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cause_n of_o the_o apostasy_n when_o god_n shall_v ruin_v all_o those_o irregular_a order_n as_o i_o may_v just_o call_v they_o in_o the_o european_a church_n and_o aâ—…l_o those_o tyrannical_a and_o false_a government_n which_o be_v get_v into_o those_o state_n which_o profess_v christianity_n and_o shall_v raise_v up_o his_o witness_n which_o shall_v promote_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n both_o for_o doctrine_n and_o worship_n about_o this_o time_n shall_v the_o antichrist_n appear_v i._n e._n immediate_o before_o this_o time_n but_o we_o leave_v this_o sense_n we_o come_v near_o to_o the_o literal_a and_o general_a sense_n and_o as_o it_o be_v conceive_v to_o that_o which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n allude_v unto_o the_o antichrist_n be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o perdition_n by_o way_n of_o allusion_n to_o judas_n who_o be_v grotius_n call_v the_o son_n of_o perdition_n john_n 17._o 12._o which_o give_v we_o this_o notion_n that_o as_o there_o arise_v a_o son_n of_o perdition_n to_o 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