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can_v be_v no_o better_o than_o a_o snare_n to_o weak_a conscience_n there_o be_v no_o certainty_n wherein_o to_o fasten_v chap._n xvi_o wherein_o something_o concern_v the_o day_n natural_a and_o artificial_a be_v premise_v the_o former_a argument_n be_v brief_o answer_v to_o give_v better_a satisfaction_n to_o weak_a and_o unstable_a mind_n we_o must_v know_v what_o a_o natural_a day_n be_v and_o where_o it_o be_v to_o begin_v where_o to_o end_v some_o have_v of_o late_o fond_o deny_v this_o distinction_n because_o it_o be_v not_o find_v as_o they_o think_v in_o scripture_n and_o indeed_o the_o term_n natural_a and_o artificial_a be_v not_o there_o read_v but_o what_o matter_n be_v it_o for_o sound_n and_o syllable_n if_o we_o have_v the_o sense_n and_o substance_n 2d_o substance_n math._n 28_o 2d_o st_n matthew_n be_v plain_a that_o it_o be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o sabbath_n when_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n begin_v to_o dawn_n so_o that_o all_o that_o night_n until_o 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