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devotum_fw-la deo_fw-la obsequium_fw-la eucharistia_n resoluit_fw-la a_o magis_fw-la obligat_fw-la nun_n solemnior_fw-la erit_fw-la statio_fw-la tua_fw-la si_fw-la ad_fw-la aram_fw-la dei_fw-la steteris_fw-la accepto_fw-la corpore_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o reservato_fw-la utrumque_fw-la salvum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o participatio_fw-la beneficii_fw-la &_o executio_fw-la officii_fw-la 14._o so_o also_o of_o day_n of_o station_n many_o think_v they_o must_v then_o forbear_v to_o come_v to_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n because_o the_o station_n be_v to_o be_v dissolve_v by_o the_o receive_n of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o lord_n what_o then_o do_v the_o eucharist_n countermand_v the_o duty_n due_a to_o god_n do_v it_o not_o rather_o oblige_v we_o to_o it_o shall_v not_o thy_o station_n be_v the_o more_o solemn_a if_o perform_v before_o god_n altar_n the_o body_n of_o our_o lord_n be_v take_v and_o reserve_v both_o be_v secure_v the_o participation_n of_o his_o bless_a son_n and_o the_o 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the_o afternoon_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o tertullian_n call_v they_o in_o a_o scoff_n 13._o stationum_fw-la semijejunia_a half-fasted_n station_n have_v thus_o i_o hope_v make_v a_o clear_a prospect_n into_o tertullia_n dark_a mind_n in_o reference_n to_o these_o station_n the_o construction_n of_o the_o former_a passage_n be_v very_o facile_a viz._n that_o whereas_o many_o be_v scrupulous_a of_o come_v to_o the_o eucharist_n upon_o wednesday_n and_o friday_n lest_o the_o receive_n of_o the_o element_n shall_v prove_v a_o break_n of_o their_o fast_n which_o be_v to_o be_v continue_v until_o three_o in_o the_o afternoon_n tertullian_n tell_v they_o they_o be_v in_o the_o wrong_n and_o that_o the_o eucharist_n be_v so_o far_o from_o dissolve_v the_o duty_n of_o fast_v as_o it_o make_v the_o work_n more_o valuable_a in_o god_n sight_n but_o if_o they_o will_v not_o credit_v he_o then_o there_o be_v another_o expedient_a will_v salve_v both_o sore_n viz._n the_o take_n of_o the_o body_n 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she_o the_o jew_n first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d execrate_v