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liquet_fw-la è_fw-la sacred_a literis_fw-la nullibi_fw-la enim_fw-la legimus_fw-la apostolos_fw-la hoc_fw-la cuipiam_fw-la mandasse_fw-la tantum_fw-la lâ—gimus_fw-la quid_fw-la solitâ—_fw-la fuerâ—â—t_fw-la facere_fw-la apostoli_fw-la &_o fideles_fw-la illâ—_n die_v liberum_fw-la igitur_fw-la reliquerunt_fw-la walaeus_n de_fw-fr sabb._n pag._n 156._o nec_fw-la christus_fw-la nec_fw-la ipsi_fw-la apost_n ex_fw-la praescripto_fw-la christi_fw-la de_fw-la observatione_fw-la huius_fw-la diei_fw-la ullum_fw-la expressum_fw-la mandatum_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la de_fw-la aliis_fw-la pietatis_fw-la officiis_fw-la reliquerunt_fw-la be_v the_o very_a moral_a substance_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n the_o lord_n say_v not_o remember_v to_o sanctify_v some_o convenient_a and_o sufficient_a time_n as_o the_o church_n shall_v think_v fit_a the_o commandment_n prescribe_v a_o certain_a and_o set_v time_n yea_o a_o day_n the_o sabbath_n day_n one_o day_n in_o the_o week_n which_o be_v the_o sabbath_n 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