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anno_fw-la 588._o and_o follow_v 1._o by_o another_o in_o the_o council_n of_o auxerre_n in_o france_n under_o clotaire_n the_o second_o about_o two_o year_n after_o in_o both_o of_o which_o it_o be_v decree_v non_fw-la licere_fw-la die_fw-la dominico_fw-la boves_fw-la jungere_fw-la vel_fw-la alia_fw-la opera_fw-la exercere_fw-la that_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v suffer_v to_o yoke_v his_o ox_n or_o do_v any_o manner_n of_o work_n upon_o the_o sunday_n but_o then_o we_o must_v observe_v withal_o that_o these_o council_n act_v only_o by_o their_o own_o authority_n not_o charge_v those_o restraint_n on_o god_n or_o on_o his_o commandment_n it_o be_v positive_o declare_v by_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o mascon_n that_o the_o lord_n do_v not_o exact_v it_o of_o we_o that_o we_o shall_v celebrate_v this_o day_n in_o a_o corporal_a abstinence_n or_o rest_n from_o labour_n who_o only_o look_v that_o we_o do_v yield_v obedience_n to_o his_o holy_a will_n by_o which_o contemn_v earthly_a thing_n he_o may_v conduct_v we_o to_o the_o heaven_n of_o his_o infinite_a mercy_n which_o declaration_n notwithstanding_o the_o doctrine_n of_o itself_o be_v so_o offensive_a to_o pope_n gregory_n the_o first_o that_o partly_o to_o encounter_v with_o some_o christian_n of_o the_o eastern_a country_n who_o still_o observe_v the_o jewish_a sabbath_n and_o partly_o to_o prevent_v the_o further_a spread_v of_o these_o restraint_n in_o the_o western_a part_n which_o make_v man_n seem_v to_o judaize_v on_o the_o lord_n day_n also_o he_o pronounce_v such_o as_o be_v active_a in_o promote_a the_o practice_n and_o opinion_n of_o either_o side_n to_o be_v the_o preacher_n of_o antichrist_n qui_fw-la veniens_fw-la diem_fw-la sabbati_fw-la &_o diem_fw-la dominicum_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la opere_fw-la faciet_fw-la custodiri_fw-la as_o his_o own_o word_n be_v less_o forward_o be_v the_o eastern_a church_n in_o impose_v any_o of_o these_o new_a restraint_n upon_o the_o people_n than_o the_o western_a be_v the_o toil_n of_o husbandry_n itself_o not_o be_v prohibit_v in_o the_o eastern_a part_n of_o the_o empire_n till_o the_o time_n of_o leo_fw-la philosophus_fw-la he_o begin_v his_o government_n anno_fw-la 886._o who_o ground_v himself_o on_o some_o command_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o the_o lord_n apostle_n which_o neither_o he_o nor_o any_o body_n else_o can_v ever_o find_v decree_v by_o his_o imperial_a edict_n ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la in_o die_fw-la sacro_fw-la etc._n etc._n à _fw-fr labour_v vacent_fw-la neque_fw-la agricolae_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o all_o man_n whatsoever_o as_o well_o the_o husbandman_n as_o other_o shall_v on_o the_o lord_n day_n rest_n from_o all_o manner_n of_o work_n so_o long_v it_o be_v before_o any_o such_o general_a restraint_n be_v lay_v upon_o god_n people_n either_o in_o the_o west_n or_o east_n in_o all_o which_o time_n we_o neither_o find_v that_o the_o set_n of_o some_o whole_a day_n apart_o for_o god_n solemn_a worship_n be_v look_v upon_o as_o juris_fw-la divini_fw-la naturalis_fw-la which_o be_v the_o lord_n primate_fw-la own_o opinion_n or_o