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creaturae_fw-la potius_fw-la quà m_fw-la creatori_fw-la nam_fw-la nos_fw-la quoque_fw-la &_o dominicam_fw-la diem_fw-la &_o pascha_fw-la solenniter_fw-la celebramus_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la intelligimuâ—_n quò_fw-la pertineant_fw-la non_fw-la tempora_fw-la observamus_fw-la sed_fw-la quae_fw-la illis_fw-la significantur_fw-la temporibus_fw-la aug._n count_v adam_n man._n c._n 16._o s._n augustine_n also_o make_v it_o not_o only_a will-worship_n but_o the_o service_n of_o the_o creature_n which_o be_v idolatry_n to_o observe_v any_o day_n as_o command_v of_o god_n and_o answer_v what_o the_o manichee_n against_o who_o he_o write_v may_v object_v viz._n that_o christian_n themselves_o diligent_o observe_v the_o lord_n day_n and_o easter_n true_a say_v the_o father_n we_o solemn_o keep_v all_o these_o but_o the_o time_n be_v not_o that_o which_o we_o observe_v as_o if_o it_o be_v command_v but_o we_o look_v whole_o to_o those_o thin_n to_o which_o the_o time_n lead_v king_n lead_v 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the_o feast_n of_o dedication_n of_o church_n or_o occasional_a as_o marriage_n and_o christning-dinner_n be_v forbid_v christian_a people_n as_o profanation_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n the_o second_o general_a head_n and_o lerna_n of_o perplexity_n be_v whether_o the_o duty_n of_o holiness_n by_o which_o the_o day_n be_v sanctify_v be_v only_a act_n of_o the_o public_a worship_n of_o god_n in_o the_o congregation_n or_o whether_o the_o private_a exercise_n also_o of_o religion_n appertain_v unto_o the_o day_n as_o necessary_a and_o immediate_a duty_n thereof_o and_o that_o during_o the_o whole_a time_n and_o under_o this_o head_n a_o world_n of_o particular_a case_n be_v raise_v also_o and_o many_o time_n such_o as_o neither_o wise_a man_n nor_o learned_a man_n will_v imagine_v as_o daily_o appear_v by_o experience_n to_o man_n of_o pastoral_a employment_n in_o the_o church_n but_o these_o and_o the_o forename_a particular_n be_v deliver_v as_o magisterial_a dictate_v and_o conclusion_n 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