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and_o persecution_n v._o 5_o 6._o that_o this_o place_n be_v the_o city_n of_o rome_n and_o not_o constantinople_n jerusalem_n or_o any_o other_o city_n be_v also_o evident_a because_o she_o be_v say_v to_o be_v seat_v upon_o seven_o mountain_n and_o to_o have_v have_v seven_o sort_n of_o government_n five_o past_a one_o present_a and_o another_o to_o come_v v._o 9_o 10_o 11._o which_o agree_v to_o no_o city_n but_o rome_n and_o v._o 18._o it_o be_v add_v that_o the_o woman_n be_v that_o great_a city_n which_o reign_v over_o the_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n viz._n in_o st._n john_n time_n which_o be_v none_o but_o rome_n moreover_o that_o this_o be_v not_o heathen_a rome_n but_o rome_n christian_n decline_v both_o in_o doctrine_n and_o worship_n appear_v in_o that_o she_o be_v tax_v with_o whoredom_n and_o draw_v all_o the_o world_n to_o whoredom_n and_o fornication_n by_o her_o power_n and_o example_n by_o which_o the_o scripture_n do_v not_o express_v the_o idolatry_n of_o heathen_n 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