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A plea for peace: or A sermon preached in St. Pauls Church in London. Iuly 9. 1637. By Henry Vertue, parson of the parish church of Alhollowes Honey-Lane in London
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Vertue, Henry, d. 1660.
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leave_v free_a this_o god_n have_v command_v and_o no_o less_o have_v he_o forbid_v disobedience_n herein_o by_o the_o five_o commandment_n which_o require_v honour_n to_o superior_n a_o principal_a branch_n whereof_o be_v obedience_n to_o they_o in_o such_o command_n as_o be_v not_o contrary_a to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n it_o be_v this_o which_o s._n austin_n say_v he_o learn_v from_o s._n ambrose_n he_o say_v that_o he_o move_v this_o question_n to_o he_o utrum_fw-la juxta_fw-la morem_fw-la civitatis_fw-la suae_fw-la sabbato_fw-la jejunaret_fw-la a_o ecclesiae_fw-la mediolanensis_fw-la more_fw-it pranderet_fw-la presbyter_n aug._n epist_n 86._o ad_fw-la casulan_n presbyter_n whether_o according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o his_o own_o city_n he_o shall_v observe_v the_o saturday_n fast_o or_o shall_v dine_v that_o day_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n of_o milan_n and_o that_o saint_n ambrose_n return_v he_o this_o answer_n quid_fw-la possum_fw-la hinc_fw-la 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