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for_o example_n that_o some_o do_v fast_o on_o the_o sabbath_n other_o do_v not_o so_o some_o do_v daily_o receive_v the_o communion_n other_o receive_v it_o on_o certain_a day_n in_o some_o place_n it_o be_v celebrate_v on_o all_o day_n without_o exception_n other_o where_o only_o on_o saturn_n day_n and_o on_o the_o lord_n day_n et_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la aliud_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la animaduerti_fw-la potest_fw-la totum_fw-la hoc_fw-la genus_fw-la rerum_fw-la liberas_fw-la habet_fw-la obseruationes_fw-la august_n epist_n 118._o cap._n 1._o &_o 2._o januar._n that_o there_o ought_v of_o necessity_n one_o faith_n to_o be_v spread_v over_o the_o whole_a church_n as_o the_o soul_n within_o the_o member_n albeit_o this_o unity_n of_o faith_n be_v celebrate_v and_o solemnize_v with_o diverse_a observation_n by_o which_o diversity_n that_o which_o be_v true_a in_o the_o substance_n of_o faith_n nullo_fw-la modo_fw-la impeditur_fw-la be_v no_o way_n hinder_v because_o all_o the_o beauty_n of_o the_o king_n daughter_n be_v within_o but_o the_o outward_a ceremony_n
8._o they_o give_v the_o eucharist_n unto_o the_o sick_a if_o they_o require_v it_o even_o when_o they_o be_v speechless_a euseb_n 6._o 43._o decret_n cause_n 26._o quaest_n 6._o 7._o 8._o 10._o they_o give_v the_o eucharist_n unto_o the_o baptise_a immediate_o after_o baptism_n cry_v epi._n 1._o ad_fw-la innoc._n touch_v prayer_n these_o be_v their_o ceremony_n to_o stand_v in_o prayer_n and_o not_o to_o kneel_v and_o all_o the_o dominical_a or_o lord_n day_n basil_n de_fw-fr spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la cap._n 27._o tertullianus_n de_fw-fr resurrectione_n carnis_fw-la hieron_n count_n lucif_n cap._n 4._o this_o ceremony_n be_v do_v in_o token_n or_o signification_n of_o their_o resurrection_n and_o further_o to_o teach_v they_o that_o on_o the_o day_n of_o christ_n his_o resurrection_n they_o ought_v to_o seek_v heavenly_a thing_n basil_n ibidem_fw-la august_n epist_n 119._o the_o consecrat_fw-mi do_v 3._o cap._n 10._o quoniam_fw-la out_o of_o the_o nicene_n council_n where_o it_o be_v decree_v this_o be_v commend_v to_o be_v a_o apostolical_a tradition_n tertull._n count_n marci_n &_o the_o coron_n mil._n to_o stand_v in_o prayer_n and_o not_o to_o kneel_v on_o all_o day_n between_o easter_n and_o whitsuntide_n commend_v also_o as_o apostolical_a basil_n tertul._n hieron_n ibid._n to_o pray_v towards_o the_o east_n and_o that_o for_o this_o cause_n and_o signification_n because_o we_o seek_v to_o paradise_n our_o old_a and_o ancient_a country_n and_o be_v commend_v and_o apostolical_a basil_n ibid._n to_o pray_v in_o some_o place_n by_o candle_n light_n socrat._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 22._o in_o the_o day_n time_n hier._n con_v vigil_n they_o do_v also_o wear_v a_o linen_n garment_n or_o surplice_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n cry_v hom_n 83._o in_o mat._n hier._n lib._n 1._o contra_fw-la pelag._n and_o of_o this_o judgement_n be_v zanch._n the_o redemp_n cap._n 16._o lib._n 1._o fol._n 444._o a._n and_o cit_v hier._n p._n martyr_n loc._n epist._n hoopero_n fol._n 1087._o cit_v chrisostom_n and_o cyprian_n example_n out_o of_o pontius_n diacon_n and_o saint_n johns_n petalus_n out_o of_o ecclesiastical_a history_n to_o prove_v that_o the_o original_n of_o the_o surplice_n be_v not_o of_o antichrist_n bull_v and_o gual_n in_o a_o epistle_n do_v cite_v theodoret._n hist._n 2._o 27._o socra_n 6._o 22._o john_n the_o evangelist_n his_o example_n out_o of_o euzebius_n pontius_n diacon_n of_o cyprian_a and_o chrisostom_n it_o be_v cite_v by_o a._n b_o b._n c._n whitgift_n defence_n fol._n 2618._o polanus_fw-la cit_v hieron_n comment_n in_o esec_n cap._n 44._o fol._n 807._o zepperus_n cit_v chrysostome_n and_o hieron_n show_v that_o they_o use_v they_o for_o a_o sign_n and_o admonition_n of_o honest_a and_o pure_a life_n de_fw-fr polit._n eccl._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 12._o the_o like_a do_v zanch._n ut_fw-la sup_n touch_v day_n to_o celebrate_v the_o day_n of_o christ_n nativity_n passion_n resurrection_n ascension_n to_o heaven_n and_o descension_n of_o the_o spirit_n or_o pentecostin_n the_o remembrance_n of_o these_o thing_n this_o be_v observe_v in_o all_o the_o world_n august_n epist_n 118._o cap_n 2._o origen_n count_n celsum_fw-la lib._n 8._o council_n agatheus_n can_v 14._o 39_o also_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o nativity_n of_o john_n the_o baptist_n ibid._n can_v 14._o to_o keep_v saturn_n day_n holiday_n and_o frequent_v the_o ecclesiastical_a assembly_n as_o on_o the_o lord_n day_n sozomen_n 7._o 19_o &_o 6._o 41._o socrat._n 6._o 8._o to_o keep_v the_o friday_n holiday_n use_v thereon_o the_o ecclesiastical_a assembly_n in_o remembrance_n of_o christ_n his_o passion_n as_o they_o do_v observe_v the_o lord_n day_n in_o remembrance_n of_o his_o resurrection_n this_o be_v command_v by_o constantinus_n magnus_n sozomen_n 1._o 8._o hist._n tripartit_fw-la 1._o to_o celebrate_v easter_n day_n on_o the_o fourteen_o of_o april_n in_o half_a the_o world_n namely_o in_o the_o eastern_a part_n but_o on_o the_o lord_n day_n in_o the_o 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manichee_n and_o enjoin_v to_o their_o follower_n in_o other_o place_n they_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n fast_o on_o the_o lord_n day_n augustinus_n ibidem_fw-la hieronymus_n ad_fw-la lucif_n tertull._n de_fw-fr coron_n mil._n to_o fast_v the_o time_n of_o lent_n before_o easter_n by_o some_o three_o week_n by_o some_o six_o week_n and_o by_o some_o seven_o week_n socrates_n 5._o 22._o dist_n 4._o cap._n 5._o this_o be_v commend_v also_o as_o a_o apostolical_a tradition_n by_o ambrose_n &_o hieronimus_fw-la ad_fw-la marcell_n and_o by_o epiphanius_n haeres_fw-la 75._o 80._o who_o show_v that_o the_o apostle_n enjoin_v that_o all_o man_n shall_v eat_v in_o lent_n nothing_o but_o bread_n salt_n and_o water_n howbeit_o this_o be_v deny_v by_o socrat._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 22._o by_o affirm_v that_o namely_o the_o apostle_n neither_o make_v nor_o leave_v any_o law_n for_o fast_v but_o leave_v it_o also_o as_o a_o matter_n free_a the_o like_a do_v august_n epist._n 86._o to_o fast_o from_o 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part_n of_o our_o redemption_n by_o he_o perform_v as_o namely_o the_o day_n of_o christ_n his_o nativity_n circumcision_n passion_n resurrection_n assension_n and_o descension_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n some_o other_o bear_v the_o name_n and_o memorial_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n the_o apostle_n and_o other_o of_o the_o saint_n the_o former_a sort_n as_o they_o be_v in_o every_o reform_a church_n in_o the_o world_n that_o i_o have_v hear_v of_o practise_a except_v in_o geneva_n which_o only_o observe_v the_o day_n of_o christ_n nativity_n caluin_n epist_n 118._o fol._n 215._o &_o argentorat_n or_o strausbourg_n caluin_n epist._n 128._o fol._n 226._o as_o namely_o in_o the_o church_n of_o denm_fw-la heming_n syntag._n in_o 4._o leg_n decal_n §_o 22._o fol._n 363._o 364._o of_o bohem._n harm_n confess_v §_o 16._o fol._n 179._o saxony_n and_o high_a germany_n harm_n confess_v §_o 16._o augustan_n fol._n 186._o helvetia_n harm_n confess_v §_o 16._o heluet._n posterior_n fol._n 179._o item_n in_o libello_fw-la de_fw-la ritibus_fw-la eccles_n tigur_n 8._o fol._n 1._o of_o basil_n polan_n syntagm_n lib._n 9_o cap._n 35._o fol._n 4147._o belgic_a or_o low-countries_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o last_o letter_n of_o the_o brownist_n unto_o junius_n last_o letter_n berne_n aretius_n problem_n loc_fw-la 99_o fol._n 289._o fulke_o in_o rhem._n apoc._n 1._o 10._o fol._n 854._o and_o in_o gal._n 4._o 10._o §_o 5._o fol._n 63._o so_o do_v all_o good_a and_o godly_a judgement_n that_o i_o can_v light_v of_o except_v only_a piscator_fw-la in_o gal._n 4._o 9_o 10._o 11._o obseruat_fw-la fol._n 426._o concur_v together_o to_o approve_v of_o they_o so_o do_v bucer_n script_n anglican_n in_o censura_fw-la fol._n 493._o cap._n 26._o pet._n martyr_n loc_fw-la come_v inter_fw-la epistolas_fw-la fol._n 1087._o bull_v in_o epist_n caluin_n 129._o fol._n 227._o zanch._n confess_v cap._n 25._o fol._n 250._o &_o in_o
in_o ep._n dedicat_fw-la de_fw-fr christo_fw-la seruatore_fw-la contra_fw-la socinum_fw-la nihil_fw-la novi_fw-la attuli_fw-la sed_fw-la antiquam_fw-la &_o receptam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la quam_fw-la hoc_fw-la saeculo_fw-la martinus_n chemnitius_n johannes_n caluinus_n petrus_n martyr_n zacharias_n vrsinus_n &_o multi_fw-la alij_fw-la sancti_fw-la viri_fw-la ex_fw-la dei_fw-la verbo_fw-la clarè_v &_o solid_a docuerunt_fw-la defendi_fw-la &_o tutatus_fw-la sum_fw-la idem_fw-la ibid._n subijcio_fw-la hunc_fw-la librum_fw-la iudicio_fw-la sanctae_fw-la &_o orthodoxae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quae_fw-la augustanam_fw-la helueticam_fw-la gallicam_fw-la brittanicam_fw-la &_o belgicam_fw-la confessiones_fw-la sequitur_fw-la hanc_fw-la enim_fw-la esse_fw-la veram_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la &_o the_o his_o dogmatis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la libro_fw-la tractantur_fw-la rectè_fw-la sentire_fw-la credo_fw-la cum_fw-la hac_fw-la i_o concordiam_fw-la colere_fw-la profiteor_fw-la to_o these_o authority_n there_o be_v some_o thing_n except_v which_o here_o i_o will_v setdowne_o and_o object_n first_o that_o there_o be_v not_o that_o consent_n in_o these_o authority_n no_o harmony_n nor_o agreement_n neither_o in_o judgement_n nor_o in_o practice_n not_o in_o judgement_n for_o they_o disagree_v among_o themselves_o some_o commend_v the_o ceremony_n other_o discommend_v they_o esteem_v they_o unprofitable_a inexpedient_a hurtful_a not_o in_o practice_n for_o the_o first_o 200._o year_n their_o uniform_a practice_n be_v answerable_a to_o the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o ordinance_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n in_o the_o part_n of_o god_n public_a worship_n which_o will_v appear_v if_o you_o cite_v the_o undoubted_a writing_n of_o the_o pure_a father_n and_o not_o their_o apocryphal_o or_o bastard_n and_o suppose_a writing_n answ_n 1_o this_o objection_n be_v quite_o beside_o the_o question_n and_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n and_o therefore_o may_v have_v 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faith_n and_o to_o find_v out_o the_o truth_n hereof_o they_o will_v refer_v themselves_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n who_o convert_v they_o unto_o the_o truth_n timothy_n say_v that_o they_o shall_v do_v well_o to_o visit_v they_o and_o allege_v that_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n do_v consent_n in_o that_o judgement_n and_o practice_n as_o appear_v act_v 15._o 26._o titus_n deni_v it_o and_o say_v there_o be_v no_o consent_n nor_o agreement_n in_o their_o judgement_n nor_o practice_n for_o barnabas_n counsel_v to_o take_v john_n call_v mark_n with_o he_o but_o paul_n think_v it_o not_o meet_v here_o may_v timothy_n reply_v that_o the_o question_n between_o we_o be_v not_o about_o the_o take_v a_o long_a of_o mark_n wherein_o they_o disagree_v but_o about_o the_o visit_n of_o the_o church_n wherein_o they_o be_v both_o of_o one_o mind_n touch_v their_o practice_n of_o 200._o year_n that_o it_o be_v answerable_a to_o the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o ordinance_n of_o 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and_o tertullian_n within_o the_o 210._o year_n do_v stir_v in_o their_o writing_n origen_n about_o the_o 216._o year_n cyprian_n about_o the_o 240._o year_n in_o who_o undoubted_a and_o not_o bastard_n writing_n may_v be_v see_v and_o have_v be_v allege_v the_o diversity_n and_o multitude_n of_o ceremony_n which_o be_v then_o in_o use_n and_o much_o more_o may_v be_v say_v touch_v the_o confirmation_n of_o this_o point_n namely_o that_o such_o ceremony_n as_o be_v then_o in_o use_n as_o inconvenient_a in_o use_n and_o nature_n as_o we_o be_v practise_v by_o they_o and_o the_o doctrine_n of_o suffer_a deprivation_n for_o refuse_v to_o conform_v unto_o such_o ceremony_n as_o we_o be_v not_o by_o any_o of_o they_o teach_v but_o by_o all_o of_o they_o confute_v partly_o by_o their_o doctrine_n and_o partly_o by_o their_o practice_n object_n these_o church_n and_o writer_n be_v stranger_n to_o our_o cause_n nor_o so_o well_o acquaint_v with_o the_o state_n of_o our_o church_n and_o 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