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all_o her_o tear_n be_v wipe_v away_o chap._n 21._o 4._o 2_o the_o dragon_n make_v this_o woman_n fly_v into_o the_o wilderness_n this_o chap._n ver_fw-la 6._o but_o the_o church_n triumphant_a be_v now_o in_o her_o palace_n no_o more_o in_o the_o wilderness_n no_o more_o chase_v with_o the_o dragon_n for_o there_o he_o have_v nought_o to_o do_v 3_o this_o woman_n need_v food_n in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o be_v nourish_v there_o by_o mean_n appoint_v by_o god_n ver_fw-la 6._o but_o the_o church_n triumphant_a have_v no_o need_n no_o want_n no_o hunger_n no_o thirst_n no_o mean_n of_o life_n but_o christ_n himself_o not_o his_o two_o prophet_n therefore_o it_o agree_v only_o to_o the_o church_n militant_a quest._n but_o if_o it_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o church_n militant_a whether_o of_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n or_o of_o the_o gentile_n answ._n it_o be_v a_o true_a vision_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n in_o all_o age_n but_o be_v most_o applicable_a to_o the_o church_n of_o 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