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thou_o return_v to_o the_o ground_n gen._n 3._o 17_o 19_o the_o earth_n of_o his_o flesh_n also_o bring_v forth_o troublesome_a thorn_n and_o thistle_n not_o to_o be_v keep_v down_o but_o by_o laborious_a sorrowful_a fast_v nor_o consume_v but_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o judgement_n and_o burn_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n chrysostom_n tom_n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o fast_v be_v necessary_a in_o paradise_n much_o more_o out_o of_o paradise_n if_o this_o physic_n be_v useful_a before_o our_o wound_n much_o more_o after_o it_o if_o while_o yet_o there_o be_v no_o war_n of_o lust_n raise_v within_o we_o this_o armour_n be_v yet_o of_o use_n much_o more_o after_o so_o great_a a_o fight_n from_o lust_n within_o from_o devil_n without_o this_o auxiliary_a force_n of_o fast_v be_v necessary_a come_v we_o to_o the_o law_n s._n basil_n tell_v we_o in_o his_o 1_o sermon_n of_o fast_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fast_v above_o in_o the_o mount_n prepare_v moses_n to_o receive_v the_o law_n but_o fullness_n among_o the_o people_n below_o cause_v they_o to_o run_v mad_a after_o idolatry_n for_o the_o people_n sit_v down_o to_o eat_v and_o to_o drink_v and_o rise_v up_o to_o play_v the_o table_n then_o which_o fast_v have_v receive_v write_v by_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n the_o drunkenness_n of_o the_o people_n cause_v to_o be_v break_v the_o prophet_n judge_v it_o not_o meet_v that_o a_o people_n drink_v drink_v with_o wine_n with_o the_o wine_n of_o spiritual_a fornication_n which_o be_v idolatry_n also_o jer._n 51._o 7._o shall_v receive_v the_o law_n from_o god_n also_o moses_n for_o his_o 2_o d_o receive_v of_o the_o law_n need_v a_o 2_o do_v fast._n after_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o same_o fatherthere_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o think_v that_o as_o s._n paul_n be_v usual_o say_v to_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o s._n stephen_n martyrdom_n and_o prayer_n so_o the_o holy_a prophet_n samuel_n 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s._n peter_n above_o make_v most_o probable_a and_o eusebius_n and_o s._n hierome_n judgement_n thereon_o above_o show_v i_o shall_v here_o not_o omit_v which_o above_o be_v omit_v eusebius_n caesareensis_fw-la his_fw-la own_o judgement_n upon_o the_o whole_a matter_n of_o the_o paschal_n 〈◊〉_d of_o lent_n in_o his_o ecclesiastical_a history_n l._n 2._o c._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o among_o that_o recapitulation_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o as_o sometime_o he_o name_v other_o there_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d custom_n deliver_v in_o the_o begin_n from_o the_o apostle_n or_o as_o other_o he_o there_o name_n apostolical_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d custom_n and_o rule_n of_o the_o church_n keep_v even_o until_o now_o unto_o and_o in_o our_o time_n he_o recount_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d those_o ascetical_a performance_n observe_v even_o until_o now_o among_o we_o which_o more_o eminent_o we_o be_v wont_v to_o perform_v about_o the_o 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this_o place_n now_o from_o that_o ancient_a writer_n irenaeus_n see_v we_o have_v already_o out_o of_o he_o help_v ourselves_o to_o understand_v the_o church_n in_o tertullian_n who_o eusebius_n declare_v lib._n 5._o cap._n 19_o 20._o to_o have_v testify_v of_o himself_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr ogdoade_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o live_v in_o the_o first_o succession_n from_o the_o apostle_n and_o that_o he_o have_v see_v polycarp_n who_o st._n john_n have_v ordain_v let_v it_o be_v judge_v whither_o it_o appear_v not_o that_o there_o be_v some_o paschal_n fast_o in_o the_o christian_a church_n from_o the_o beginning_n when_o there_o be_v say_v eusebius_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o small_a question_n arisen_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v the_o salutary-feast_n of_o easter_n and_o whither_o or_o no_o they_o ought_v on_o the_o very_a fourteen_o day_n of_o the_o moon_n on_o whatsoever_o day_n of_o the_o week_n it_o shall_v happen_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o fast_n which_o next_o precede_v easter_n they_o on_o the_o one_o side_n allege_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d even_o from_o s._n john_n according_a to_o the_o gospel_n chap._n 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o custom_n that_o have_v hold_v from_o apostolic_a tradition_n until_o that_o time_n but_o still_o the_o controversy_n equal_o proceed_v of_o the_o time_n of_o end_v the_o fast_n thrice_o mention_v in_o that_o one_o short_a chapter_n as_o of_o the_o feast_n of_o easter_n itself_o not_o whither_o such_o a_o feast_n of_o easter_n or_o whither_o such_o fast_n before_o easter_n be_v always_o observe_v by_o both_o part_n and_o aught_o to_o be_v observe_v according_a to_o tradition_n from_o the_o apostle_n for_o that_o be_v not_o once_o doubt_v by_o any_o one_o of_o either_o contender_n but_o the_o controversy_n of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o feast_n and_o so_o say_v they_o 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quandam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quam_fw-la cùm_fw-la evolverem_fw-la occurrerunt_fw-la fortè_fw-la fortunâ_fw-la irenaei_n verba_fw-la quae_fw-la eusebius_n cap._n 23._o lib._n 5._o citat_fw-la graecè_fw-la sic_fw-la habentia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o light_v upon_o a_o synopsis_n of_o evangelical_n history_n where_o by_o chance_n i_o meet_v with_o the_o word_n of_o irenaeus_n cite_v by_o eusebius_n thus_o for_o some_o fast_o one_o day_n only_o and_o some_o two_o and_o some_o more_o and_o some_o fast_o forty_o hour_n only_o of_o daytime_n and_o of_o night_n fast_v a_o hour_n for_o a_o day_n this_o ancient_a author_n live_v near_a unto_o and_o so_o more_o know_v of_o the_o primitive_a church_n practice_n by_o which_o often_o the_o obscure_a say_n of_o author_n be_v best_a interpret_v be_v much_o in_o this_o inquiry_n to_o be_v regard_v and_o yet_o i_o may_v easy_o grant_v the_o word_n of_o his_o synopsis_n to_o be_v only_o a_o gloss_n or_o metaphrase_n 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jovinianist_n in_o my_o time_n when_o i_o be_v young_a spring_v from_o one_o jovinian_a a_o monk_n who_o say_v that_o fast_v and_o abstinence_n from_o certain_a meat_n be_v not_o at_o all_o profitable_a but_o this_o heresy_n be_v soon_o extinct_a and_o proceed_v not_o so_o far_o as_o to_o deceive_v any_o priest_n johannes_n damascenus_n in_o his_o 6._o book_n of_o heresy_n write_v thus_o of_o the_o aërian_o or_o eustachian_o aëriani_n ab_fw-la aërio_fw-la pontico_fw-la fuit_fw-la autem_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la eustachii_n episcopi_fw-la arriani_n filius_fw-la ejus_fw-la eustachij_fw-la qui_fw-fr jejunium_fw-la feriâ_fw-la quartâ_fw-la &_o sexta_fw-la &_o quadraginta_fw-la diebus_fw-la seruari_fw-la &_o pascha_fw-la celebrari_fw-la prohibet_fw-la stata_n haec_fw-la damnat_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la jejunium_fw-la seruare_fw-la velit_fw-la id_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la certis_fw-la statisque_fw-la diebus_fw-la seruari_fw-la negate_fw-la oportere_fw-la sed_fw-la quando_fw-la 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to_o god_n viz._n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 40_o day_n on_o the_o day_n of_o christ_n resurrection_n and_o the_o same_o sacred_a council_n also_o put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o ancient_a controversy_n of_o the_o time_n of_o easter_n and_o consequent_o of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o paschal_n fast_v as_o theodoret_n witness_v l._n 4._o hist._n eccl._n c._n 20._o in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o seem_v good_a to_o the_o synod_n that_o all_o man_n shall_v celebrate_v the_o solemnity_n of_o easter_n at_o one_o and_o the_o same_o time_n constantine_n the_o great_a and_o the_o happy_a nurse_n father_n of_o the_o church_n in_o that_o age_n and_o he_o who_o assemble_v and_o patronise_v that_o first_o council_n ecumenical_a send_v for_o this_o acesius_n the_o novatian_a bishop_n demand_v whether_o he_o assent_v to_o the_o two_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n 1._o concern_v the_o faith_n of_o christ_n deity_n and_o the_o 2._o concern_v the_o time_n of_o the_o solemnity_n of_o easter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d acesius_n reply_v o_o emperor_n the_o council_n have_v determine_v no_o new_a thing_n for_o so_o have_v i_o receive_v from_o old_a time_n even_o from_z the_o beginning_n from_z the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n both_o that_o definition_n of_o faith_n and_o that_o time_n of_o the_o solemnity_n of_o easter_n socrat._v l._n 1._o c._n 10._o where_o still_o we_o must_v remember_v that_o in_o the_o language_n of_o the_o ancient_n pascha_fw-la includit_fw-la jejunium_fw-la easter_n include_v the_o paschal_n fast_o precede_v as_o s._n hierom_n above_o have_v teach_v we_o a_o three_o witness_v of_o adversary_n be_v that_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o quartani_fw-la a_o distinct_a sect_n from_o the_o quartadecimani_fw-la for_o these_o constantinus_n harmenopulus_n l._n de_fw-la sectis_fw-la register_n in_o his_o catalogue_n of_o heretic_n for_o this_o cause_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o he_o use_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o cyril_n of_o alexan_n above_o so_o oft_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o quartani_fw-la keep_v the_o solemnity_n of_o easter_n not_o dissolve_v the_o fast_n but_o choose_v to_o fast_o also_o i._n e._n continue_v their_o fast_a on_o easter-day_n as_o we_o do_v on_o the_o 4_o the_o day_n of_o the_o week_n viz._n until_o 3._o a_o clock_n in_o the_o afternoon_n this_o if_o not_o against_o apostolical_a tradition_n can_v not_o have_v entitle_v they_o to_o have_v place_n among_o the_o sect_n heretical_a if_o we_o will_v now_o speak_v of_o our_o near_a friend_n and_o their_o more_o welcome_a testimony_n in_o a_o conference_n hold_v in_o a_o synod_n in_o england_n anno_fw-la dom._n 666._o find_v in_o the_o tome_n of_o the_o counsel_n where_o two_o king_n be_v present_a and_o bishop_n from_o scotland_n and_o ireland_n in_o their_o debate_n concern_v the_o paschal_n solemnity_n which_o as_o i_o have_v show_v include_v the_o precede_a paschal_n fast_o as_o irenaeus_n also_o 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the_o belove_a disciple_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v read_v to_o have_v observe_v together_o with_o all_o the_o church_n over_o which_o he_o preside_v herein_o therefore_o we_o follow_v the_o example_n of_o so_o great_a a_o apostle_n who_o the_o lord_n do_v deign_v to_o rest_v in_o his_o bosom_n who_o all_o the_o world_n also_o know_v to_o have_v live_v most_o wise_o which_o be_v the_o same_o plea_n in_o effect_n that_o polycarp_n in_o his_o time_n have_v make_v to_o anicetus_n and_o polycrates_n in_o his_o time_n to_o victor_n the_o other_o part_n be_v say_v thus_o to_o have_v reply_v tunc_fw-la wilfrid_n jubente_fw-la rege_fw-la ut_fw-la diceret_fw-la ita_fw-la exorsus_fw-la est_fw-la pascha_fw-la quod_fw-la facimus_fw-la inquit_fw-la vidimus_fw-la romae_fw-la ubi_fw-la beati_fw-la apostoli_fw-la petrus_n &_o paulus_n vixêre_fw-la docuere_fw-la passi_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o sepulti_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la celebrari_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o italiâ_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o galliâ_fw-la quas_fw-la discendi_fw-la vel_fw-la orandi_fw-la study_v pertransivimus_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la agi_fw-la conspeximus_fw-la comâ—…érimus_fw-la conspeximus_fw-la and_o there_o it_o follow_v hoc_fw-la africam_fw-la asâ—…am_fw-la &_o aegyptum_fw-la graeciam_fw-la &_o omnem_fw-la orbem_fw-la quacunque_fw-la christi_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la diffusa_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la diversas_fw-la nationes_fw-la ac_fw-la linguas_fw-la uno_fw-la ac_fw-la non_fw-la diverso_fw-la temporis_fw-la ordine_fw-la geri_fw-la comâ—…érimus_fw-la then_o wilfrid_n the_o king_n command_v he_o to_o speak_v thus_o begin_v the_o pasche_n which_o we_o observe_v we_o have_v see_v so_o celebrate_v at_o rome_n by_o all_o where_o the_o bless_a apostle_n peter_n and_o paul_n live_v and_o teach_v be_v martyr_v and_o bury_v thus_o in_o italy_n thus_o in_o france_n the_o same_o we_o have_v find_v in_o the_o same_o order_n of_o time_n to_o have_v be_v observe_v in_o africa_n in_o asia_n and_o in_o egypt_n throughout_o all_o nation_n and_o tongue_n wheresoever_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n be_v diffuse_v neque_fw-la haec_fw-la evangelica_n et_fw-la apostolica_fw-la traditio_fw-la legem_fw-la solvit_fw-la sed_fw-la potius_fw-la adimplet_fw-la in_o quam_fw-la obseruantiam_fw-la imitandam_fw-la omnes_fw-la s._n joannis_n successores_fw-la in_o asiâ_fw-la post_fw-la obitum_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o omnis_fw-la per_fw-la orbem_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la conversa_fw-la est_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la esse_fw-la verum_fw-la pascha_fw-la hoc_fw-la solum_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la celebrandum_fw-la nicaeâ—…o_fw-la concilio_n non_fw-la statum_fw-la noviter_fw-la sed_fw-la confirmatum_fw-la est_fw-la unde_fw-la constat_fw-la vos_fw-la colmanne_n neque_fw-la joannis_n ut_fw-la autumatis_fw-la exempla_fw-la sectari_fw-la neque_fw-la petri_n cujus_fw-la traditioni_fw-la scientes_fw-la contradicitis_fw-la neque_fw-la legi_fw-la neque_fw-la evangelio_n in_o observatione_fw-la vestrae_fw-la paschae_fw-la congruere_fw-la neither_o do_v this_o 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violate_v the_o fast_a of_o lent_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v celebrate_v he_o shall_v make_v double_a satisfaction_n ercombertus_fw-la one_o of_o our_o english_a king_n also_o as_o sigebertus_n in_o chronico_fw-la record_v jejunium_n 40._o dierum_fw-la observari_fw-la principali_fw-la autoritate_fw-la praecepit_fw-la a._n d._n 640._o quae_fw-la ne_fw-la facilè_fw-la à _fw-la quoquam_fw-la possit_fw-la contemni_fw-la in_fw-la transgressores_fw-la dignas_fw-la &_o competentes_fw-la punitiones_fw-la proposuit_fw-la he_o command_v the_o quadragesimal_n fast_o to_o be_v observe_v by_o his_o royal_a authority_n a._n d._n 640._o which_o lest_o any_o one_o shall_v light_o contemn_v he_o decree_v against_o the_o transgressor_n worthy_a and_o competent_a punishment_n in_o concilio_n cloveshoviae_fw-la under_o cuthbertus_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n can._n 18._o statutum_n est_fw-la ut_fw-la jejuniorum_fw-la tempora_fw-la nullus_fw-la negligere_fw-la praesumat_fw-la sed_fw-la ante_fw-la 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to_o the_o last_o place_n of_o testimony_n as_o i_o begin_v with_o that_o of_o the_o church_n contest_v with_o the_o montanist_n in_o tertullian_n their_o patron_n that_o of_o a_o catholic_n contest_v in_o the_o church_n behalf_n by_o s._n augustine_n with_o the_o manichee_n in_o faustus_n their_o defender_n so_o that_o beside_o my_o 4_o testimony_n above_o produce_v out_o of_o s._n augustine_n p._n 60._o 63._o we_o add_v this_o here_o out_o of_o its_o time_n for_o its_o peculiar_a fitness_n to_o conclude_v with_o l._n 30._o contra_fw-la faustum_n manichaeum_fw-la c._n 3_o 5._o faustus_n objiciâ—…_n quid_fw-la verò_fw-la &_o de_fw-la illo_fw-la dicemus_fw-la quod_fw-la sanè_fw-la frustrari_fw-la quis_fw-la audeat_fw-la aut_fw-la negare_fw-la cum_fw-la constet_fw-la hoc_fw-la inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o aequè_fw-la per_fw-la orbem_fw-la terrarum_fw-la quoâ—…annis_fw-la omni_fw-la cum_fw-la study_v celebretur_fw-la in_o conventu_fw-la catholico_fw-la dico_fw-la autem_fw-la quadragesimam_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la inter_fw-la vos_fw-fr â—…itè_fw-fr observaâ—…dam_fw-la putaverit_fw-la abstineat_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la his_fw-la etc._n etc._n quid_fw-la ergò_fw-la &_o vos_fw-la charissimi_fw-la ritum_fw-la hunc_fw-la daemoniorum_fw-la vivitis_fw-la cum_fw-la haec_fw-la à _fw-la vobis_fw-la passionis_fw-la christi_fw-la celebrantur_fw-la mysteria_fw-la &_o seductorii_fw-la spiritûs_fw-la fraud_n decipimini_fw-la &_o in_o hypocrisi_fw-la loquimini_fw-la mendacium_fw-la &_o cauteriatam_fw-la habetis_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la vestram_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la horum_fw-la nihil_fw-la vos_fw-la nec_fw-la nos_fw-la igitur_fw-la si_fw-la quadragesima_fw-la sine_fw-la vino_fw-la &_o carnibus_fw-la non_fw-la superstitiosè_fw-la à _fw-la vobis_fw-la sed_fw-la divina_fw-la lege_fw-la servatur_fw-la videte_fw-la quaeso_fw-la videte_fw-la etc._n etc._n augustinus_n respondet_fw-la audi_fw-la ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n quâ_fw-la ment_fw-la &_o 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