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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n also_o magister_n in_o princip_n glossae_fw-la epistolae_fw-la ad_fw-la romanos_fw-la tell_v we_o that_o cum_fw-la dicitur_fw-la apostolus_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la paulus_n cum_fw-la dicitur_fw-la vrbs_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la roma_fw-la which_o
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dixisâ—â—_n etc._n etc._n antichristus_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la domini_fw-la in_o sede_fw-la christi_fw-la sedebit_fw-la ambros_n in_o locum_fw-la male_a ecc'esiam_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o tectis_fw-la aedificiisque_fw-la veneramini_fw-la anne_n ambiguum_fw-la est_fw-la antichristum_n in_o his_o esse_fw-la sessurum_fw-la hilar._n contra_fw-la aux_fw-fr that_o it_o must_v be_v the_o temple_n of_o god_n it_o be_v the_o word_n of_o s._n paul_n which_o will_v never_o have_v call_v the_o ethnic_a state_n of_o rome_n the_o temple_n of_o god_n it_o must_v therefore_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n &_o so_o the_o father_n take_v it_o without_o all_o doubt_n or_o question_n &_o that_o in_o rome_n for_o out_o of_o rome_n it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o seek_v as_o by_o the_o former_a place_n may_v full_o appear_v and_o yet_o this_o text_n go_v not_o single_a but_o seem_v to_o be_v draw_v out_o of_o a_o ancient_a prophecy_n of_o the_o evangelicall_a prophet_n where_o he_o bring_v in_o the_o 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