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but_o indifferent_a and_o mutable_a and_o yet_o for_o a_o time_n enjoin_v by_o apostolic_a and_o ecclesiastical_a authority_n as_o be_v also_o the_o 29._o the_o act_n 15._o 20._o 28_o 29._o love_n feast_n and_o likewise_o abstain_v from_o thing_n strangle_v and_o from_o blood_n from_o which_o last_o instance_n we_o thus_o argue_v abstinency_n from_o thing_n strangle_v and_o from_o blood_n be_v for_o a_o time_n necessary_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o church_n injunction_n and_o yet_o the_o same_o thing_n be_v then_o but_o indifferent_a and_o changeable_a as_o all_o man_n do_v confess_v some_o thing_n indifferent_a therefore_o may_v by_o the_o church_n be_v impose_v as_o necessary_a i_o mean_v in_o regard_n of_o the_o external_a order_n not_o of_o eternal_a life_n n._n yea_o but_o the_o ring_n be_v not_o a_o thing_n indifferent_a be_v lade_v with_o so_o many_o mystical_a signification_n i._o that_o be_v mystical_a which_o exceed_v natural_a capacity_n but_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o ring_n be_v such_o as_o all_o man_n by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n may_v obuious_o understand_v as_o namely_o that_o the_o gold_n do_v signify_v the_o price_n and_o purity_n the_o roundness_n the_o perpetuity_n the_o poesy_n the_o perspicuity_n of_o love_n the_o put_v thereof_o upon_o the_o four_o finger_n of_o the_o left_a hand_n do_v represent_v that_o it_o be_v hearty_a because_o to_o that_o finger_n there_o come_v a_o artery_n from_o the_o heart_n these_o signification_n can_v proper_o be_v term_v mystical_a the_o like_a be_v to_o be_v say_v of_o the_o join_n of_o hand_n beside_o do_v you_o imagine_v that_o as_o many_o mystical_a sense_n may_v not_o be_v frame_v of_o the_o holy_a kiss_n and_o yet_o that_o be_v no_o cause_n why_o it_o shall_v be_v banish_v out_o of_o the_o church_n chap._n xviii_o of_o church_a and_o burial_n n._n a_o consequent_a of_o matrimony_n as_o you_o pretend_v be_v the_o church_a and_o purification_n of_o woman_n against_o the_o which_o i_o thus_o reason_n purification_n be_v a_o thing_n jewish_a and_o therefore_o to_o be_v abrogate_a i._o if_o your_o antecedent_n be_v allay_v with_o a_o limitation_n it_o will_v agree_v with_o the_o consequent_a like_a clay_n with_o iron_n public_a prayer_n as_o it_o be_v jewish_a and_o respect_v the_o temple_n of_o solomon_n do_v now_o utter_o cease_v shall_v we_o thereupon_o conclude_v that_o all_o public_a prayer_n be_v to_o be_v prohibit_v in_o like_a manner_n we_o say_v that_o jewish_a purification_n be_v indeed_o to_o be_v abrogate_a so_o far_o forth_o as_o it_o be_v jewish_a but_o that_o be_v impertinent_a to_o our_o church_a n._n the_o end_n of_o purification_n be_v abrogate_a which_o be_v the_o circumcision_n the_o for_o now_o