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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v to_o advance_v 1_o sam._n 12._o 6._o so_o to_o observe_v and_o celebrate_v schindelerus_n in_o his_o dict._n de_fw-fr saâ—_n &_o circumcis_fw-la so_o do_v the_o b._n of_o ely_n d._n andr._n so_o procopius_n on_o gen._n 1._o epi._n 119._o ca_fw-mi 13._o ad_fw-la jan._n institutor_n of_o but_o this_o day_n which_o be_v the_o day_n of_o his_o resurrection_n psal_n 118._o 24._o be_v the_o day_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v make_v it_o be_v honour_v and_o prefer_v before_o other_o day_n to_o be_v observe_v and_o celebrate_v therefore_o he_o be_v the_o institutor_n of_o it_o this_o day_n athanasius_n understand_v of_o the_o lord_n day_n the_o day_n of_o his_o resurrection_n as_o do_v s._n peter_n who_o allege_v this_o psalm_n for_o christ_n after_o his_o resurrection_n act._n 4._o 10_o 11._o and_o indeed_o as_o the_o psalmist_n
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