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after_o be_v appoint_v for_o a_o sabbath_n to_o they_o torniellus_n i_o be_o sure_a be_v of_o that_o opinion_n and_o so_o be_v zanchie_a two_o who_o withal_o give_v it_o for_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o seven_o day_n be_v rather_o choose_v for_o the_o sabbath_n they_o in_o quarium_fw-la pâ—acep_n they_o than_o any_o other_o populus_fw-la die_fw-la septima_fw-la liberatus_fw-la fuit_fw-la ex_fw-la aegypto_n &_o tunc_fw-la jussit_fw-la in_o huius_fw-la rei_fw-la memoriam_fw-la diem_fw-la illam_fw-la sanctificare_fw-la which_o be_v it_o so_o yet_o can_v not_o that_o day_n be_v a_o sabbath_n or_o a_o day_n of_o rest_n consider_v the_o â—udden_a and_o tumultuous_a manner_n of_o their_o go_v thence_o their_o son_n and_o daughter_n maid_n servant_n and_o man_n servant_n the_o cattle_n and_o the_o stranger_n within_o their_o gate_n be_v all_o put_v hardly_o to_o it_o and_o fain_o to_o fly_v away_o for_o their_o life_n and_o â—afety_n and_o if_o saint_n augustine_n note_n be_v true_a and_o the_o note_n be_v his_o 154._o sâ—rm_n de_fw-fr temp_n 154._o that_o on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n transgressi_fw-la sunt_fw-la silij_fw-la israel_n mare_fw-la rubrum_fw-la siccis_fw-la pedibus_fw-la the_o israelite_n go_v dry_a foot_n over_o the_o red_a sea_n or_o sea_n of_o edom_n then_o must_v the_o day_n before_o if_o any_o be_v the_o sabbath_n day_n the_o next_o seven_o day_n after_o the_o day_n of_o their_o departure_n but_o that_o day_n certain_o be_v not_o keep_v as_o a_o sabbath_n day_n for_o it_o be_v whole_o spend_v in_o murmur_a and_o complaint_n against_o god_n and_o moses_n 12._o exod._n 14._o 11._o &_o 12._o they_o cry_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o they_o say_v to_o moses_n why_o have_v thou_o bring_v we_o out_o of_o egypt_n to_o die_v in_o the_o wilderness_n have_v it_o not_o be_v better_a far_o for_o we_o to_o serve_v the_o egyptian_n nothing_o in_o all_o this_o murmur_n and_o seditious_a clamour_n that_o may_v denote_v it_o for_o a_o sabbath_n for_o a_o 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rabbinicall_a folly_n sure_o i_o be_o that_o on_o the_o fifteen_o day_n of_o the_o second_o month_n after_o their_o departure_n out_o of_o egypt_n being_n that_o day_n seven-night_n before_o the_o first_o sabbath_n be_v discover_v in_o the_o fall_n of_o mannah_n we_o find_v not_o any_o thing_n that_o imply_v either_o rest_n or_o worship_n 2._o exod._n 16._o 2._o we_o read_v indeed_o how_o all_o the_o congregation_n murmur_v as_o they_o do_v before_o against_o moses_n and_o against_o aarâ—â—_n wish_v that_o they_o have_v die_v in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n where_o they_o have_v breed_v their_o bâ—llies_n full_a rather_o than_o be_v destroy_v with_o famine_n so_o eager_o they_o murmur_v that_o to_o content_v they_o god_n send_v they_o quail_n that_o night_n and_o rain_v down_o bread_n from_o heaven_n next_o morning_n be_v this_o think_v you_o the_o sanctify_a of_o a_o sabbath_n to_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n indeed_o the_o next_o seven_o day_n that_o follow_v be_v by_o the_o lord_n commend_v to_o they_o for_o a_o sabbath_n and_o ratify_v by_o a_o great_a and_o signal_n miracle_n the_o day_n before_o wherein_o it_o please_v he_o to_o give_v they_o double_v what_o they_o use_v together_o on_o the_o former_a day_n that_o they_o may_v rest_v upon_o the_o seven_o with_o the_o great_a comfort_n this_o be_v a_o preamble_n or_o preparative_n to_o the_o follow_a sabbath_n for_o by_o this_o miracle_n this_o rest_n of_o god_n from_o rain_v 〈◊〉_d on_o the_o seven_o day_n the_o people_n come_v to_o know_v which_o be_v precise_o the_o seven_o day_n from_o the_o world_n creation_n whereof_o they_o be_v quite_o ignorant_a at_o that_o present_a time_n philo_n assure_v we_o in_o his_o three_o book_n 〈…〉_o that_o the_o knowledge_n of_o that_o day_n on_o which_o god_n rest_v from_o his_o work_n have_v be_v quite_o forget_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o reason_n of_o 〈…〉_o which_o have_v 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈…〉_o by_o this_o miracle_n the_o lord_n revive_v again_o the_o remembrance_n 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holy_a day_n &_o so_o it_o be_v esteem_v among_o they_o as_o before_o be_v show_v but_o other_o day_n esteem_v as_o holy_a from_o homer_n they_o produce_v two_o verse_n wherein_o the_o poet_n seem_v to_o be_v acquaint_v with_o the_o world_n creation_n and_o the_o perfection_n of_o it_o on_o the_o seven_o day_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o the_o seven_o day_n all_o thing_n be_v full_o do_v on_o that_o we_o leave_v the_o wave_n of_o acheron_n the_o like_a be_v cite_v out_o of_o linus_n as_o relate_v by_o eusebiâ—â—_n from_o the_o collection_n of_o aristobulus_n before_o remember_v but_o be_v by_o clemâ—ns_n father_v on_o callimachuâ—_n another_o of_o the_o old_a greek_a poet_n who_o between_o they_o thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o put_v together_o may_v be_v thus_o english_v in_o the_o main_a 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o that_o author_n say_v of_o hesiod_n and_o homer_n which_o well_o may_v be_v consider_v that_o homer_n who_o be_v the_o old_a of_o they_o flourish_v about_o five_o hundred_o year_n after_o moses_n death_n callimachus_n who_o be_v the_o late_a above_o seven_o hundred_o year_n after_o homer_n time_n nor_o do_v they_o speak_v it_o out_o of_o any_o observation_n of_o that_o day_n more_o than_o any_o other_o among_o themselves_o the_o general_a practice_n of_o the_o gentile_n before_o relate_v have_v thorough_o as_o we_o hope_v remove_v that_o scruple_n they_o that_o from_o these_o word_n can_v collect_v a_o sabbath_n have_v need_n of_o as_o good_a eye_n as_o clemens_n 5._o strom_n l._n 5._o who_o out_o of_o plato_n in_o his_o second_o dâ—_n republ_n conceive_v that_o he_o have_v find_v a_o sufficient_a warrant_n for_o the_o observe_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n above_o aâ—l_a the_o rest_n because_o it_o be_v there_o say_v by_o plato_n that_o such_o as_o have_v 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