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the_o light_n itself_o we_o which_o have_v believe_v do_v enter_v into_o rest_n what_o restâ—_n even_o 16._o even_o interpretatur_fw-la apostolus_fw-la sabbathum_fw-la cum_fw-la dicit_fw-la remanet_fw-la igitur_fw-la sabbatisinus_fw-la pobulo_fw-la dei_fw-la aug._n contra_fw-la adam_n c._n 16._o that_o which_o be_v shadow_v in_o the_o sabbath_n institute_v and_o ground_v upon_o god_n rest_v from_o his_o work_n from_o the_o foundation_n and_o what_o rest_n be_v thus_o shadow_v but_o that_o which_o christ_n and_o his_o gospel_n bring_v they_o by_o all_o which_o i_o think_v it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o sabbath_n be_v not_o only_o a_o type_n or_o figure_n as_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n as_o many_o of_o their_o judge_n priest_n king_n prophet_n also_o be_v for_o this_o be_v that_o which_o be_v reply_v but_o proper_o and_o true_o a_o leviticall_a shadow_n and_o ceremony_n abolish_v in_o christ_n the_o true_a sabbath_n indeed_o as_o 30._o as_o epiph_n contra_fw-la heresi_fw-la lib._n 1._o 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