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and_o yet_o each_o mother_n be_v from_o god_n over_o her_o child_n we_o i_o say_v join_v in_o obedience_n with_o all_o those_o who_o have_v this_o church_n for_o their_o mother_n be_v assure_v that_o we_o obey_v and_o have_v god_n for_o our_o father_n and_o his_o spirit_n not_o to_o leave_v she_o in_o her_o lead_v we_o without_o certain_a conduct_n into_o all_o truth_n of_o necessary_a faith_n or_o bind_a practice_n that_o be_v certain_o to_o secure_v she_o from_o every_o of_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n never_o to_o prevail_v against_o she_o we_o have_v the_o church_n our_o mother_n to_o hear_v and_o as_o to_o the_o point_n we_o will_v hear_v of_o nos_fw-la habemus_fw-la talem_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la dei_fw-la we_o have_v such_o a_o custom_n and_o so_o have_v and_o have_v the_o church_n of_o god_n if_o any_o man_n against_o all_o this_o list_n to_o be_v contentious_a we_o still_o have_v learn_v not_o to_o let_v fall_v our_o appeal_n to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o 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first_o their_o own_o example_n of_o frequent_a fasting_n but_o even_o s._n mark_n say_v of_o they_o c._n 2._o 18._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d they_o be_v at_o this_o time_n fast_v when_o they_o come_v to_o the_o lord_n and_o make_v this_o exception_n to_o his_o disciple_n for_o their_o not_o so_o fast_v yet_o my_o argument_n for_o it_o shall_v be_v not_o any_o logical_a collection_n but_o a_o direct_a testimonial_a asseveration_n premise_v only_a first_o that_o it_o be_v undeniable_o certain_a from_o the_o instance_n which_o i_o have_v touch_v before_o concern_v baptise_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n and_o of_o the_o son_n and_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o something_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o do_v most_o certain_o do_v and_o constant_o as_o well_o as_o all_o age_n of_o the_o church_n after_o they_o of_o which_o yet_o beside_o the_o first_o commission_n which_o be_v not_o practice_v not_o one_o example_n of_o any_o of_o the_o apostle_n practise_v at_o any_o time_n 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pertineat_fw-la certos_fw-la dies_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la constitutos_fw-la opponunt_fw-la certè_fw-la in_o evangelio_n illos_fw-la dies_fw-la jejuniis_fw-la determinatos_fw-la putant_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la ablatus_fw-la est_fw-la sponsus_fw-la &_o hos_fw-la esse_fw-la jam_fw-la solos_fw-la legitimos_fw-la jejuniorum_fw-la christianorum_fw-la abolitis_fw-la legalibus_fw-la &_o propheticis_fw-la vetustatibus_fw-la itaque_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la indifferenter_fw-la jejunandum_fw-la ex_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la imperio_fw-la pro_fw-la temporibus_fw-la &_o causis_fw-la uniuscujusque_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o apostolos_fw-la obseruâsse_fw-la nullum_fw-la aliud_fw-la imponentes_fw-la jugum_fw-la certorum_fw-la &_o in_o common_a omnibus_fw-la obeundorum_fw-la jejuniorum_fw-la and_o c._n 13._o praescribitis_fw-la constituta_fw-la esse_fw-la solennia_fw-la huic_fw-la fidei_fw-la scripture_n vel_fw-la traditione_n majorum_fw-la nibilque_fw-fr observationis_fw-la amplius_fw-la adjiciendum_fw-la ob_fw-la illicitum_fw-la innovationis_fw-la state_n in_o illo_fw-la gradu_fw-la si_fw-la potestis_fw-la ecce_fw-la enim_fw-la convenio_fw-la vos_fw-la &_o praeter_fw-la pascha_fw-la jejunantes_fw-la citra_fw-la illos_fw-la dies_fw-la quibus_fw-la ablatus_fw-la est_fw-la sponsus_fw-la &_o stationum_fw-la semijejunia_fw-la interponentes_fw-la &_o mero_fw-la interdum_fw-la pane_fw-la &_o aquâ_fw-la victitante_n ut_fw-la cuique_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la denique_fw-la respondetis_fw-la haec_fw-la ex_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la agenda_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la imperio_fw-la movistis_fw-la igitur_fw-la gradum_fw-la excedendo_fw-la traditionem_fw-la cùm_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la constituta_fw-la obitis_fw-la quale_n est_fw-la autem_fw-la ut_fw-la tuo_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la permittas_fw-la quod_fw-la imperio_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la das_fw-la and_o c._n 14._o si_fw-mi etc._n etc._n curio_n pascha_fw-la celebramus_fw-la annuo_fw-la circulo_fw-la in_o mense_fw-la primo_fw-la cur_n quinquaginta_fw-la exinde_fw-la diebus_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la exultatione_n decurrimus_fw-la cur_n stationibus_fw-la quartam_fw-la &_o sextam_fw-la sabbati_fw-la dicamus_fw-la &_o jejuniis_fw-la parasceven_fw-la quanquam_fw-la vos_fw-la etiam_fw-la sabbatum_fw-la siquando_fw-la continuatis_fw-la nunquam_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o pascha_fw-la jejunandum_fw-la secundùm_fw-la rationem_fw-la alibi_fw-la redditam_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o tertullian_n
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ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d the_o holy_a quadragesimal_n fast_o and_o origen_n 16._o origen_n homil._n 10._o in_o leuââ¦_n 16._o in_o the_o same_o age_n quadraginta_fw-la aies_fw-fr jejuniis_fw-la consecratos_fw-la whence_o i_o say_v otherwise_o shall_v all_o these_o appellation_n which_o be_v the_o record_n of_o thing_n be_v find_v the_o language_n of_o the_o several_a church_n in_o the_o most_o famous_a bishop_n and_o writer_n of_o the_o first_o 300_o year_n when_o they_o speak_v for_o the_o most_o part_n to_o the_o catholic_n church_n throughout_o the_o whole_a earth_n if_o it_o have_v not_o be_v within_o the_o first_o 300_o year_n a_o common_a notion_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n from_o one_o and_o the_o same_o universal_a practice_n without_o any_o other_o so_o much_o as_o pretend_v universal_a cause_n of_o its_o beginning_n beside_o apostolical_a teach_n of_o a_o honourable_a holy_a and_o great_a solemnity_n of_o a_o paschal_n fast_o that_o be_v the_o fast_a of_o lent_n which_o i_o 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ever_o have_v be_v so_o receive_v by_o the_o church_n into_o the_o practice_n of_o her_o devotion_n do_v derive_v itself_o from_o tradition_n apostolical_a and_o from_o the_o teach_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n it_o be_v most_o manifest_o evident_a among_o other_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n the_o gift_n also_o of_o the_o fast_n etc._n etc._n again_o in_o his_o epistle_n ad_fw-la dioscorum_n alexandrinum_fw-la his_o qui_fw-la consecrandi_fw-la sunt_fw-la jejuniis_fw-la &_o jejunantibus_fw-la sacra_fw-la benedictio_fw-la conferantur_fw-la nam_fw-la praeter_fw-la autoritatem_fw-la consuetudinis_fw-la quam_fw-la exit_fw-la apostolica_fw-la novimus_fw-la venire_fw-la doctrina_fw-la etiam_fw-la sacra_fw-la etc._n etc._n let_v the_o holy_a blessing_n be_v give_v to_o those_o which_o be_v consecrate_v fast_v for_o beside_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o churches_n custom_n which_o we_o know_v do_v come_v from_o apostolical_a teach_n the_o holy_a doctrine_n also_o etc._n etc._n fulgentius_n ferrandus_fw-la diaconus_fw-la of_o the_o next_o age_n in_o paraenetico_n ad_fw-la reginam_fw-la regulâ_fw-la quintâ_fw-la et_fw-la omnis_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la legibus_fw-la vivat_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la maximè_fw-la his_fw-la quas_fw-la antiquitas_fw-la roboravit_fw-la unde_fw-la etiam_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la sine_fw-la lege_fw-la quam_fw-la tamen_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la traditio_fw-la custodiendam_fw-la jugiter_fw-la posteris_fw-la tradidit_fw-la eâdem_fw-la reverentiâ_fw-la videtur_fw-la custodienda_fw-la &_o nullatenùs_fw-la amovenââ¦a_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ââ¦idei_fw-la verae_fw-la contraria_fw-la and_o let_v every_o one_o who_o glori_v that_o he_o belong_v unto_o the_o church_n live_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o church_n especial_o those_o which_o antiquity_n have_v confirm_v whence_o also_o custom_n without_o a_o law_n w_z ch_z yet_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o holy_a church_n universal_a have_v deliver_v to_o be_v observe_v by_o posterity_n for_o ever_o seem_v that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v observe_v with_o the_o same_o reverence_n and_o at_o no_o hand_n to_o be_v lay_v aside_o when_o it_o be_v not_o contrary_a to_o the_o true_a faith_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o add_v numerous_a testimony_n from_o s._n jerome_n epiphanius_n tertullian_n chrysostome_n and_o other_o but_o these_o be_v sufficient_a only_o be_v it_o here_o well_o note_v that_o neither_o s._n augustine_n s._n basil_n leo_n ferrandus_fw-la or_o other_o here_o do_v speak_v of_o matter_n of_o faith_n or_o of_o essential_a duty_n moral_a or_o of_o the_o essence_n of_o sacrament_n all_o which_o we_o be_v teach_v indeed_o by_o the_o consent_n of_o these_o same_o father_n to_o be_v contain_v express_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o so_o their_o testimony_n in_o that_o behalf_n be_v reconcileable_a with_o these_o but_o of_o ritual_a observance_n which_o be_v visible_a and_o as_o it_o be_v legible_a in_o the_o universal_a church_n constant_a practice_n need_v not_o to_o be_v set_v down_o in_o her_o write_a rule_n or_o those_o which_o be_v therein_o set_v down_o not_o necessary_o so_o evident_o but_o that_o they_o may_v need_v the_o interpretation_n of_o such_o the_o church_n practice_n the_o hypothesis_n here_o to_o be_v subsume_v that_o the_o paschal_n fast_o of_o lent_n be_v ever_o observe_v in_o the_o church_n universal_a i_o may_v here_o well_o assume_v to_o myself_o to_o have_v sufficient_o prove_v in_o the_o testimony_n already_o vouch_v throughout_o this_o whole_a discourse_n to_o all_o which_o it_o be_v yet_o much_o more_o easy_a to_o add_v numberless_a proof_n of_o that_o matter_n of_o fact_n and_o practise_v ecclesiastical_a hierome_n ecclesiastical_a such_o as_o be_v these_o socrates_n l._n ââ¦_n c._n 22._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d among_o the_o rest_n he_o particular_o recount_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d sozomen_fw-fr l._n 7._o c._n 19_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d palladius_n historiâ_fw-la lausiacâ_fw-la cap._n 20._o concern_v macarius_n the_o contemporary_a ââ¦f_n pachomius_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d viz._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d cassianus_n collat._n 21._o c._n 27._o ait_fw-fr diverso_fw-la more_fw-mi i_o e._n sex_n vel_fw-la septem_fw-la hebdomadibus_fw-la per_fw-la nonnullas_fw-la provincias_fw-la quadragefimam_fw-la celebrari_fw-la sed_fw-la unam_fw-la rationem_fw-la eundemque_fw-la modum_fw-la jeiuniorum_fw-la diversâ_fw-la hebdomadarum_fw-la observatione_fw-la concludi_fw-la by_o enim_fw-la inquit_fw-la sibi_fw-la 6._o hebdomadarum_fw-la obseruantiam_fw-la prasixerunt_fw-la qui_fw-la putant_fw-la die_fw-la quoque_fw-la sabbati_fw-la jejunandum_fw-la sex_n ergò_fw-la in_o hebdemada_n jejunia_fw-la persolvunt_fw-la quae_fw-la eosdem_fw-la 6_o &_o 30_o dies_fw-la sexies_fw-la revoluta_fw-la consummant_fw-la his_o tripartite_a history_n also_o l._n 2._o c._n 12._o epistola_fw-la synodica_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la pascha_fw-la custodientibus_fw-la but_o jejunium_fw-la domini_fw-la pascha_fw-la includit_fw-la say_v s._n hierome_n then_o to_o have_v allege_v such_o witness_n as_o have_v be_v do_v already_o throughout_o 7._o age_n which_o together_o with_o the_o practice_n universal_a have_v testify_v in_o the_o question_n of_o right_n as_o well_o as_o fact_n that_o this_o observance_n of_o the_o paschal_n fast_o have_v its_o institution_n from_o the_o apostle_n from_o christ_n from_o god_n and_o the_o gospel_n that_o it_o stand_v by_o tradition_n apostolical_a and_o evangelical_n if_o many_o among_o they_o have_v aver_v not_o only_o a_o institution_n and_o tradition_n apostolical_a and_o evangelical_n but_o also_o a_o precept_n from_o the_o apostle_n etc._n etc._n they_o have_v do_v that_o ex_fw-la abundante_fw-la by_o a_o overflow_a measure_n to_o what_o be_v the_o proposition_n by_o i_o undertake_v to_o be_v prove_v viz._n pag._n 24._o 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