work_n be_v do_v upon_o their_o proclaim_a and_o movable_a feast_n numa_n pompilius_n ordain_v pom._n that_o always_o on_o the_o priest_n 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