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shall_v hate_v the_o whore_n and_o shall_v make_v her_o desolate_a and_o naked_a and_o shall_v eat_v her_o flesh_n and_o burn_v she_o with_o fire_n rev._n 17.16_o now_o this_o shall_v not_o be_v do_v by_o all_o of_o they_o for_o some_o of_o these_o horn_n will_v never_o forsake_v the_o whore_n but_o shall_v go_v into_o perdition_n with_o she_o rev._n 18.9_o 10._o and_o 19.18_o to_o be_v short_a whosoever_o will_v inform_v himself_o in_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o last_o time_n let_v he_o observe_v these_o 5_o thing_n 1._o the_o lord_n will_v begin_v his_o work_n his_o strangework_n among_o that_o people_n where_o religion_n be_v most_o eminent_o profess_v jer._n 25.18_o 28._o ezek._n 9.6_o 1_o pet._n 4.18_o 2._o though_o he_o shake_v earth_n and_o heaven_n together_o and_o at_o one_o time_n yet_o the_o earth_n first_o as_o a_o man_n lay_v first_o the_o foundation_n and_o afterward_o build_v upon_o it_o so_o the_o lord_n will_v have_v righteousness_n and_o justice_n first_o establish_v 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