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they_o be_v institute_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n alone_o and_o the_o faithful_a be_v congregat_v to_o they_o to_o holy_a performance_n but_o this_o be_v very_o improper_a indeed_o for_o beside_o that_o by_o be_v institute_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n alone_o he_o mean_v not_o that_o the_o day_n institute_v or_o observe_v be_v any_o special_a or_o immediate_a honour_n to_o god_n positive_o but_o only_o that_o negative_o they_o be_v reduce_v to_o his_o honour_n when_o they_o be_v not_o institute_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o creature_n saint_n or_o angel_n among_o orthodox_n christian_n though_o they_o be_v among_o the_o idolatrous_a papist_n but_o beside_o this_o we_o say_v if_o the_o faithful_a congregate_a can_v make_v a_o day_n a_o part_n of_o god_n worship_n than_o any_o day_n or_o every_o day_n of_o the_o week_n or_o year_n may_v be_v a_o part_n of_o worship_n when_o the_o faithful_a meet_v to_o that_o purpose_n which_o no_o man_n affirm_v 204.1_o p._n 204.1_o but_o hear_v he_o once_o again_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n ought_v to_o be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o indiction_n of_o such_o day_n but_o the_o day_n themselves_o be_v no_o part_n of_o worship_n but_o a_o adjunct_n only_o or_o circumstance_n of_o worship_n if_o any_o man_n shall_v say_v the_o learned_a professor_n speak_v it_o only_o of_o the_o holy_a day_n appoint_v by_o the_o church_n we_o answer_v we_o know_v he_o do_v so_o but_o then_o he_o must_v remember_v that_o he_o make_v the_o very_a lord_n day_n to_o be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n only_o which_o can_v make_v a_o thing_n a_o proper_a part_n of_o worship_n and_o so_o the_o same_o be_v appliable_a to_o the_o lordsday_n also_o but_o he_o be_v not_o alone_o in_o this_o assertion_n his_o fellow_n professor_n be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n which_o we_o wonder_v at_o for_o the_o lordsday_n when_o he_o put_v this_o difference_n between_o the_o jewish_a time_n and_o we_o that_o the_o very_a day_n 93.95_o d._n wal._n de_fw-fr sab._n p._n 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god_n portion_n ergo_fw-la a_o part_n of_o worship_n as_o his_o peculiar_a portion_n be_v a_o part_n of_o worship_n but_o the_o necessary_a sufficient_a chief_a time_n for_o religion_n together_o with_o the_o particular_a day_n for_o it_o be_v that_o time_n which_o god_n require_v out_o of_o all_o our_o time_n as_o his_o peculiar_a portion_n ergo_fw-la it_o be_v a_o part_n of_o worship_n the_o proposition_n be_v make_v good_a by_o instance_n of_o other_o thing_n which_o be_v challenge_v by_o god_n as_o his_o peculiar_a portion_n become_v thereby_o part_n of_o worship_n part_n of_o the_o special_a homage_n due_a to_o he_o immediate_o tend_v to_o his_o honour_n as_o 1._o the_o place_n which_o god_n do_v peculiar_o choose_v out_o of_o all_o the_o tribe_n to_o set_v his_o name_n there_o as_o the_o place_n often_o be_v the_o lord_n house_n the_o lord_n temple_n be_v by_o virtue_n of_o such_o divine_a challenge_n of_o it_o a_o part_n of_o worship_n sc_fw-la of_o the_o ceremonial_a worship_n 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