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the_o jew_n and_o counterfeit_n christian_n therefore_o by_o their_o own_o doctrine_n this_o persecution_n of_o the_o church_n by_o the_o gentile_n shall_v not_o be_v the_o persecution_n under_o antichrist_n and_o that_o enoch_n and_o elias_n be_v not_o here_o speak_v of_o it_o have_v be_v show_v before_o &_o three_o that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n do_v not_o mean_a jerusalem_n i_o have_v heretofore_o prove_v but_o suppose_v that_o s._n john_n do_v speak_v both_o of_o antichrist_n as_o it_o 17._o chap._n 6._o lib._n 1._o caâ—…_n 2._o §_o 17._o seem_v he_o do_v not_o and_o also_o of_o jerusalem_n which_o i_o be_o sure_a he_o do_v not_o yet_o notwithstanding_o this_o follow_v not_o that_o wheresoever_o the_o witness_n of_o christ_n be_v put_v to_o death_n by_o he_o or_o by_o his_o authority_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v his_o principal_a seat_n whereas_o therefore_o bellarmine_n argue_v thus_o where_o the_o two_o witness_n be_v put_v to_o death_n there_o be_v the_o seat_n of_o antichrist_n 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writing_n before_o to_o be_v the_o scripture_n why_o then_o jerome_n say_v so_o upon_o daniel_n 11._o 24._o where_o daniel_n speak_v of_o antiochus_n his_o deal_n in_o egypt_n that_o he_o do_v that_o which_o his_o forefather_n never_o do_v nullus_fw-la judaeorum_n absque_fw-la antichristo_fw-la in_o totâ—…_n unquam_fw-la or_o be_v regnavit_fw-la these_o be_v bellarmine_n scripture_n but_o where_o do_v the_o scripture_n indeed_o say_v that_o antichrist_n shall_v subdue_v seven_o of_o the_o ten_o king_n nay_o the_o contrary_n may_v rather_o be_v gather_v out_o of_o the_o scripture_n the_o ten_o horn_n whereof_o daniel_n speak_v be_v ten_o king_n which_o successive_o reign_v over_o judaea_n as_o have_v be_v show_v and_o although_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n may_v help_v away_o three_o of_o his_o next_o predecessor_n yet_o he_o can_v not_o hurt_v the_o other_o six_o for_o there_o be_v but_o nine_o beside_o himself_o which_o be_v all_o dead_a and_o go_v before_o he_o come_v to_o year_n yea_o 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