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day_n i_o can_v hardly_o believe_v the_o doctor_n will_v allow_v of_o lawful_a labour_n 3._o follow_v the_o plough_n or_o attend_v the_o shop_n p._n 258_o n._n 3._o after_o the_o public_a assembly_n be_v over_o yea_o it_o be_v know_v that_o it_o be_v hold_v and_o according_o censure_v as_o more_o criminous_a to_o work_v on_o this_o day_n then_o on_o the_o lordsday_n true_a it_o be_v also_o that_o the_o public_a worship_n of_o god_n on_o any_o day_n require_v for_o the_o time_n cessation_n from_o our_o own_o work_n as_o necessary_o inconsistent_a at_o the_o same_o time_n but_o this_o be_v equal_o require_v on_o any_o day_n when_o public_a or_o private_a worship_n be_v command_v as_o on_o his_o festival_n day_n but_o to_o make_v it_o necessary_a to_o rest_n from_o labour_n and_o a_o sin_n for_o people_n to_o follow_v their_o vocation_n on_o the_o festival_n day_n when_o the_o worship_n be_v end_v be_v that_o we_o charge_v with_o the_o crime_n of_o superstition_n and_o this_o the_o 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