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suffer_v for_o he_o so_o the_o outrageous_a blaspheme_n of_o the_o name_n of_o god_n here_o speak_v of_o be_v so_o high_a a_o strain_n of_o impiety_n that_o be_v not_o the_o beast_n incite_v and_o spirit_v thereunto_o by_o the_o work_n of_o satan_n he_o can_v in_o no_o wise_a reach_n unto_o it_o the_o same_o be_v say_v of_o his_o make_a war_n namely_o with_o the_o saint_n as_o you_o have_v it_o verse_n 7._o and_o dan._n 7_o 25._o for_o the_o space_n of_o forty_o two_o month_n for_o this_o be_v a_o more_o than_o ordinary_a act_n of_o tyranny_n require_v the_o assistance_n of_o the_o devil_n to_o stir_v up_o and_o strengthen_v the_o beast_n to_o perform_v it_o as_o for_o the_o duration_n of_o this_o war_n with_o the_o saint_n which_o the_o beast_n be_v say_v to_o wage_v for_o the_o space_n of_o forty_o two_o month_n see_v i_o have_v already_o prove_v that_o by_o the_o beast_n be_v mean_v a_o king_n neither_o can_v any_o place_n be_v allege_v out_o of_o the_o scripture_n where_o by_o 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who_o name_n be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o life_n for_o they_o be_v appoint_v of_o god_n unto_o salvation_n be_v according_o preserve_v by_o he_o from_o commit_v so_o great_a impiety_n as_o to_o worship_v a_o king_n that_o open_o blaspheme_v god_n and_o be_v set_v up_o by_o the_o devil_n furthermore_o when_o the_o book_n of_o life_n be_v here_o say_v to_o be_v the_o lamb_n it_o be_v because_o god_n have_v prepare_v it_o for_o he_o for_o moses_n of_o old_a testify_v that_o god_n have_v write_v such_o a_o book_n exod._n 32.32_o that_o he_o may_v know_v on_o who_o to_o bestow_v eternal_a life_n for_o see_v it_o be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n that_o none_o shall_v
domitiano_n &_o consulare_fw-la imperium_fw-la that_o be_v to_o he_o namely_o vespasian_n with_o titus_n his_o son_n the_o consulship_n be_v vote_v to_o domitian_n the_o praetorship_n and_o consular_a authority_n ib._n cap._n 16._o mox_fw-la ejurante_fw-la frontino_fw-it caesar_n domitianus_n praeturam_fw-la cepit_fw-la ejus_fw-la nomen_fw-la epistolis_fw-la edictisque_fw-la proponebatur_fw-la vis_fw-fr penes_fw-la mucianum_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la pleraque_fw-la domitianus_n instigantibus_fw-la amiciss_fw-la aut_fw-la propria_fw-la lubidine_fw-la agebat_fw-la that_o be_v not_o long_o after_o upon_o the_o resignation_n of_o frontinus_n caesar_n domitian_n take_v the_o praetorship_n his_o name_n be_v prefix_v to_o all_o letter_n and_o edict_n the_o power_n and_o sway_v of_o affair_n be_v in_o mucianus_n save_v that_o domitian_n either_o at_o the_o instigation_n of_o his_o friend_n or_o upon_o his_o own_o pleasure_n transact_v very_o many_o thing_n ib._n cap._n 20._o vespasianus_n in_o italiam_fw-la resque_fw-la vrbis_fw-la intentus_fw-la aduersam_fw-la de_fw-fr domitiano_n famam_fw-la accipit_fw-la tanquam_fw-la terminos_fw-la aetatis_fw-la &_o concessa_fw-la filio_fw-la egrederetur_fw-la that_o be_v vespasian_n be_v intent_n upon_o italy_n and_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o city_n hear_v a_o ill_a report_n of_o domitian_n as_o if_o he_o have_v pass_v the_o bound_n of_o his_o age_n and_o carry_v himself_o with_o more_o state_n than_o become_v a_o emperor_n son_n suetonius_n also_o say_v of_o he_o in_o the_o description_n of_o his_o life_n cap._n 1._o post_fw-la victoriam_fw-la demum_fw-la progressus_fw-la &_o caesar_n consalutatus_fw-la honorem_fw-la praeturae_fw-la urbanae_fw-la cum_fw-la consulari_fw-la potestate_fw-la suscepit_fw-la titulo_fw-la tenus_fw-la quam_fw-la jusdictionem_fw-la ad_fw-la collegam_fw-la proximum_fw-la transtulit_fw-la caeterum_fw-la omnem_fw-la vim_o dominationis_fw-la tam_fw-la licenter_fw-la exercuit_fw-la ut_fw-la jam_fw-la tum_fw-la 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the_o rest_n of_o his_o action_n have_v abuse_v the_o wife_n of_o many_o citizen_n he_o take_v away_o domitia_n longina_n that_o be_v marry_v to_o aelius_n lamia_n and_o make_v she_o his_o own_o wife_n and_o distribute_v in_o one_o day_n above_o twenty_o office_n belong_v either_o to_o the_o city_n or_o to_o foreign_a part_n vespasian_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n ever_o and_o anon_o cry_v out_o that_o he_o wonder_v that_o his_o son_n do_v not_o also_o send_v he_o a_o successor_n ib._n chap._n 13._o principatum_fw-la vero_fw-la adeptus_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o senatu_fw-la jactare_fw-la dubitavit_fw-la &_o patri_fw-la se_fw-la &_o fratri_fw-la imperium_fw-la dedisse_fw-la illos_fw-la sibi_fw-la reddidisse_fw-la pari_fw-la arrogantiacum_fw-la procuratorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la nomine_fw-la formalem_fw-la dictaret_fw-la epistolam_fw-la sic_fw-la coepit_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la noster_fw-la sic_fw-la fieri_fw-la jubet_fw-la unde_fw-la institutum_fw-la post_fw-la hac_fw-la ut_fw-la ne_fw-la scripto_fw-la quidem_fw-la ac_fw-la sermone_fw-la cujusquam_fw-la appellaretur_fw-la aliter_fw-la that_o be_v domitian_n have_v obtain_v the_o empire_n doubt_v not_o to_o boast_v in_o the_o very_a senate_n that_o he_o have_v give_v the_o empire_n both_o to_o his_o father_n and_o to_o his_o brother_n whereas_o they_o have_v only_o restore_v it_o unto_o he_o with_o like_a arrogancy_n as_o he_o indict_v a_o formal_a letter_n in_o the_o name_n of_o his_o procurator_n he_o begin_v thus_o our_o lord_n and_o god_n command_v it_o so_o to_o be_v do_v whence_o it_o be_v afterward_o enjoin_v that_o none_o shall_v either_o in_o writing_n or_o in_o speech_n give_v he_o any_o other_o title_n this_o shift_a of_o the_o kingly_a power_n in_o domitian_n seem_v to_o be_v a_o proof_n or_o essay_n of_o what_o shall_v hereafter_o happen_v to_o he_o in_o the_o same_o kind_n for_o as_o he_o be_v sometime_o recall_v from_o a_o private_a condition_n to_o the_o empire_n so_o shall_v he_o in_o future_a age_n arise_v from_o the_o dead_a to_o be_v a_o king_n as_o i_o have_v before_o evince_v by_o what_o the_o angel_n have_v here_o speak_v to_o declare_v the_o mystery_n of_o the_o beast_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o by_o the_o beast_n be_v mean_v a_o man_n who_o be_v alive_a when_o this_o vision_n happen_v to_o john_n for_o the_o angel_n say_v express_o verse_n 8._o that_o he_o be_v it_o be_v also_o manifest_a that_o the_o beast_n have_v already_o be_v a_o king_n at_o rome_n and_o shall_v after_o the_o decease_n of_o his_o two_o immediate_a predecessor_n reign_v there_o again_o but_o who_o be_v there_o in_o the_o time_n of_o this_o vision_n to_o who_o such_o a_o thing_n do_v agree_v save_v domitian_n about_o the_o end_n of_o who_o empire_n irenaeus_n say_v lib._n 5._o cap._n 3._o that_o this_o book_n of_o the_o revelation_n be_v see_v neque_fw-la enim_fw-la ante_fw-la multum_fw-la temporis_fw-la so_o be_v his_o word_n visum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la paenè_fw-la sub_fw-la nostro_fw-la saeculo_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la domitiani_n imperii_fw-la which_o may_v be_v so_o far_o true_a as_o that_o perhaps_o it_o be_v not_o publish_v and_o common_o know_v before_o that_o time_n nevertheless_o it_o appear_v from_o those_o word_n of_o the_o angel_n five_o be_v fall_v and_o one_o be_v that_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o vespasian_n these_o thing_n be_v so_o i_o right_o reckon_v the_o king_n from_o claudius_n for_o if_o you_o begin_v either_o before_o or_o after_o he_o the_o word_n of_o the_o angel_n will_v not_o suit_v with_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o history_n as_o it_o be_v deliver_v by_o sundry_a grave_a writer_n that_o live_v in_o or_o about_o those_o time_n and_o it_o be_v likely_a that_o the_o angel_n so_o order_v the_o vision_n that_o the_o computation_n shall_v begin_v from_o claudius_n inclusive_o because_o he_o be_v the_o first_o roman_a emperor_n that_o employ_v his_o authority_n to_o molest_v the_o christian_n for_o suetonius_n in_o the_o history_n of_o his_o life_n cap._n 25._o tell_v we_o that_o he_o expel_v the_o jew_n out_o of_o rome_n as_o make_v continual_a tumult_n by_o the_o impulsion_n of_o christ_n who_o he_o as_o it_o seem_v do_v out_o of_o a_o heathenish_a malignity_n call_v in_o latin_a chrestus_n and_o not_o christus_fw-la as_o do_v also_o the_o author_n of_o that_o profane_a dialogue_n call_v philopatris_n which_o be_v find_v among_o the_o work_n of_o lucian_n see_v page_n 1003._o of_o the_o salmurian_a edition_n however_o certain_a it_o be_v out_o of_o the_o sacred_a story_n that_o claudius_n expel_v the_o jew_n out_o of_o rome_n by_o which_o mean_v aquila_n and_o priscilla_n his_o wife_n both_o believe_a jew_n be_v force_v to_o quit_v rome_n betake_v themselves_o to_o corinth_n act_v 18.2_o it_o be_v further_a manifest_a from_o what_o have_v be_v before_o discourse_v that_o the_o beast_n domitian_n be_v apt_o represent_v with_o seven_o head_n because_o of_o his_o relation_n both_o to_o the_o seven_o mountain_n and_o also_o to_o the_o seven_o king_n that_o be_v signify_v by_o they_o for_o he_o have_v not_o only_o sometime_o reign_v in_o rome_n the_o seven-hilled_n city_n but_o be_v also_o bear_v there_o for_o so_o say_v suetonius_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o life_n domitianus_n natus_fw-la est_fw-la region_fw-la vrbis_fw-la sexta_fw-la ad_fw-la malum_fw-la punicum_n that_o be_v domitian_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o six_o ward_n of_o the_o city_n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o pomegranate_n he_o be_v also_o son_n to_o one_o of_o the_o seven_o king_n and_o brother_n to_o another_o as_o have_v before_o be_v show_v verse_n 12._o and_o the_o ten_o horn_n which_o thou_o see_v be_v ten_o king_n which_o have_v receive_v no_o kingdom_n as_o yet_o but_o receive_v power_n as_o king_n one_o hour_n with_o the_o beast_n 13._o these_o have_v one_o mind_n and_o shall_v give_v their_o power_n and_o strength_n unto_o the_o beast_n 14._o these_o shall_v make_v war_n with_o the_o lamb_n and_o the_o lamb_n shall_v 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the_o four_o universal_a empire_n it_o be_v the_o city_n to_o which_o all_o nation_n be_v subject_a and_o whither_o they_o be_v wont_v continual_o to_o resort_v verse_n 16._o and_o the_o ten_o horn_n which_o thou_o see_v upon_o the_o beast_n these_o 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 17._o for_o god_n have_v put_v in_o their_o heart_n to_o fulfil_v his_o will_n and_o to_o agree_v and_o give_v their_o kingdom_n unto_o the_o beast_n until_o the_o word_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v fulfil_v here_o the_o angel_n declare_v what_o the_o ten_o king_n aforesaid_a shall_v do_v to_o rome_n namely_o that_o they_o shall_v sack_v and_o burn_v it_o with_o fire_n but_o for_o as_o much_o as_o that_o city_n be_v here_o describe_v according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o scripture_n as_o a_o harlot_n it_o be_v therefore_o suitable_o say_v that_o they_o shall_v make_v her_o naked_a and_o eat_v her_o flesh_n both_o which_o be_v do_v by_o pillage_n the_o place_n and_o slay_v the_o inhabitant_n thereof_o thus_o god_n say_v of_o jerusalem_n under_o the_o name_n of_o aholibah_n the_o harlot_n ezek._n 23.29_o they_o shall_v deal_v with_o thou_o hateful_o and_o shall_v take_v away_o all_o thy_o labour_n and_o shall_v leave_v thou_o naked_a and_o bare_a and_o david_n say_v of_o his_o enemy_n that_o they_o come_v upon_o he_o to_o eat_v up_o his_o flesh_n namely_o with_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o sword_n psal_n 27.2_o but_o the_o reason_n why_o so_o many_o king_n otherwise_o at_o variance_n among_o themselves_o shall_v yet_o agree_v herein_o and_o give_v their_o kingdom_n to_o the_o beast_n which_o two_o thing_n here_o concur_v to_o the_o destruction_n of_o rome_n do_v by_o the_o way_n clear_o intimate_v that_o it_o be_v the_o beast_n who_o set_v the_o king_n upon_o this_o work_n be_v because_o god_n put_v the_o same_o into_o their_o heart_n to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v accomplish_v his_o word_n that_o he_o to_o wit_n have_v speak_v touch_v the_o fall_n of_o rome_n chap._n 14.8_o wherefore_o in_o as_o much_o as_o the_o angel_n word_n be_v so_o perspicuous_a concern_v this_o matter_n they_o must_v needs_o be_v exceed_o mistake_v who_o expect_v that_o rome_n shall_v be_v destroy_v either_o by_o other_o person_n than_o the_o ten_o king_n aforesaid_a or_o at_o another_o time_n than_o after_o the_o seven_o vial_n of_o god_n wrath_n have_v be_v pour_v out_o upon_o the_o earth_n during_o the_o space_n of_o three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a that_o the_o tyranny_n of_o the_o beast_n over_o the_o saint_n shall_v continue_v but_o neither_o be_v the_o beast_n yet_o rise_v nor_o the_o ten_o king_n his_o confederate_n nor_o those_o prodigious_a thing_n come_v to_o pass_v that_o be_v mention_v in_o the_o 13._o chapter_n nor_o so_o much_o as_o one_o of_o the_o vial_n pour_v out_o as_o will_v easy_o appear_v to_o any_o man_n who_o be_v acquaint_v with_o the_o history_n of_o former_a 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the_o beast_n which_o if_o our_o man_n have_v rather_o choose_v to_o use_v than_o vain_o attempt_v to_o break_v up_o this_o divine_a cabinet_n with_o their_o own_o force_a interpretation_n neither_o have_v they_o so_o much_o wrest_v this_o excellent_a prophecy_n of_o john_n nor_o expose_v the_o religion_n of_o protestant_n to_o the_o contempt_n and_o scorn_n of_o her_o adversary_n who_o in_o likelihood_n measure_n what_o protestant_n speak_v in_o other_o point_n of_o religion_n by_o the_o standard_n of_o their_o exposition_n concern_v the_o beast_n i_o shall_v now_o proceed_v to_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o eighteen_o chapter_n but_o that_o be_v only_o a_o relation_n touch_v the_o manner_n how_o rome_n shall_v be_v destroy_v and_o contain_v in_o itself_o little_a or_o no_o difficulty_n i_o judge_v it_o better_a to_o pass_v it_o by_o and_o hasten_v to_o the_o nineteenth_o chapter_n wherewith_o the_o history_n of_o the_o beast_n end_v chap._n 19_o verse_n 1._o and_o after_o these_o thing_n i_o hear_v a_o great_a voice_n of_o much_o people_n in_o heaven_n say_v alleluja_n salvation_n and_o glory_n and_o honour_n and_o power_n unto_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n verse_n 2._o for_o true_a and_o righteous_a be_v his_o judgement_n for_o he_o have_v judge_v the_o great_a whore_n which_o do_v corrupt_v the_o earth_n with_o her_o fornication_n and_o have_v avenge_v the_o blood_n of_o his_o servant_n at_o her_o hand_n verse_n 3._o and_o again_o they_o say_v alleluja_n and_o her_o smoke_n rise_v up_o for_o ever_o and_o ever_o the_o exposition_n no_o soon_o be_v rome_n sack_v and_o burn_v by_o the_o ten_o king_n aforesaid_a but_o this_o judgement_n be_v entertain_v with_o a_o great_a shout_n from_o heaven_n where_o a_o vast_a multitude_n cry_v alleluja_n ascribe_v salvation_n and_o glory_n and_o honour_n and_o power_n unto_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n of_o what_o person_n this_o multitude_n consist_v whither_o of_o angel_n or_o of_o man_n though_o it_o be_v not_o here_o 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use_v no_o such_o form_n of_o praise_v he_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o they_o be_v man_n not_o holy_a man_n upon_o the_o earth_n for_o they_o be_v denote_v by_o the_o four_o and_o twenty_o elder_n and_o the_o four_o live_a creature_n mention_v afterward_o in_o the_o four_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n it_o remain_v therefore_o that_o the_o multitude_n aforesaid_a consist_v of_o holy_a man_n already_o raise_v from_o the_o dead_a and_o glorify_v in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n when_o rome_n be_v destroy_v and_o so_o differ_v from_o they_o who_o after_o that_o destruction_n shall_v be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o same_o anticipate_v resurrection_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o twenty_o chapter_n of_o this_o prophecy_n and_o consequent_o be_v that_o great_a multitude_n of_o saint_n afore_o mention_v in_o the_o seven_o chapter_n verse_n 9_o for_o that_o those_o saint_n be_v such_o as_o be_v rise_v from_o
heat_n nevertheless_o we_o according_a to_o his_o promise_n look_v for_o new_a heaven_n and_o a_o new_a earth_n wherein_o dwell_v righteousness_n 2_o epist_n 3.10_o 11_o 12_o 13._o be_v it_o possible_a that_o any_o thing_n shall_v more_o plain_o and_o positive_o be_v deliver_v to_o show_v that_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n which_o now_o be_v shall_v be_v dissolve_v by_o fire_n and_o abolish_v and_o new_a heaven_n together_o with_o a_o new_a earth_n be_v create_v of_o god_n in_o their_o room_n yea_o be_v not_o this_o doctrine_n long_o before_o teach_v by_o two_o sacred_a writer_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n to_o the_o latter_a of_o which_o the_o word_n of_o peter_n while_o he_o speak_v of_o god_n promise_v touch_v a_o new_a heaven_n and_o a_o new_a earth_n seem_v to_o relate_v for_o the_o divine_a author_n of_o the_o 102._o psalm_n direct_v his_o speech_n to_o god_n say_v in_o the_o 25._o and_o 26._o verse_n thereof_o of_o old_a thou_o have_v lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o heaven_n be_v the_o work_n of_o thy_o hand_n they_o shall_v perish_v but_o thou_o shall_v endure_v yea_o all_o of_o they_o shall_v wax_v old_a like_o a_o garment_n as_o a_o vesture_n shall_v thou_o change_v they_o and_o they_o shall_v be_v change_v which_o passage_n do_v not_o only_o tell_v we_o in_o plain_a word_n that_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n shall_v perish_v but_o with_o all_o intimate_a that_o new_a heaven_n and_o a_o new_a earth_n shall_v be_v create_v while_o it_o say_v that_o god_n shall_v change_v the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n when_o grow_v old_a as_o a_o vesture_n for_o in_o the_o change_n of_o a_o old_a vesture_n a_o new_a one_o be_v take_v in_o its_o stead_n likewise_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n chap._n 65.17_o bring_v in_o god_n say_v behold_v i_o create_v new_a heaven_n and_o a_o new_a earth_n and_o the_o former_a shall_v not_o be_v remember_v nor_o come_v into_o mind_n and_o chap._n 66.22_o god_n to_o comfort_v the_o jew_n speak_v thus_o as_o the_o new_a heaven_n and_o the_o new_a earth_n which_o i_o will_v make_v shall_v remain_v before_o i_o so_o shall_v your_o seed_n and_o your_o name_n remain_v be_v not_o three_o such_o witness_n as_o these_o sufficient_a to_o confirm_v the_o exposition_n that_o we_o have_v give_v on_o the_o foresay_a passage_n of_o the_o revelation_n yea_o do_v not_o the_o very_o close_o of_o the_o verse_n evince_v it_o when_o it_o be_v say_v the_o sea_n be_v no_o more_o for_o see_v in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o commerce_n and_o traffic_n to_o what_o purpose_n shall_v there_o be_v any_o sea_n which_o serve_v for_o a_o more_o easy_a and_o compendious_a passage_n from_o one_o country_n to_o another_o that_o so_o man_n may_v be_v supply_v with_o such_o commodity_n as_o they_o want_v but_o if_o any_o one_o here_o object_n that_o he_o can_v imagine_v any_o more_o need_n of_o a_o new_a heaven_n and_o a_o new_a earth_n than_o of_o a_o new_a sea_n i_o answer_v that_o it_o do_v not_o therefore_o follow_v that_o they_o be_v all_o alike_o in_o that_o it_o be_v express_o deny_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o more_o sea_n but_o on_o the_o contrrary_a it_o be_v plain_o affirm_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o new_a heaven_n and_o a_o new_a earth_n neither_o have_v god_n leave_v we_o whole_o ignorant_a concern_v the_o use_n of_o the_o new_a earth_n and_o consequent_o of_o the_o new_a heaven_n which_o will_v in_o likelihood_n be_v subservient_fw-fr thereunto_o as_o the_o old_a heaven_n be_v to_o the_o old_a earth_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n paul_n rom._n 8.19_o 20_o 21_o 22._o where_o he_o say_v the_o earnest_a expectation_n of_o the_o creature_n wait_v for_o the_o manifestation_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n for_o the_o creature_n be_v make_v subject_a to_o vanity_n not_o willing_o but_o by_o reason_n of_o he_o who_o have_v subject_v the_o same_o in_o hope_n because_o the_o creature_n itself_o also_o shall_v be_v deliver_v from_o 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heaven_n prepare_v as_o a_o bride_n adorn_v for_o her_o husband_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n that_o john_n have_v before_o see_v the_o new_a heaven_n and_o the_o new_a earth_n do_v he_o here_o see_v the_o new_a jerusalem_n only_o this_o jerusalem_n be_v already_o in_o be_v and_o therefore_o call_v new_a because_o it_o be_v so_o to_o the_o saint_n when_o admit_v thereinto_o in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v thus_o paul_n before_o ananias_n be_v in_o very_a deed_n come_v to_o he_o have_v already_o see_v he_o in_o a_o vision_n enter_v in_o and_o lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o he_o that_o he_o may_v receive_v his_o sight_n act_n 9.11_o 12._o but_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o knowledge_n or_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n be_v of_o so_o great_a importance_n without_o which_o neither_o can_v the_o happiness_n of_o the_o saint_n be_v right_o apprehend_v nor_o their_o faith_n as_o want_v a_o solid_a foundation_n be_v firm_a and_o stable_a we_o will_v evince_v out_o of_o the_o scripture_n that_o by_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n be_v not_o mean_v the_o church_n but_o as_o it_o be_v here_o express_o term_v a_o city_n which_o god_n have_v reserve_v in_o heaven_n for_o the_o saint_n to_o omit_v therefore_o the_o observation_n that_o may_v to_o this_o effect_n be_v right_o deduce_v from_o the_o very_a name_n of_o jerusalem_n which_o be_v in_o the_o hebrew_n of_o the_o dual_a number_n sign_n fi_v that_o there_o be_v two_o city_n know_v by_o that_o appellation_n the_o testimony_n take_v out_o of_o the_o divine_a author_n to_o the_o hebrew_n will_v abundant_o confirm_v our_o assertion_n for_o he_o say_v chap._n 11.9_o 10._o by_o faith_n abraham_n sojourn_v in_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n as_o in_o a_o strange_a country_n dwell_v in_o tabernacle_n with_o isaac_n and_o jacob_n heir_n with_o he_o of_o the_o same_o promise_n for_o he_o look_v for_o a_o city_n which_o have_v foundation_n who_o builder_n and_o maker_n be_v god_n certain_o a_o city_n that_o be_v oppose_v to_o tabernacle_n as_o have_v foundation_n whereof_o they_o be_v destitute_a and_o who_o builder_n and_o maker_n be_v god_n himself_o be_v a_o city_n true_o and_o proper_o so_o call_v again_o in_o the_o 13.14_o 15._o and_o 16._o verse_n of_o the_o same_o chapter_n he_o speak_v thus_o all_o these_o namely_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n die_v in_o faith_n not_o have_v receive_v the_o promise_n but_o have_v see_v they_o a_o far_o of_o and_o be_v persuade_v of_o they_o and_o embrace_v they_o and_o confess_v that_o they_o be_v stranger_n and_o pilgrim_n on_o the_o earth_n for_o they_o that_o say_v such_o thing_n declare_v plain_o that_o they_o seek_v a_o country_n and_o true_o if_o they_o have_v be_v mindful_a of_o that_o country_n from_o whence_o they_o come_v out_o they_o may_v have_v have_v opportunity_n to_o have_v return_v but_o now_o they_o desire_v abetter_v country_n that_o be_v a_o heavenly_a wherefore_o god_n be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o be_v call_v their_o god_n for_o he_o have_v prepare_v for_o they_o a_o 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