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this_o world_n but_o also_o of_o delight_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v make_v the_o allurement_n and_o argument_n the_o more_o prevalent_a and_o it_o be_v a_o opinion_n among_o they_o as_o over_o all_o the_o world_n that_o it_o be_v a_o meritorious_a work_n to_o create_v proselyte_n scarce_o any_o who_o have_v money_n to_o purchase_v a_o slave_n but_o will_v procure_v one_o young_a and_o fit_a for_o any_o impression_n who_o he_o may_v name_v his_o convert_n and_o gain_v reputation_n among_o his_o neighbour_n of_o have_v add_v to_o the_o number_n of_o the_o faithful_a of_o all_o this_o number_n which_o yearly_o be_v add_v to_o the_o professor_n of_o mahomet_n none_o can_v retreat_v on_o low_a term_n than_o death_n and_o martyrdom_n for_o christ_n which_o cause_v many_o who_o conscience_n though_o touch_v with_o a_o sense_n of_o the_o denial_n of_o their_o saviour_n yet_o have_v not_o the_o grace_n or_o courage_n to_o assert_v their_o faith_n on_o so_o hard_a a_o lesson_n grow_v 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the_o breath_n thereof_o in_o this_o month_n to_o drink_v wine_n be_v esteem_v a_o inexpiable_a crime_n and_o such_o who_o give_v themselves_o that_o liberty_n at_o other_o time_n do_v yet_o not_o to_o give_v scandal_n abstain_v from_o it_o fourteen_o day_n before_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o month_n and_o woman_n and_o other_o of_o the_o more_o superstitious_a sort_n begin_v fifteen_o day_n their_o fast_a before_o it_o be_v enjoin_v by_o the_o precept_n of_o their_o prophet_n put_v such_o as_o be_v sick_a or_o have_v any_o infirmity_n or_o be_v traveller_n in_o their_o journey_n have_v a_o permission_n to_o eat_v but_o with_o that_o condition_n as_o to_o remain_v oblige_v at_o other_o time_n of_o their_o health_n and_o convenience_n to_o make_v good_a those_o day_n of_o the_o ramazan_n of_o which_o they_o remain_v indebt_v to_o the_o performance_n of_o their_o law_n the_o institution_n of_o this_o month_n of_o ramazan_n proceed_v from_o mahomet_n himself_o in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o his_o prophetic_a office_n which_o he_o do_v not_o assume_v until_o he_o have_v full_o complete_v forty_o year_n have_v before_o in_o imitation_n of_o the_o jew_n fast_o of_o ashura_n levit._n 16._o ver_fw-la 29._o in_o memory_n of_o 〈◊〉_d the_o overthrow_n of_o pharaoh_n and_o his_o host_n in_o the_o red-sea_n enjoin_v to_o the_o arabian_n the_o same_o time_n of_o abstinence_n but_o afterward_o apprehend_v it_o dishonourable_a to_o be_v behold_v to_o the_o jew_n for_o the_o invention_n of_o a_o fast_a institute_v the_o ramazan_n the_o time_n of_o which_o be_v govern_v by_o the_o course_n of_o the_o moon_n and_o fall_v out_o common_o ten_o day_n soon_o than_o in_o the_o precede_a year_n so_o that_o this_o fast_a with_o time_n come_v to_o run_v through_o all_o the_o month_n and_o be_v more_o easy_a to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d when_o it_o happen_v in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d day_n of_o the_o winter_n rather_o than_o in_o the_o summer_n when_o the_o day_n be_v long_a and_o hot_a which_o become_v tedious_a 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