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follower_n their_o person_n be_v despise_v second_o their_o common_a worship_n become_v ahominable_a three_o even_o their_o ground_n and_o chief_a doctor_n be_v see_v corrupt_v &_o deadly_a and_o therewith_o in_o god_n his_o justice_n because_o they_o have_v be_v bloody_a murderer_n of_o the_o saint_n they_o in_o their_o course_n get_v blood_n to_o drink_v four_o the_o still_o wax_a light_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o the_o sun_n discover_v their_o dark_a work_n burn_v they_o up_o with_o indignation_n and_o despite_n 5._o thus_o antichrist_n his_o kingdom_n become_v contemptible_a lose_v much_o of_o the_o wont_a lustre_n and_o magnificence_n to_o the_o great_a torment_n of_o their_o mind_n they_o even_o gnaw_v their_o tongue_n for_o sorrow_n six_o peoples_n tongue_n and_o nation_n fall_v from_o the_o obedience_n thereof_o it_o be_v leave_v naked_a and_o weak_a whereby_o a_o way_n be_v prepare_v for_o the_o eastern_a kingdom_n and_o most_o special_o the_o jew_n sparse_v among_o they_o
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