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sect._n vii_o of_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n and_o what_o be_v moral_a and_o positive_a what_o be_v true_o moral_a that_o the_o saturday_n seventh-day-sabbath_n be_v not_o more_o may_v be_v plead_v for_o circumcision_n p._n 35_o sect._n viii_o whether_o christ_n in_o his_o own_o person_n observe_v the_o seventh-week-day-sabbath_n and_o no_o other_o and_o what_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o it_o the_o argument_n for_o the_o seventh-day-sabbath_n equal_o hold_v for_o all_o the_o jewish_a ceremony_n of_o the_o pre-antiquity_n of_o that_o day_n and_o the_o falsity_n of_o that_o argument_n p._n 41_o sect._n ix_o whether_o christ_n rest_v on_o the_o seventh-day-sabbath_n while_o he_o lie_v in_o the_o grave_a and_o what_o may_v be_v argue_v from_o it_o p._n 44_o sect._n x._o upon_o what_o day_n of_o the_o week_n christ_n ascend_v into_o heaven_n whether_o the_o seventh-day_n or_o saturday_n p._n 48_o sect._n xi_o whether_o after_o the_o resurrection_n and_o ascension_n of_o christ_n the_o 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