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18._o 18._o paul_n purify_v himself_o contribute_v and_o enter_v into_o the_o temple_n &_o declare_v the_o accomplishment_n of_o the_o day_n of_o the_o purification_n until_o that_o a_o offering_n shall_v be_v offer_v for_o every_o one_o of_o they_o act_n 21._o 24._o 26._o paul_n unto_o the_o jew_n become_v as_o a_o jew_n to_o the_o man_n under_o the_o law_n as_o though_o he_o have_v be_v under_o the_o law_n 1._o cor._n 9_o 20._o 4._o and_o cause_v other_o to_o practice_v for_o paul_n circumcise_v timothy_n act_v 16._o 3._o paul_n take_v the_o man_n and_o be_v purify_v with_o they_o act_v 21._o 24._o 5._o advise_v one_o another_o for_o james_n and_o the_o elder_n persuade_v paul_n thus_o to_o conform_v do_v this_o that_o we_o say_v unto_o thou_o take_v they_o the_o votary_n purify_v thyself_o with_o they_o contribute_v with_o
they_o that_o they_o may_v shave_v their_o head_n act_n 21._o 23._o 24._o 6._o enjoin_v or_o command_v the_o practice_n of_o ceremony_n for_o thus_o do_v the_o council_n of_o jerusalem_n they_o lay_v on_o they_o those_o necessary_a thing_n from_o which_o you_o shall_v do_v well_o to_o keep_v yourselves_o act_v 15._o 28._o 29._o this_o constitution_n be_v call_v the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n decree_v ordain_v by_o they_o act_v 16._o 4._o james_n and_o the_o elder_n say_v we_o have_v determine_v and_o write_v that_o they_o observe_v no_o such_o thing_n but_o that_o they_o abstain_v from_o blood_n strangle_v etc._n etc._n act_v 21._o 25._o 7._o to_o whole_a church_n of_o diverse_a and_o far_o distant_a country_n and_o nation_n namely_o to_o the_o gentile_n in_o antiochia_n syria_n cilicia_n act_v 15._o 23._o 8._o as_o matter_n good_a and_o necessary_a in_o that_o case_n for_o it_o be_v say_v it_o seem_v good_a to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n these_o necessary_a thing_n act_n 5._o 28._o from_o which_o if_o you_o keep_v yourselves_o you_o shall_v do_v well_o vers_n 29._o 9_o and_o yet_o as_o evil_a and_o inconvenient_a in_o sundry_a main_a respect_n as_o they_o can_v imagine_v we_o namely_o in_o number_n for_o they_o be_v diverse_a namely_o circumcision_n act_v 16._o 3._o shave_v the_o head_n act_v 18._o 18._o &_o 21._o 24._o purify_n act_v 21._o 24._o 26._o vow_v act_v 18._o 18._o &_o 21._o 23._o contribute_v act_v 21._o 24._o offer_v sacrifice_n for_o the_o person_n purify_v act_v 21._o 23._o observation_n of_o the_o jewish_a sabbaoth_n act_v 13._o 14._o 42._o &_o 18._o 4._o &_o 17._o 2._o abstain_v from_o blood_n act_v 15._o 29._o abstain_v from_o strangle_a act_v 15._o 29_o 10._o and_o in_o nature_n for_o they_o be_v call_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n needless_a shadow_n col._n 2._o 20._o yoke_n not_o to_o be_v bear_v act_v 15._o 10._o burden_n act_n 15._o 28._o tradition_n burden_v col._n 2._o 20._o ordinance_n of_o the_o world_n col._n 2._o 20._o commandment_n and_o 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necessary_a even_o to_o salvation_n act_v 15._o 1._o three_o they_o be_v pernicious_o abuse_v for_o confirmation_n of_o most_o false_a heretical_a and_o impious_a doctrine_n as_o much_o as_o ever_o our_o ceremony_n can_v be_v or_o be_v by_o the_o papist_n as_o namely_o that_o man_n be_v justify_v by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n gal._n 2._o 14-15-16_a and_o 5._o 4._o that_o every_o christian_a be_v bind_v strict_o on_o his_o salvation_n to_o keep_v the_o whole_a law_n gal._n 5._o 3._o that_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n of_o salvation_n without_o the_o use_n of_o they_o act_v 15._o 1._o that_o christ_n the_o body_n be_v not_o yet_o come_v by_o continue_v the_o shadow_n col._n 2._o 16._o 17._o that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v condemn_v who_o use_v they_o not_o col._n 2._o 16._o that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n stand_v in_o they_o rom._n 14._o 17._o yea_o from_o paul_n preach_v and_o practice_v it_o may_v be_v argue_v by_o some_o that_o a_o man_n may_v on_o occasion_n practice_v that_o which_o practise_v he_o teach_v every_o where_n against_o act_v 21._o 21._o 23._o 26._o four_o for_o the_o latitude_n and_o compass_n of_o their_o spread_a it_o be_v both_o among_o they_o near_o and_o far_o from_o they_o every_o where_o namely_o at_o jerusalem_n act_v 21._o 17._o 20._o 21._o rome_n rom._n 14._o 2._o 5._o 17._o antioch_n act_v 15._o 23._o syria_n act_v 15._o 23._o cilicia_n act_v 15._o 23_o colossus_n col._n 2._o 16._o 17._o 20._o 21._o crete_n tit._n 11._o 14._o derbe_n lystra_n and_o iconium_n and_o those_o quarter_n act_n 16._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 12._o and_o evil_a effect_n for_o the_o use_n and_o continuance_n of_o they_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o many_o pernicious_a effect_n to_o such_o as_o abuse_v they_o which_o appear_v in_o this_o first_o they_o bondage_a their_o christian_a liberty_n gal._n 4._o 9_o &_o 5._o 1._o 3._o second_o they_o make_v christ_n to_o profit_v they_o nothing_o gal._n 5._o 2._o three_o they_o make_v they_o to_o fall_v away_o from_o grace_n gal._n 5._o 4_o four_o they_o cause_v they_o to_o turn_v away_o from_o the_o truth_n tit._n 1._o 14._o galat._n 2._o 5._o five_o they_o hinder_v they_o from_o obey_v the_o truth_n galat._n 5._o 7._o six_o they_o be_v occasion_n of_o condemnation_n to_o they_o as_o press_v they_o as_o necessary_a gal._n 5._o 10._o seventh_o they_o leaven_v the_o whole_a lump_n with_o sourness_n galat._n 5._o 9_o eight_o it_o occasion_v paul_n to_o fear_v lest_o he_o have_v bestow_v his_o labour_n in_o vain_a among_o his_o hearer_n gal._n 4._o 10._o 11._o nine_o it_o occasion_v paul_n to_o wish_v they_o cut_v off_o which_o do_v disquiet_v the_o church_n by_o they_o gal._n 5._o 12._o ten_o they_o be_v occasion_n of_o peter_n dissimulation_n and_o paul_n just_a reprove_v of_o he_o and_o be_v mean_n to_o bring_v barnabas_n a_o man_n full_a of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n act_v 11._o 24._o and_o other_o gentile_n into_o their_o dissimulation_n and_o to_o cause_v they_o not_o to_o go_v the_o right_a way_n to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n gal._n 2._o 11._o 12._o 14._o eleventh_o they_o be_v fit_a mean_n to_o put_v they_o beside_o their_o adoption_n and_o inheritance_n in_o heaven_n gal._n 5._o 10._o 20._o 21._o 22._o last_o they_o make_v as_o much_o stir_n strife_n and_o contention_n among_o brethren_n in_o the_o church_n yea_o much_o more_o than_o our_o ceremony_n have_v do_v if_o either_o we_o respect_v the_o violence_n and_o bitterness_n thereof_o or_o the_o latitude_n and_o wide_a spread_v of_o it_o in_o so_o many_o and_o far_o distant_a country_n and_o church_n galat._n 5._o 10._o 12._o trouble_v and_o disquiet_v the_o church_n act._n 15._o 24._o 13._o and_o for_o reason_n equivolent_a partly_o and_o partly_o inferior_a to_o the_o avoid_v of_o deprivation_n for_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o apostle_n use_v and_o enjoin_v the_o practice_n of_o these_o jewish_a inconvenient_a ceremony_n for_o these_o cause_n first_o for_o the_o believe_a jew_n to_o keep_v they_o from_o offence_n be_v as_o yet_o zealous_a of_o the_o law_n and_o not_o right_o instruct_v in_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o abrogation_n of_o the_o legal_a ceremony_n by_o christ_n that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v occasion_v to_o be_v draw_v back_o to_o judaisme_n act_v 21._o 20._o 21._o 24._o for_o this_o cause_n he_o circumcise_v timothy_n because_o of_o the_o jew_n act_n 16._o 1._o 3._o second_o for_o the_o unbelieve_a jew_n and_o that_o for_o two_o reason_n one_o reason_n be_v to_o win_v they_o to_o the_o gospel_n 1._o cor._n 9_o 20._o 21._o 22._o and_o to_o further_a their_o salvation_n 1._o cor._n 10._o 32._o 33._o another_o reason_n be_v to_o avoid_v the_o persecution_n of_o the_o froward_a and_o malicious_a jew_n as_o also_o to_o redeem_v the_o liberty_n of_o his_o ministry_n and_o of_o the_o gospel_n which_o otherwise_o be_v like_a to_o be_v endanger_v as_o fall_v out_o in_o the_o event_n act_v 21._o 22._o 27._o 28._o 30._o 31._o 32._o three_o for_o necessity_n for_o in_o that_o case_n they_o be_v necessary_a thing_n act._n 15._o 28._o and_o expedient_a for_o it_o seem_v good_a to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n &_o in_o the_o practice_n of_o they_o in_o that_o case_n they_o do_v well_o act._n 15._o 28._o 29._o namely_o to_o appease_v their_o bitter_a dissension_n and_o vehement_a disputation_n in_o the_o church_n act_v 15._o 2._o 5._o and_o to_o quiet_a the_o trouble_n and_o cumber_v of_o their_o mind_n as_o if_o one_o shall_v say_v for_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n act_v 15._o 24._o that_o thus_o the_o church_n may_v be_v establish_v in_o the_o faith_n and_o increase_v in_o number_n daily_o act_v 16._o 4_o 5._o as_o doubtless_o by_o god_n blessing_n we_o will_v also_o do_v if_o either_o the_o ceremony_n may_v safe_o be_v remove_v from_o
leiser_n they_o permit_v allow_v and_o defend_v the_o baptism_n of_o woman_n colloqu_n mompelgart_n fol._n 499._o conrade_n schlusselb_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 18_o fol._n 60._o they_o use_v the_o old_a hallow_a font_n to_o baptize_v in_o berne_n and_o lansanna_n beza_n in_o vita_fw-la caluini_fw-la anno_fw-la 1538._o and_o every_o where_o they_o have_v such_o as_o undertake_v for_o child_n education_n in_o baptism_n common_o call_v godfather_n caluin_n ep._n 302._o fol._n 491._o so_o in_o the_o low_a country_n as_o appear_v in_o act_v inferioris_fw-la germaniae_fw-la m._n can._n 41._o anno_fw-la 1581._o apud_fw-la sculting_n anachr_n hierarch_n lib._n 9_o touch_v the_o lord_n supper_n they_o use_v kneel_v at_o the_o communion_n in_o all_o the_o lutheran_n church_n harmon_n confess_v bohem._n §_o 14._o fol._n 120_o and_o that_o be_v the_o more_o dangerous_a because_o of_o their_o doctrine_n of_o consubstantiation_n they_o use_v the_o wafer_n cake_n as_o the_o papist_n do_v in_o the_o church_n of_o geneva_n bez._n in_o vita_fw-la caluin_n they_o give_v it_o in_o private_a and_o unto_o the_o sick_a schluselb_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 30._o fol._n 161_o 162._o harm_n confess_v §_o 16._o witenberg_n fol._n 197._o yea_o they_o give_v it_o unto_o only_o two_o ibid._n §_o 14._o fol._n 146._o they_o retain_v the_o name_n of_o missa_fw-la the_o mass_n harm_n confess_v §_o 14._o fol._n 107._o augustan_n they_o keep_v none_o back_o from_o the_o communion_n be_v they_o never_o so_o scandalous_a of_o life_n in_o the_o church_n of_o helvetia_n in_o libello_fw-la de_fw-la ritibus_fw-la eccles_n tigur_n fol._n 16._o the_o minister_n do_v put_v in_o the_o bread_n and_o wine_n into_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o communicant_n ibid._n fol._n 15._o touch_v the_o holy_a scripture_n they_o make_v the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n and_o that_o of_o 11._o solom_n gesner_n compend_v de_fw-fr script_n fol._n 11._o james_n and_o the_o second_o and_o three_o of_o john_n and_o jude_n with_o the_o apocalyps_n to_o be_v either_o apocryphal_o or_o at_o least_o of_o more_o doubtful_a authority_n than_o other_o part_n of_o scripture_n in_o the_o lutheran_n church_n chemnit_fw-la enchir._n fol._n 63._o propositiones_fw-la marpurg_n tom_fw-mi 1._o hunnij_fw-la fol._n 3._o tom_n 2._o winkelman_n fol._n 5._o laelius_n de_fw-fr verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la proposit_a 22._o fol._n 113._o propos_fw-fr 22._o 130._o they_o read_v the_o scripture_n after_o the_o form_n of_o epistle_n and_o gospel_n in_o the_o church_n of_o the_o lutheran_n heluetian_o nassovians_n county_n palatine_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o epistle_n of_o luther_n melancthon_n heming_n gualt_n olevian_n textor_n so_o harm_n confess_v §_o 1._o fol._n 9_o bohem._n lib._n de_fw-fr ritibus_fw-la eccles_n tigur_n fol._n 4._o they_o read_v public_o the_o apocryphal_a book_n of_o scripture_n in_o the_o church_n touch_v prayer_n and_o leturgie_n they_o retain_v the_o form_n of_o their_o leturgie_n like_a unto_o the_o mass_n book_n harm_n confess_v §_o 14._o fol._n 127._o augustan_n fol._n 131._o ibid._n look_v the_o book_n de_fw-fr ritibus_fw-la eccl._n tigur_n fol._n 12_o 13_o 15_o 16._o they_o have_v the_o angelical_a hymn_n gospel_n gloria_fw-la patri_fw-la gloria_fw-la tibi_fw-la domine_fw-la after_o the_o gospel_n etc._n etc._n they_o have_v sundry_a prayer_n and_o hymn_n in_o the_o latin_a tongue_n harm_n confess_v §_o 14._o fol._n 127._o aug._n they_o have_v the_o use_n of_o wax_n candle_n in_o the_o lutheran_n and_o danish_a church_n heming_n syntag_n 4._o lex_fw-la decal_n §_o 33._o fol._n 365._o simlerus_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la bull_v fol._n 34._o they_o use_v the_o surplice_n heming_n ibid._n simler_n ibid._n they_o use_v no_o sing_n of_o psalm_n in_o some_o church_n of_o helvetia_n in_o lib_n de_fw-fr ritibus_fw-la eccle._n tigur_n fol._n 9_o b._n they_o suffer_v and_o do_v use_v private_a prayer_n at_o burial_n ibid._n fol._n 27._o a._n b._n touch_v church_n their_o old_a church_n idolatrous_o abuse_v stand_v east_n and_o west_n with_o the_o chancel_n and_o in_o form_n of_o a_o cross_n retain_v every_o where_n they_o retain_v image_n in_o their_o church_n and_o maintain_v a_o lawful_a use_n of_o they_o colloq_fw-la mompelg_n fol._n 390_o 403_o 404._o schlusheb_n theolog._n calu._n li._n 1._o cap._n 10._o fol._n 35._o 36._o eckhard_n fasc_fw-la quaest_a cap._n 8._o quaest_n 3._o heming_n syntag_n 4._o lex_fw-la decal_n §_o 33._o fol._n 365._o siml_n b._n sup_v they_o retain_v altar_n in_o stead_n of_o the_o communion_n table_n so_o place_v in_o the_o church_n as_o be_v the_o idolatrous_a altar_n of_o the_o papist_n colloqu_n mompelgart_n fol._n 424._o 425._o in_o the_o lutheran_n church_n and_o also_o in_o the_o church_n of_o berne_n ibid._n heming_n syntag_n 4._o lex_fw-la decal_v §_o 33._o fol._n 365._o they_o retain_v the_o use_n of_o organ_n in_o the_o church_n and_o other_o musical_a instrument_n colloq_fw-la mompelg_n fol._n 391._o 409._o touch_v discipline_n they_o have_v diocesan_n bishop_n and_o archbishop_n in_o 228._o simler_n in_o vit_fw-fr bull_v fol._n 35_o 36._o heming_n enchirid_a class_n 3._o cap._n 10._o ord_n eccle._n fol._n 348._o idem_fw-la syntag._n tit_n gubernat_fw-la eccl._n §._o 15_o 16_o 17._o fol._n 228._o denmark_n and_o superintendant_o and_o even_o abbot_n in_o germany_n among_o the_o lutheran_n melancht_v consil_n part_n 1._o fol._n 95_o 96_o 225_o 276_o 610._o harm_n confess_v §_o 17._o fol._n augustan_n some_o bishop_n of_o france_n convert_v from_o popery_n retain_v their_o place_n and_o office_n still_o by_o common_a consent_n of_o the_o french_a church_n caluin_n epist_n 373._o fol._n 646_o 647_o 648._o so_o martyr_n loc._n come_v ad_fw-la finem_fw-la inter_fw-la ep._n fol._n 1143._o bezae_fw-la they_o have_v no_o use_n at_o all_o of_o excommunication_n in_o the_o church_n of_o county_n palatine_n helvetia_n of_o witenberg_n &_o mompelgart_n erast_n de_fw-fr excommunica_fw-la fol._n 356_o 382._o vrsin_n catech_n part_n 2._o qu._n 83_o 84._o fol._n 620._o caluin_n epist_n 166_o 170_o 366._o neither_o roll_a elder_n t._n c._n his_o admonit_a fol._n 83_o 84._o they_o have_v holy_a day_n of_o christ_n his_o nativity_n passion_n resurrection_n pentecost_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o helvetian_a church_n lib._n the_o ritib._n eccl._n tigur_n fol._n 4._o in_o the_o church_n of_o the_o low-countries_n brownist_n 2._o letter_n to_o junius_n in_o the_o church_n of_o denmark_n heming_n syntagm_n 4_o lex_fw-la decal_n 22._o 24._o 25._o fol._n 363._o 364._o also_o in_o the_o church_n of_o berne_n aretius_n problem_n loc_fw-la 99_o fall_n 289._o they_o have_v holiday_n consecrate_v to_o the_o memorial_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n the_o twelve_o apostle_n s._n paul_n s._n john_n baptist_n s._n stephen_n innocent_n saint_n michael_n all_o saint_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o epistle_n which_o be_v before_o allege_v also_o heming_n ubi_fw-la sup_n harm_n confess_v §_o 19_o fol._n 176._o bohem._n their_o minister_n be_v call_v by_o they_o sacerdotes_fw-la priest_n as_o be_v the_o popish_a mass-priest_n harm_v confess_v bohem._n §_o 11._o fol._n 47._o &_o fol._n 4._o 62._o aug._n item_n §_o 13._o fol._n 93._o bohem._n heming_n syntag_n 4._o lex_fw-la decal_n §_o 11._o fol._n 43._o albeit_o otherwise_o the_o tigurine_n disclaim_v this_o name_n be_v take_v in_o the_o worse_a sense_n harm_n confess_v §_o 11._o fol._n 38._o they_o have_v deacon_n not_o collector_n for_o the_o poor_a but_o a_o degree_n to_o the_o ministry_n and_o a_o assistant_n to_o he_o yea_o supply_a the_o place_n of_o a_o minister_n in_o his_o absence_n harm_n confess_v 11._o fol._n 47._o lib._n 2._o de_fw-la ritibus_fw-la eccle._n tigur_n fol._n 7._o &_o 16._o their_o minister_n in_o the_o helvetian_a church_n do_v play_v the_o deacon_n and_o gather_v contribution_n for_o the_o poor_a lib._n de_fw-fr ritibus_fw-la eccles_n tigur_n fol._n 22._o they_o practise_v and_o maintain_v auricular_a confession_n and_o private_a absolution_n harm_v confess_v §_o 8_o fol._n 142._o 143._o bohem_n §_o ibid._n fol._n 147._o 150._o august_n ‖_o ibid._n fol._n 154._o saxon._n ‖_o ibid._n fol_z 160._o wittenberg_n schlusselb_fw-la theol._n caluinist_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 19_o fol._n 6._o 9_o simlerus_n in_o vita_fw-la bullingeri_n fol._n 34._o call_v it_o privatam_fw-la quandam_fw-la confessionem_fw-la parum_fw-la a_o papistica_fw-la differentem_fw-la yet_o look_v zepper_n de_fw-fr sacram_fw-la cap._n 35._o fol._n 787._o 798._o they_o allow_v and_o practice_v a_o kind_n of_o preach_v and_o absolution_n of_o repentant_a sinner_n by_o woman_n in_o the_o absence_n of_o the_o minister_n among_o the_o lutheran_n colloqu_n mompelg_n fol._n 499._o and_o thus_o we_o see_v in_o part_n the_o estate_n of_o reform_a church_n in_o respect_n of_o ceremony_n not_o that_o hereby_o i_o do_v go_v about_o to_o justify_v these_o ceremony_n which_o they_o do_v practice_v but_o think_v and_o profess_v many_o of_o they_o rather_o most_o fit_a to_o be_v abolish_v in_o many_o respect_n and_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n to_o be_v reduce_v so_o
people_n popish_o affect_v shall_v he_o have_v the_o gift_n of_o continency_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n for_o bear_v to_o marry_v will_v any_o man_n say_v that_o either_o the_o one_o of_o these_o or_o the_o other_o do_v in_o so_o abstain_v practice_n any_o ceremony_n or_o be_v it_o a_o ceremony_n in_o paul_n when_o have_v preach_v long_o among_o the_o corinthian_n and_o thessalonian_o he_o depart_v from_o his_o right_n and_o forebare_a to_o take_v any_o maintenance_n from_o they_o 2._o if_o he_o will_v needs_o have_v all_o these_o 9_o point_n to_o be_v ceremony_n yet_o can_v he_o not_o make_v their_o ceremony_n any_o whit_n near_o equal_a in_o number_n unto_o we_o for_o it_o will_v be_v easy_a special_o account_v ceremony_n as_o he_o do_v here_o for_o their_o 9_o to_o reckon_v up_o 49._o that_o be_v use_v among_o us._n 3_o these_o 9_o ceremony_n of_o he_o can_v never_o be_v prove_v to_o have_v be_v use_v or_o practise_v by_o the_o holy_a apostle_n the_o whole_a church_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o those_o whole_a church_n of_o diverse_a and_o far_o country_n and_o nation_n he_o speak_v of_o namely_o of_o the_o gentile_n in_o antiochia_n syria_n and_o cilicia_n for_o the_o use_n of_o circumcision_n he_o bring_v the_o example_n of_o the_o apostle_n paul_n only_o who_o be_v mention_v once_o to_o have_v use_v it_o but_o for_o purify_n contribute_v offer_v sacrifice_n for_o the_o person_n purify_v he_o prove_v that_o not_o paul_n only_o but_o four_o man_n more_o do_v once_o so_o act._n 21._o 23_o 24._o 26._o for_o vow_v and_o shave_v of_o the_o head_n that_o paul_n do_v so_o not_o only_o at_o that_o time_n with_o those_o four_o man_n act._n 21._o 24._o but_o once_o before_o act._n 18._o 18._o for_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o jewish_a sabbath_n that_o in_o one_o place_n paul_n and_o barnabas_n preach_v on_o the_o jew_n sabbath_n in_o a_o synagogue_n act._n 13._o 14._o in_o two_o other_o place_n paul_n himself_o dispute_v with_o the_o jew_n in_o their_o synagogue_n upon_o their_o sabbath_n day_n act._n 17._o 2._o &_o 18._o 4._o for_o as_o for_o the_o place_n act._n 13._o 42._o he_o have_v much_o mistake_v it_o for_o the_o gentile_n desire_v they_o to_o preach_v to_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o some_o day_n between_o that_o and_o the_o sabbath_n and_o last_o for_o abstain_v from_o blood_n and_o strangle_v he_o allege_v the_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n at_o jerusalem_n send_v unto_o certain_a church_n of_o the_o gentile_n act._n 15._o 29._o thus_o we_o see_v that_o whereas_o he_o do_v undertake_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o holy_a apostle_n the_o whole_a church_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o sundry_a other_o whole_a church_n of_o sundry_a nation_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n do_v use_v and_o practice_v more_o ceremony_n than_o the_o church_n of_o england_n do_v he_o have_v not_o be_v able_a to_o show_v that_o either_o the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n or_o any_o one_o church_n then_o do_v practice_v any_o one_o ceremony_n or_o any_o apostle_n either_o beside_o paul_n or_o that_o paul_n do_v at_o any_o time_n use_v more_o than_o 6._o ceremony_n at_o the_o most_o or_o that_o he_o use_v any_o of_o those_o six_o above_o once_o or_o twice_o at_o the_o uttermost_a for_o neither_o abstain_v from_o blood_n or_o strangle_v be_v enjoin_v as_o any_o ceremony_n to_o the_o church_n of_o the_o gentile_n nor_o the_o preach_n or_o dispute_v in_o the_o synagogue_n upon_o the_o sabbath_n 9_o mat._n 20._o 55._o act_n 13._o 42._o and_o 20._o 3._o act._n 17._o 17._o and_o 19_o 9_o can_v with_o any_o better_a reason_n be_v call_v a_o religious_a observation_n of_o the_o jew_n sabbath_n than_o christ_n or_o paul_n preach_v and_o dispute_v daily_o when_o occasion_n be_v offer_v will_v argue_v that_o they_o do_v religious_o keep_v and_o observe_v as_o holy_a every_o day_n in_o the_o weak_a and_o this_o may_v suffice_v to_o have_v be_v say_v of_o the_o first_o point_n wherein_o he_o equal_v the_o ceremony_n use_v in_o the_o apostle_n time_n with_o we_o now_o namely_o the_o number_n of_o they_o the_o second_o point_n wherein_o the_o confirmation_n of_o his_o assumption_n consist_v be_v this_o that_o those_o ceremony_n which_o the_o apostle_n and_o the_o church_n in_o their_o time_n use_v be_v every_o way_n as_o inconvenient_a and_o evil_a as_o we_o be_v and_o that_o he_o may_v make_v this_o good_a he_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o show_v 1._o that_o they_o be_v as_o evil_a in_o nature_n as_o we_o be_v 2._o that_o they_o have_v be_v and_o be_v as_o much_o abuse_v as_o we_o be_v or_o have_v be_v 3._o that_o the_o use_n of_o they_o wrought_v as_o dangerous_a effect_n as_o the_o use_n of_o we_o can_v do_v 4._o that_o whatsoever_o be_v object_v against_o our_o ceremony_n may_v have_v be_v say_v against_o they_o to_o all_o which_o this_o answer_n may_v be_v give_v that_o no_o one_o of_o all_o those_o testimony_n of_o holy_a scripture_n which_o he_o here_o cit_v to_o show_v what_o name_n and_o title_n the_o holy_a ghost_n give_v to_o ceremony_n that_o be_v use_v in_o those_o day_n how_o ceremony_n be_v then_o abuse_v what_o evil_a effect_n the_o use_n of_o they_o do_v bring_v forth_o do_v make_v any_o whit_n at_o all_o to_o his_o purpose_n nor_o can_v with_o any_o colour_n of_o reason_n be_v apply_v unto_o any_o ceremony_n which_o either_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o or_o any_o church_n by_o their_o appointment_n do_v use_v for_o 1._o they_o be_v no_o yoke_n or_o burden_n or_o burden_v tradition_n as_o the_o place_n which_o himself_o a_o strange_a thing_n cit_v do_v evident_o show_v for_o by_o act._n 15._o 10_o 28._o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o apostle_n will_v by_o no_o mean_n be_v draw_v to_o enjoin_v ceremony_n as_o be_v such_o yoke_n and_o burden_n neither_o can_v they_o true_o be_v call_v ordinance_n of_o the_o world_n commandment_n or_o doctrine_n of_o man_n or_o voluntary_a religion_n for_o beside_o that_o neither_o the_o apostle_n nor_o the_o church_n that_o use_v they_o by_o their_o 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