Ierome writing vpon the. 4. chap. to the Galatians, sayth on this* 1.1 sorte: If it be not lavvfull to obserue dayes, moneths, times, and yeres, vve also fall into the like fault vvhich obserue the passion of Christ, the Sabboth day, and the time of Lent, the feasts of Easter, and of Pentecoste, and other times appoynted to Martyrs, according to the maner and custome of eue∣ry nation, to the vvhich he that vvill ansvvere simply, vvill say, that our obseruing of dayes is not the same vvith the Ievvish obseruing, for vve doe not celebrate the feast of vnleuened bread, but of the resurrection & death of Christe. &c. And least the confused gathering togither of the people should diminishe the fayth in Christ, therfore certayne dayes are appoyn∣ted that vve might all meete togither in one place, not bicause those dayes be more holy, but to the intent that in vvhat day soeuer vve meete, vve may reioyce to see one another. &c.
Augustine in lyke manner Lib. 18. de ciuitate Dei, cap. 27. sayth, That vve ho∣nor* 1.2 the memories of Martyrs, as of holy men, and suche as haue striuen for the truthe, euen to death. &c.