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a_o comparative_a prayer_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v rather_o than_o either_o poverty_n or_o riches_n give_v i_o o_o lord_n if_o it_o be_v thy_o will_n the_o mean_a between_o both_o feed_v i_o with_o food_n convenient_a for_o i_o for_o though_o all_o three_o estate_n be_v indifferent_a yet_o comparative_o and_o for_o choice_n the_o middle_n be_v the_o best_a and_o happy_a condition_n such_o speech_n by_o way_n of_o opposition_n or_o antithesis_fw-la yet_o imply_v in_o their_o sense_n a_o choice_n or_o protimesis_n be_v frequent_a in_o scripture_n 7._o i_o will_v have_v mercy_n and_o not_o sacrifice_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v as_o though_o god_n forbid_v sacrifice_n but_o thus_o i_o have_v rather_o have_v mercy_n than_o sacrifice_n so_o in_o s._n matthew_n 20._o lay_v not_o up_o for_o yourselves_o treasure_n upon_o earth_n but_o lay_v up_o for_o yourselves_o treasure_n in_o heaven_n not_o to_o be_v understand_v as_o a_o plain_a prohibition_n to_o lay_v up_o earthly_a treasure_n but_o by_o way_n of_o choice_n or_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d rather_o lie_v up_o treasure_n in_o heaven_n than_o treasure_n upon_o earth_n have_v a_o great_a care_n of_o the_o one_o than_o of_o the_o other_o and_o many_o the_o like_a for_o it_o be_v a_o frequent_a expression_n thus_o have_v make_v the_o way_n plain_a and_o open_a to_o my_o text_n i_o come_v now_o to_o consider_v the_o several_a part_n thereof_o and_o first_o the_o request_n or_o thing_n pray_v for_o where_o of_o the_o two_o way_n whereby_o it_o be_v express_v request_n i_o must_v for_o the_o more_o easy_a unfolding_n thereof_o begin_v with_o the_o affirmative_a feed_v i_o with_o food_n convenient_a for_o i_o for_o if_o this_o be_v understand_v we_o can_v be_v long_o ignorant_a of_o the_o other_o if_o we_o know_v the_o mean_a once_o which_o agur_n choose_v we_o shall_v soon_o guess_v what_o he_o understand_v by_o riches_n and_o poverty_n the_o extreme_n which_o he_o refuse_v feed_v i_o say_v he_o with_o food_n 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say_v of_o the_o plague_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d sufficit_fw-la it_o be_v enough_o now_o by_o bread_n or_o food_n the_o hebrew_n understand_v all_o provision_n for_o the_o use_n of_o life_n so_o competent_a food_n be_v a_o competent_a maintenance_n which_o to_o be_v the_o true_a meaning_n of_o this_o panis_n dimensi_fw-la agur_n deprecation_n of_o poverty_n on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o of_o riches_n on_o the_o other_o be_v a_o firm_a demonstration_n for_o what_o else_o can_v it_o be_v but_o a_o state_n of_o competency_n which_o he_o beg_v as_o the_o mean_a between_o want_n and_o superfluity_n and_o this_o be_v even_o that_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d that_o daily_a bread_n which_o christ_n our_o lord_n in_o his_o prayer_n have_v teach_v we_o all_o to_o pray_v for_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d or_o as_o s._n luke_n have_v it_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d give_v we_o day_n by_o day_n our_o daily_a bread_n where_o the_o meaning_n in_o general_n be_v indifferent_o well_o 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and_o drink_n both_o epulae_fw-la foederale_n federal_n feast_n those_o of_o the_o old_a covenant_n this_o of_o the_o new_a ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d this_o cup_n be_v the_o new_a testament_n both_o rite_n of_o atonement_n or_o for_o impetration_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d say_v our_o saviour_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d this_o be_v my_o blood_n which_o be_v shed_v for_o many_o for_o remission_n of_o sin_n beside_o the_o eucharist_n be_v by_o the_o time_n of_o its_o institution_n as_o it_o be_v substitute_v in_o place_n of_o the_o passeover_n which_o be_v a_o sacrifice_n of_o that_o kind_n call_v pacifica_fw-la all_o these_o thing_n consider_v how_o obvious_a be_v it_o for_o they_o to_o think_v that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o institution_n intend_v for_o the_o same_o end_n and_o use_v the_o other_o be_v namely_o for_o a_o commemoration_n whereby_o to_o have_v access_n and_o find_v favour_n with_o god_n when_o we_o address_v ourselves_o unto_o he_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o that_o this_o be_v no_o new_a device_n of_o late_a age_n but_o derive_v from_o the_o first_o time_n may_v appear_v out_o of_o cyril_n or_o his_o successor_n john_n of_o jerusalem_n author_n of_o the_o 5._o catech_n mystag_n in_o the_o last_o whereof_o relate_v and_o expound_v the_o meaning_n of_o that_o which_o be_v say_v or_o do_v at_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o holy_a eucharist_n according_a to_o the_o use_n of_o his_o time_n which_o be_v the_o four_o seculum_fw-la current_n among_o other_o thing_n he_o say_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n see_v this_o passage_n quote_v in_o the_o forego_n discourse_n chap._n 6._o pag._n 366._o yea_o that_o it_o be_v the_o use_n in_o the_o day_n of_o constantine_n thus_o adhibere_fw-la eucharistiam_fw-la ad_fw-la preces_fw-la to_o use_v the_o eucharist_n as_o a_o rite_n of_o impetration_n in_o their_o prayer_n appear_v out_o of_o eusebius_n in_o his_o de_fw-fr vita_fw-la constantini_n lib._n 4._o c._n 45._o where_o speak_v of_o a_o great_a synod_n of_o bishop_n assemble_v at_o jerusalem_n by_o the_o emperor_n command_n to_o celebrate_v the_o dedication_n of_o a_o church_n erect_v over_o the_o place_n of_o our_o saviour_n sepulchre_n and_o tell_v how_o the_o bishop_n there_o meet_v employ_v themselves_o during_o that_o solemnity_n some_o say_v he_o by_o panegyric_n oration_n set_v forth_o the_o emperor_n felicity_n other_o be_v employ_v in_o preach_v and_o expound_v the_o mystery_n of_o holy_a scripture_n another_o part_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d do_v propitiate_v god_n and_o seek_v his_o favour_n by_o unbloudy_a sacrifice_n offer_v unto_o god_n humble_a prayer_n for_o the_o public_a peace_n for_o the_o church_n of_o god_n for_o the_o king_n the_o author_n of_o so_o much_o good_a and_o for_o his_o child_n belove_v of_o god_n namely_o as_o the_o jew_n in_o their_o sacrifice_n pray_v for_o the_o life_n of_o the_o king_n and_o his_o son_n according_a to_o my_o text._n but_o for_o the_o more_o full_a understanding_n the_o notion_n and_o practice_n of_o this_o age_n take_v also_o a_o passage_n of_o s._n austin_n it_o be_v in_o his_o 22._o book_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la concern_v one_o hesperius_n etc._n etc._n see_v this_o passage_n quote_v in_o the_o forego_n discourse_n chap._n 5._o pag._n 363._o but_o some_o will_v suspect_v perhaps_o that_o this_o custom_n begin_v in_o the_o day_n of_o constantine_n no_o it_o do_v not_o it_o be_v in_o use_n in_o the_o day_n of_o cyprian_n 60._o year_n before_o as_o appear_v in_o his_o 16._o epistle_n ad_fw-la mosen_n &_o maximum_fw-la etc._n nos_fw-la quidem_fw-la vestri_fw-la memores_fw-la &_o quando_fw-la in_o sacrificiis_fw-la precem_fw-la cum_fw-la pluribus_fw-la facimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v this_o passage_n quote_v in_o the_o forego_n discourse_n chap._n 5._o pag._n 362._o let_v we_o ascend_v a_o little_a high_o yet_o unto_o the_o day_n of_o tertullian_n within_o 200_o year_n after_o christ._n he_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr oratione_fw-la make_v express_v mention_n of_o orationes_fw-la sacrificiorum_fw-la prayer_n that_o accompany_v the_o celebration_n of_o the_o christian_a sacrifice_n such_o namely_o as_o s._n cyprian_n bishop_n of_o the_o same_o city_n whereof_o tertullian_n be_v presbyter_n to_o wit_n of_o carthage_n even_o now_o speak_v of_o and_o in_o his_o book_n ad_fw-la scapulam_fw-la sacrificamus_fw-la say_v he_o purâ_fw-la prece_fw-la we_o sacrifice_v with_o pure_a prayer_n but_o you_o will_v say_v this_o be_v against_o i_o rather_o because_o he_o say_v purâ_fw-la prece_fw-la imply_v their_o be_v nothing_o else_o no_o it_o be_v not_o for_o by_o purâ_fw-la prece_fw-la he_o mean_v not_o nudâ_fw-la &_o solitariâ_fw-la prece_fw-la bare_a and_o naked_a prayer_n but_o 358._o prayer_n not_o defile_v with_o shed_v of_o blood_n and_o smoke_n of_o incense_n according_a to_o the_o
the_o first_o we_o be_v guilty_a of_o imprudence_n in_o the_o other_o of_o uncharitableness_n in_o miscensure_v other_o and_o in_o this_o particular_a information_n be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o needful_a because_o many_o scruple_n at_o this_o kind_n of_o posture_n in_o god_n worship_n esteem_v it_o little_o better_a than_o idolatry_n 7._o as_o be_v of_o like_a nature_n with_o worship_v god_n by_o a_o image_n wherein_o how_o much_o they_o be_v deceive_v i_o shall_v make_v now_o to_o appear_v know_v therefore_o that_o to_o worship_n god_n by_o a_o image_n and_o to_o worship_v he_o towards_o some_o place_n or_o monument_n of_o his_o presence_n be_v thing_n of_o a_o differ_a nature_n for_o the_o first_o be_v absolute_o forbid_v by_o the_o divine_a law_n the_o latter_a we_o find_v continual_o practise_v by_o the_o people_n of_o god_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o that_o with_o his_o allowance_n and_o approbation_n thus_o in_o the_o wilderness_n they_o worship_v he_o towards_o the_o cloud_n as_o the_o sign_n or_o monument_n of_o his_o presence_n go_v with_o they_o exod._n 34._o 5_o 8._o in_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o temple_n they_o direct_v their_o posture_n towards_o the_o ark_n of_o the_o covenant_n or_o most_o holy_a place_n as_o my_o text_n and_o that_o parallel_a place_n now_o allege_v out_o of_o psalm_n 28._o for_o confirmation_n witness_v namely_o as_o to_o the_o place_n of_o his_o throne_n and_o footstool_n unto_o which_o i_o add_v for_o a_o three_o testimony_n that_o of_o psalm_n 99_o 5._o exalt_v you_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n and_o worship_n towards_o his_o footstool_n there_o go_v before_o it_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o psalm_n the_o lord_n reign_v let_v the_o people_n tremble_v he_o sit_v between_o or_o upon_o the_o cherubim_n the_o same_o thing_n be_v mean_v or_o imply_v by_o that_o expression_n of_o worship_v the_o lord_n towards_o his_o holy_a temple_n in_o the_o 5._o and_o 138._o psalm_n in_o the_o first_o whereof_o v_o 7._o i_o will_v come_v 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come_v no_o near_a than_o into_o the_o court_n of_o the_o temple_n only_o and_o the_o priest_n themselves_o enter_v no_o far_o but_o when_o they_o be_v to_o order_v the_o lamp_n and_o burn_v incense_n evening_n and_o morning_n or_o renew_v the_o shewbread_n otherwise_o they_o also_o stand_v and_o officiate_v without_o in_o the_o court_n appoint_v for_o they_o call_v the_o priest_n court_n so_o that_o both_o the_o people_n especial_o stand_v in_o the_o courtâ_n when_o they_o worship_v they_o direct_v their_o face_n towards_o the_o temple_n or_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d strict_o so_o call_v where_o the_o ark_n and_o mercy-seat_n be_v hence_o come_v this_o expression_n of_o worship_v the_o lord_n towards_o his_o holy_a temple_n as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v we_o will_v come_v into_o thy_o court_n and_o worship_v thou_o towards_o the_o place_n where_o thy_o memorâ_n or_o monument_n of_o thy_o presence_n be_v with_o these_o place_n may_v be_v compare_v that_o of_o the_o 134._o psalm_n 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testimony_n not_o then_o there_o but_o only_o the_o place_n where_o it_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v zorobabel_n also_o 3_o esd._n 4._o 58._o lift_v up_o his_o face_n to_o heaven_n towards_o jerusalem_n and_o praise_v the_o king_n of_o heaven_n and_o this_o custom_n the_o jew_n in_o their_o devotion_n still_o observe_v unto_o this_o day_n yea_o all_o this_o may_v seem_v for_o aught_o that_o can_v be_v show_v to_o the_o contrary_a to_o have_v be_v do_v out_o of_o the_o use_n of_o mankind_n without_o any_o special_a precept_n to_o that_o purpose_n which_o be_v no_o where_o to_o be_v show_v for_o as_o for_o the_o prayer_n of_o solomon_n beside_o that_o precept_n be_v not_o wont_a to_o be_v give_v in_o prayer_n it_o be_v there_o presuppose_a only_o as_o a_o rite_n of_o custom_n facântia_fw-la nature_n it_o seem_v have_v teach_v mankind_n as_o in_o their_o address_n unto_o man_n to_o look_v unto_o their_o face_n so_o in_o their_o address_n unto_o the_o divine_a majesty_n to_o look_v that_o way_n or_o towards_o that_o place_n where_o his_o presence_n be_v more_o demonstrate_v than_o elsewhere_o whether_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d if_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v as_o in_o the_o heaven_n or_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d as_o in_o temple_n and_o like_a sacred_a place_n where_o his_o name_n and_o presence_n either_o be_v or_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v record_v hence_o it_o appear_v that_o to_o worship_n god_n versùs_fw-la locum_fw-la praesentiae_fw-la towards_o the_o place_n where_o any_o sign_n or_o specification_n of_o his_o presence_n be_v be_v no_o idolatry_n nor_o forbid_v by_o the_o second_o commandment_n for_o sure_o that_o which_o be_v no_o idolatry_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n be_v no_o idolatry_n in_o the_o new_a whatsoever_o fault_n otherwise_o it_o may_v have_v the_o reason_n of_o this_o difference_n between_o worship_v god_n by_o a_o image_n and_o worship_v he_o towards_o some_o place_n where_o his_o presence_n be_v specify_v be_v this_o because_o in_o the_o first_o the_o creature_n be_v use_v objective_o to_o the_o act_n of_o divine_a worship_n that_o be_v as_o the_o thing_n worship_v but_o in_o the_o other_o as_o a_o local_a circumstance_n of_o worship_n only_o for_o we_o be_v to_o know_v that_o a_o creature_n may_v be_v use_v in_o the_o act_n of_o divine_a worship_n by_o way_n of_o object_n by_o way_n of_o local_a circumstance_n or_o by_o way_n of_o instrument_n the_o first_o by_o way_n of_o object_n that_o be_v as_o that_o to_o which_o the_o act_n of_o worship_n be_v direct_v and_o terminate_v upon_o without_o question_n be_v idolatry_n for_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n be_v a_o jealous_a god_n and_o can_v endure_v that_o any_o create_a thing_n shall_v partake_v with_o he_o by_o way_n of_o object_n in_o the_o act_n of_o his_o worship_n but_o he_o that_o use_v a_o image_n in_o the_o act_n of_o divine_a worship_n as_o a_o image_n that_o be_v interpose_v it_o in_o the_o same_o as_o the_o representation_n of_o that_o he_o worship_v make_v it_o not_o 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millesimus_fw-la annus_fw-la est_fw-la idem_fw-la eodem_fw-la libro_fw-la cap._n 30._o cum_fw-la vastaverit_fw-la antichristus_fw-la hic_fw-la omne_fw-la in_o mundo_fw-la regnans_fw-la annis_fw-la tribus_fw-la &_o mensibus_fw-la sex_n tunc_fw-la veniet_fw-la dominus_fw-la de_fw-la coelis_fw-la in_o nubes_fw-la in_o gloriae_fw-la patris_fw-la illum_fw-la quidem_fw-la &_o obedientes_fw-la ei_fw-la in_o stagnum_fw-la ignis_fw-la mitten_n adducens_fw-la autenâ_n justis_fw-la regni_fw-la tempora_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la requietionem_fw-la i._n sabbatum_fw-la septimam_fw-la diem_fw-la sanctificatam_fw-la &_o restituens_fw-la abrahae_fw-la promissionem_fw-la haereditatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n justinus_n martyr_n dialogo_fw-la cum_fw-la tryphone_n judaeo_n loquens_fw-la de_fw-fr mellennio_n regni_fw-la christi_fw-la novimus_fw-la inquit_fw-la dictum_fw-la illud_fw-la etc._n quòd_fw-la dies_fw-la domini_fw-la sit_fw-la sicut_fw-la mille_fw-la anni_fw-la huc_fw-la pertinere_fw-la cyprianus_n lib._n the_o exhortatione_n martyrii_fw-la primi_fw-la in_o dispositione_n divina_fw-la septem_fw-la dies_fw-la annorum_fw-la septem_fw-la millia_fw-la continent_n ut_fw-la consummatio_fw-la legitima_fw-la impleatur_fw-la lactantius_n de_fw-fr divino_fw-la praemio_fw-la lib._n 7._o c._n 14._o quoniam_fw-la sex_n diebus_fw-la cuncta_fw-la dei_fw-la opera_fw-la perfecta_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la secula_fw-la sex_n id_fw-la est_fw-la annorum_fw-la sex_n millia_fw-la manere_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la statu_fw-la mundum_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la dies_fw-la enim_fw-la magnus_fw-la dei_fw-la mille_fw-la annorum_fw-la circulo_fw-la terminatur_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la sex_n illos_fw-la dies_fw-la in_o tantis_fw-la rebus_fw-la fabricandis_fw-la laboravit_fw-la ità _fw-la &_o religio_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o veritas_fw-la in_o his_o sex_n millibus_fw-la annorum_fw-la laborare_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la malitiâ_fw-la praevalente_fw-la &_o dominaute_fw-la et_fw-la rurius_fw-la quoniam_fw-la perfectis_fw-la operibus_fw-la requievit_fw-la die_fw-la septimo_fw-la eúmque_fw-la benedixit_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o sine_fw-la sexti_fw-la millesimi_fw-la anni_fw-la malitia_fw-la omnis_fw-la aboleatur_fw-la è_fw-la terra_fw-la &_o regnet_fw-la annos_fw-la mille_fw-la justitia_fw-la sitque_fw-la tranquillitas_fw-la &_o requies_fw-la à _fw-la laboribus_fw-la quos_fw-la mundus_fw-la jamdiu_fw-la perpessus_fw-la est_fw-la iii_o the_o ancient_a jew_n also_o have_v a_o tradition_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n as_o appear_v by_o these_o testimony_n record_v in_o the_o gemara_fw-la or_o gloss_n of_o their_o talmud_n cod._n sanhedrim_n cap._n kol_n jisrael_n for_o there_o concern_v that_o of_o isaiah_n chap._n 2._o exaltabitur_fw-la dominus_fw-la solus_fw-la die_fw-la illo_fw-la thus_o speak_v the_o talmudical_a gloss._n dixit_fw-la rabbi_n ketââa_n sex_n annorum_fw-la millibus_fw-la stat_fw-la mundus_fw-la &_o uno_fw-la millenario_fw-la vastabitur_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la dicitur_fw-la at_o que_fw-fr exaltaeitur_fw-la dominus_fw-la solus_fw-la die_fw-la hillo_o note_v by_o vastabitur_fw-la they_o mean_v the_o vastation_n of_o the_o world_n by_o fire_n in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n whereby_o it_o shall_v become_v new_a or_o a_o new_a heaven_n and_o new_a earth_n sequitur_fw-la traditio_fw-la adstipulatur_fw-la r._n ketinae_n nempe_fw-la ista_fw-la sicut_fw-la ex_fw-la septenis_fw-la annis_fw-la septimus_n cuique_fw-la annus_fw-la remissionis_fw-la est_fw-la ità _fw-la septem_fw-la millibus_fw-la annorum_fw-la mundi_fw-la septimus_n millenarius_fw-la millenarius_fw-la remissionis_fw-la erit_fw-la ut_fw-la dominus_fw-la solus_fw-la exaltetur_fw-la in_o die_fw-la illo_fw-la dicitur_fw-la enim_fw-la psal._n 92._o psalmus_n &_o canticum_fw-la de_fw-la die_fw-la sabbati_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr eo_fw-la die_fw-la qui_fw-la totus_fw-la quies_n est_fw-la note_v they_o understand_v this_o psalm_n of_o the_o great_a day_n of_o judgement_n and_o the_o sabbath_n mention_v in_o the_o title_n of_o the_o great_a sabbath_n of_o a_o thousand_o year_n dicitur_fw-la item_n psal._n 90_o nam_fw-la mille_fw-la anni_fw-la in_o oculis_fw-la tuis_fw-la velut_fw-la dies_fw-la hesternus_fw-la sequitur_fw-la traditio_fw-la domûs_fw-la eliae_fw-la sex_n mille_fw-la annos_fw-la durat_fw-la mundus_fw-la bis_n mille_fw-la annis_fw-la ãâã_d inanitas_fw-la bis_fw-la mille_fw-la annis_fw-la lex_fw-la denique_fw-la bis_fw-la mille_fw-la annis_fw-la dies_fw-la christi_fw-la at_o verò_fw-la propter_fw-la peccata_fw-la nostra_fw-la plurima_fw-la &_o enormia_fw-la abierunt_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la abierunt_fw-la these_o last_o word_n petrus_n galatinus_n prove_v to_o be_v add_v to_o this_o tradition_n by_o the_o late_a jew_n and_o sure_o this_o elias_n live_v under_o the_o second_o temple_n and_o before_o the_o birth_n of_o christ._n and_o though_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n here_o of_o the_o seven_o thousand_o year_n yet_o that_o this_o r._n elias_n acknowledge_v it_o as_o well_o as_o the_o rest_n appear_v by_o a_o former_a place_n of_o the_o same_o gemara_n talmudica_n which_o be_v this_o traditio_fw-la domûs_fw-la eliae_fw-la justi_fw-la quos_fw-la resuscitabit_fw-la deus_fw-la etc._n etc._n 776._o iv._o the_o concinnity_n of_o this_o conceit_n have_v make_v i_o i_o confess_v sometime_o inquisitive_a whether_o it_o can_v be_v bring_v to_o accord_v with_o the_o receive_a computation_n of_o the_o age_n of_o the_o world_n and_o with_o our_o experience_n of_o the_o beginning_n and_o continuance_n of_o the_o time_n of_o antichrist_n now_o reveal_v but_o the_o
blood_n &_o smoke_n of_o incense_n according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o gentile_n this_o to_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o purâ_fw-la prece_fw-la the_o word_n immediate_o follow_v will_v tell_v we_o non_fw-la enim_fw-la eget_fw-la deus_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o the_o author_n in_o another_o paper_n where_o this_o passage_n of_o tertullian_n be_v set_v down_o chap._n 4._o 11._o matt._n 5._o 23._o 24._o verse_n 14._o 14._o in_o eâchirid_n ad_fw-la lauren._n cop_z 109._o &_o confess_v l._n 9_o c._n 12._o 12._o phil._n 4._o 3._o 3._o the_o ancient_a latin_a translation_n render_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d agapân_n facere_fw-la to_o celebrate_v the_o feast_n of_o charity_n which_o at_o first_o do_v accompany_v the_o eucharist_n eucharist_n heb._n 5._o 7._o &_o chap._n 13._o 15._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 5._o 5._o lib._n 4._o c._n 34._o 34._o see_v chap._n 3._o of_o this_o treatise_n pag._n 358._o where_o these_o two_o passage_n be_v translate_v translate_v vide_fw-la infra_fw-la eregistis_fw-la etiam_fw-la calices_fw-la dominici_n sanguinis_fw-la portatores_fw-la portatores_fw-la see_v thâ_n moreful_o prove_v in_o the_o follow_a discourse_n discourse_n see_v 1_o sam._n 7._o 9_o ezra_n 6._o 10._o psal._n 116._o 13._o prââ_n 15._o 8._o baruch_n 1._o 10_o 11._o 1_o mat._n 12._o 11._o 2_o chron._n 7._o 12._o 12._o ab._n ezra_o upon_o this_o place_n observe_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d that_o these_o religious_a woman_n despise_v the_o vain_a delight_n of_o this_o world_n give_v as_o a_o free-will-offering_a for_o the_o make_n of_o the_o lavit_fw-la their_o looking-glass_n by_o which_o they_o be_v wont_a to_o dress_v and_o adorn_v themselves_o not_o care_v to_o use_v they_o any_o long_o for_o such_o purpose_n purpose_n gen._n 12._o 7._o 13._o 4._o 26._o 25._o 33._o 20._o 20._o in_o lit._n chrysost_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d thou_o o_o christ_n be_v both_o the_o offerer_n and_o the_o offer_v itself_o itself_o in_o missa_fw-la seu_fw-la liturg._n ambrosiana_n post_fw-la confraââorium_n sacerdos_n sic_fw-la orat_fw-la ipsius_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la est_fw-la domine_fw-la quod_fw-la agimus_fw-la in_fw-la cujus_fw-la nunc_fw-la praesentiâ_fw-la postulamus_fw-la dam_fw-la sacrificio_fw-la authorem_fw-la suum_fw-la ut_fw-la impleatur_fw-la fides_fw-la rei_fw-la in_o sublimitate_fw-la mysterii_fw-la ut_fw-la sicuti_fw-la veritatem_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la sacrificii_fw-la exequimur_fw-la sic_fw-la veritatem_fw-la dominici_n corporis_fw-la &_o sanguinis_fw-la hauriamus_fw-la hauriamus_fw-la so_o the_o vulg._n â_o at_o hebr._n 5._o 7._o render_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d which_o according_a to_o gâotius_n and_o other_o shall_v be_v render_v exauditus_fw-la i._n liberatus_fw-la à _fw-la meâu_fw-la the_o like_a phrase_n in_o psal._n 22._o 22._o 22._o 1_o mac._n 12._o 11._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d super_fw-la iis_fw-la quae_fw-la offerimus_fw-la sacrificiiâ_n sacrificiiâ_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d dionys._n âreop_n ep._n ad_fw-la demoph_n therapeutam_fw-la therapeutam_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d euseb._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la constant._n lib._n â_o c._n 45._o quemadmodum_fw-la siquis_fw-la rex_fw-la ipse_fw-la silij_fw-la svi_fw-la pingat_fw-la imaginem_fw-la justè_fw-la svam_fw-la illam_fw-la dicit_fw-la imaginem_fw-la secundùm_fw-la utrumque_fw-la quoniam_fw-la &_o silij_fw-la ejus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o quoniam_fw-la ipse_fw-la fecit_fw-la eam_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la nomen_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la universam_fw-la mundum_fw-la glorificatur_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la suum_fw-la esse_fw-la confitetur_fw-la pater_fw-la &_o quoniam_fw-la filii_fw-la ejus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o quoniam_fw-la ipse_fw-la scribens_fw-la id_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la dedit_fw-la hominum_fw-la iren._n ibid._n 1_o cor._n 8._o 6._o 6._o vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la jos._n 9_o 14._o 15._o psal._n 41._o 10._o vir_fw-la pacis_fw-la mea_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la fidebam_fw-la qui_fw-la comedebat_fw-la panem_fw-la meum_fw-la meum_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d à _fw-fr ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d eligere_fw-la quia_fw-la foedus_fw-la pangitur_fw-la conditionibus_fw-la certis_fw-la qua_fw-la dvae_fw-la part_n âligunt_fw-la âligunt_fw-la vide_fw-la turcicum_fw-la ritum_fw-la apud_fw-la busbequium_fw-la epist._n 1._o 11._o levit._fw-la 3._o 11_o &_o 16._o numb_a 28._o 2_o &_o 24._o 24._o levit._fw-la 23._o 13._o 18._o num._n 8._o 8._o &_o 15._o 4_o 5._o &_o 28._o 28_o 28_o 31._o &_o 29._o â_o 11._o 19_o vide_fw-la &_o nehem._n 10._o 33._o 33._o leu._n 7._o 9_o with_o leu._n 2._o 2._o 3_o 9_o 10._o 10._o and_o so_o the_o chaldâe_n par._n forth_o hebrew_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d have_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d offer_v before_o i_o see_v jerem._n ch_n 34._o vers_fw-la 18._o 19_o 19_o eusebius_n demonst._n evang_v lib._n 9_o nâum_fw-la nââstcum_fw-la sacrosaâcta_fw-la eucharistiae_fw-la vocaâ_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d casaubaxerâ_n ad_fw-la ann._n 32._o n._n 26._o 26._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d so_o the_o evil_a angel_n be_v call_v coloss._n 2._o 1â_n eph._n 6._o 12._o 12._o act_n 2._o 23._o etc._n etc._n 4._o 28._o 28._o thank_v offering_n or_o grateful_a acknowledgement_n vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la can._n apostol_n ii_o al._n iii_o can._n xl._o synod_n cartâââ_n can._n vii_o edicti_fw-la yoâophili_n alexandrini_n apud_fw-la balsamon_n balsamon_n const._n clem._n l._n 8._o c._n 12._o 12._o const._n clem._n l_o 8._o c._n 13._o non_fw-la potest_fw-la hoc_fw-la accipi_fw-la de_fw-la symbolis_fw-la corporis_fw-la christi_fw-la verùm_fw-la de_fw-la symbolis_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d quomodo_fw-la enim_fw-la christus_fw-la ipse_fw-la offerretur_fw-la deo_fw-la per_fw-la intercessionem_fw-la christi_fw-la christi_fw-la in_o ordinâ_n romavo_n dimissiâ_n catechumânis_fw-la rubrica_fw-la habet_fw-la postea_fw-la incipiunt_fw-la cantores_fw-la cantare_fw-la offertorium_fw-la &_o populus_fw-la that_o oblationes_fw-la svas_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la panem_fw-la &_o vinum_fw-la &_o offerunt_fw-la cum_fw-la fanonibus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la velis_fw-la candidis_fw-la primò_fw-la masculi_fw-la deiude_v foeminae_fw-la novissime_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la sed_fw-la solum_fw-la panem_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la ante_fw-la altar_n tunc_fw-la accipiens_fw-la archidiaconus_fw-la à _fw-la subdiaconis_fw-la oblatas_fw-la ponit_fw-la tantas_fw-la super_fw-la altar_n quantae_fw-la possunt_fw-la populo_fw-la sufficere_fw-la ad_fw-la communionem_fw-la videatur_fw-la theodoret._n in_o hâst_n dâ_n theodosio_n offerente_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n l._n 5._o c._n 17._o consul_n cyprian_n de_fw-fr op._n &_o eleemos_n quae_fw-la in_o deminicum_fw-la sine_fw-la sacrificio_fw-la venis_fw-la quae_fw-la partem_fw-la de_fw-la sacrificio_fw-la quod_fw-la pauper_fw-la obtulit_fw-la sumis_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr temp._n serm._n ccxv_o oblationes_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o altari_fw-la consecrantur_fw-la offerte_fw-la erubescere_fw-la debet_fw-la homo_fw-la idoneus_fw-la fi_fw-la de_fw-la aliena_fw-la oblatione_fw-la communicaverit_fw-la communicaverit_fw-la so_o jusââ_n martyr_n in_o apol_n 2._o caââ_n it_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d maâ_n 4._o 28._o 1_o cor._n 10._o 21._o conâân_n clem._n l._n 8._o c._n 12._o 12._o cââ_n clem._n l._n 8._o c._n 12._o 12._o al._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d so_o the_o syr._n paraph._n in_o 1_o cor._n 11._o 26_o render_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d you_o shall_z ãâ¦ã_z the_o by_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d you_o commemorate_v commemorate_v juxta_fw-la formulam_fw-la liturgiarum_fw-la omnium_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d see_v this_o large_o prove_v in_o the_o forego_n treatise_n chap._n 7._o psal._n 50._o 16_o 17._o unde_fw-la philo_n de_fw-fr sacrif_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d nabet_fw-la ezra_n 6._o 10._o vers._n 10._o 11._o 11._o antiq._n jud._n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o 4._o add_v hereunto_o that_o of_o cyprian_a in_o his_o de_fw-fr orat_fw-la dom._n et_fw-la quando_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la cum_fw-la fratribus_fw-la conâenimus_fw-la &_o sacrificia_fw-la diâina_fw-la cum_fw-la dei_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la celebramus_fw-la verecundiae_fw-la &_o disciplinae_fw-la memores_fw-la essi_fw-it debemus_fw-la non_fw-la passiâ_fw-la ventilare_fw-la preces_fw-la nostras_fw-la inconditis_fw-la vocibuâ_n etc._n etc._n etc._n this_o to_o be_v his_o meaning_n appear_v from_o the_o word_n immediate_o follow_v non_fw-la eget_fw-la deus_fw-la odârâs_fw-la &_o sanguinis_fw-la alicujus_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v chap._n 3._o of_o the_o forego_n discourse_n pag._n 358._o 358._o see_v the_o passage_n quote_v in_o the_o forego_n discourse_n chap._n 5._o pag._n 363._o 363._o an._n 1635._o matt._n 5._o 23_o 24._o tertullian_n an._n 200._o see_v also_o c._n 10._o 10._o and_o so_o for_o the_o station_n or_o fast-day_n there_o be_v many_o so_o scrupulous_a as_o to_o think_v they_o may_v not_o be_v present_a at_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o christian_a sacrifice_n because_o their_o fast_a will_v be_v dissolve_v as_o they_o suppose_v upon_o their_o receive_v the_o lord_n body_n but_o what_o do_v the_o eucharist_n then_o dissolve_v that_o their_o service_n devote_v to_o god_n do_v it_o not_o rather_o the_o more_o strict_o engage_v they_o to_o god_n and_o his_o service_n nay_o will_v not_o thy_o station_n or_o fast_o be_v the_o more_o solemn_a if_o thou_o shall_v also_o stand_v at_o god_n altar_n where_o thou_o may_v receive_v the_o lord_n body_n and_o reserve_v it_o to_o