to_o pass_v before_o christ_n come_v under_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n but_o this_o resurrection_n here_o in_o the_o text_n be_v to_o be_v while_o yet_o under_o the_o six_o trumpet_n sexta_fw-la corrente_n adhoc_fw-la tuba_fw-la sexta_fw-la verse_n 8._o and_o their_o dead_a body_n shall_v lie_v in_o the_o street_n of_o the_o great_a city_n which_o be_v spiritual_o call_v sodom_n and_o egypt_n where_o also_o our_o lord_n be_v cruciss_v here_o we_o have_v the_o witness_n unburied_a estate_n and_o here_o be_v the_o place_n describe_v where_o they_o be_v kill_v for_o where_o they_o lie_v dead_a there_o they_o must_v be_v kill_v now_o the_o text_n say_v their_o dead_a body_n lie_v in_o the_o street_n of_o the_o great_a city_n by_o the_o great_a city_n be_v mean_v the_o city_n of_o rome_n of_o which_o the_o angel_n speak_v rev._n 17.18_o and_o chap._n 14.8_o babylon_n the_o great_a city_n 5._o bellarm._n l._n 2._o pontiff_a rom._n c._n 2._o &_o l._n 3_o c._n 5._o and_o that_o by_o babylon_n 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of_o babylon_n rev._n 133._o etc._n etc._n that_o be_v to_o the_o antichrist_n who_o in_o the_o time_n of_o these_o war_n do_v creep_v out_o in_o the_o roman_a empire_n his_o power_n and_o his_o seat_n and_o great_a authority_n cap._n 13._o vers_fw-la 2._o and_o so_o make_v he_o his_o vicar_n and_o lieutenant_n by_o give_v over_o to_o he_o his_o seat_n and_o residence_n the_o city_n of_o rome_n and_o the_o whole_a roman_a empire_n whence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o about_o the_o time_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n begin_v to_o seek_v to_o have_v the_o primacy_n and_o preeminence_n both_o in_o church_n and_o state_n as_o innocentius_n the_o first_o do_v in_o the_o year_n say_v some_o 402._o other_o 406._o the_o dragon_n do_v resign_v to_o his_o lieutenant_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d râ—â—_n the_o dragon_n delegate_v or_o inostirute_n râ—â—_n his_o whole_a host_n for_o in_o this_o sense_n the_o seventy_o interpreter_n do_v use_v this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o exod._n 14.14_o and_o 15.4_o as_o mat._n 24.29.30_o the_o host_n of_o the_o dragon_n be_v his_o angel_n or_o devil_n mede_n so_o mede_n and_o the_o idol_n in_o which_o the_o dragon_n and_o the_o devil_n be_v worship_v and_o serve_v by_o the_o heathen_a these_o idol_n the_o antichristian_a popedom_n have_v receive_v and_o worship_v under_o the_o name_n of_o saint_n the_o dragon_n and_o his_o vicegerent_n as_o hereof_o the_o text_n speak_v cap._n 13.3_o 4._o the_o whole_a earth_n do_v wonder_n at_o the_o beast_n and_o they_o worship_v the_o dragon_n that_o give_v power_n unto_o the_o beast_n and_o they_o worship_v the_o beast_n the_o dragon_n do_v give_v also_o to_o he_o great_a authority_n and_o make_v he_o a_o head_n over_o great_a country_n whereof_o david_n do_v prophecy_n psa_n 110.6_o the_o time_n of_o his_o lieutenantship_n shall_v continue_v forty_o two_o month_n i.e._n one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o year_n upon_o this_o follow_v the_o three_o period_n which_o 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