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be_v the_o church_n to_o wit_v virtual_a as_o they_o call_v he_o and_o be_v only_o infallible_a he_o i_o say_v who_o do_v this_o be_v the_o grand_a antichrist_n but_o the_o pope_n do_v this_o therefore_o he_o be_v the_o grand_a antichrist_n the_o major_n be_v scripture_n expound_v by_o father_n and_o romanist_n themselves_o the_o minor_a be_v clear_a likewise_o by_o the_o pop_z own_o claim_n and_o bellarmine_n doctrine_n of_o he_o lib._n 2._o de_fw-la pont_n rom._n cap._n 12._o and_o lib_n 2._o dâ—_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la cap._n 15.16_o etc._n etc._n therefore_o the_o conclusion_n inevitable_o follow_v chap._n viii_o antichrist_n seat_n or_o his_o place_n in_o particular_a revel_n 17.9_o and_o 18._o prove_v to_o be_v rome_n as_o for_o antichrist_n seat_n or_o place_n in_o particular_a it_o be_v describe_v two_o way_n revel_n 17._o first_o by_o the_o name_n of_o mystical_a babylon_n verse_n 5._o and_o thereafter_o by_o the_o name_n of_o that_o great_a city_n which_o in_o john_n day_n do_v 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as_o for_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o forenamed_a father_n they_o be_v to_o be_v find_v as_o follower_n tertullian_n adversus_fw-la iudaeos_fw-la and_o lib._n 3._o contra_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la augustin_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 18._o c._n 2._o ambrose_n in_o 2_o thess_n 2._o beda_n and_o oecumenius_n in_o 1._o pet._n cap._n ult._n out_o of_o which_o place_n by_o peter_n writing_n from_o babylon_n which_o the_o romanist_n themselves_o expound_v to_o be_v rome_n 5.13_o they_o will_v prove_v that_o peter_n be_v aâ—rome_n for_o so_o lyra_n and_o cajetan_n expound_v that_o place_n as_o also_o bellarmin_n and_o baronius_n romam_fw-la the_o jesuit_n also_o viega_n speak_v thus_o omnia_fw-la quae_fw-la in_fw-la his_fw-la capitibus_fw-la de_fw-la babylone_fw-la commemorantur_fw-la in_fw-la romam_fw-la urbem_fw-la aptissime_fw-la quadrant_a that_o be_v all_o these_o thing_n which_o be_v speak_v of_o babylon_n in_o these_o chapter_n most_o fit_o agree_v to_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n etiam_fw-la quae_fw-la erit_fw-la tempore_fw-la antichristi_fw-la even_o as_o it_o be_v to_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o antichrist_n the_o jesuit_n ribera_n likewise_o arbitror_fw-la ergo_fw-la quod_fw-la andreas_n episcopus_fw-la caesareae_n and_o arethas_n in_fw-la huius_fw-la libri_fw-la commentariis_fw-la nonnullos_fw-la sensisse_fw-la testantur_fw-la romam_fw-la nomine_fw-la babylonis_fw-la designari_fw-la that_o be_v i_o believe_v therefore_o that_o which_o andrew_n also_o bishop_n of_o caesarea_n and_o arethas_n testify_v that_o some_o other_o in_o their_o comâ—mentaries_n upon_o this_o book_n do_v â—old_v that_o by_o the_o name_n of_o babylon_n rome_n be_v understand_v and_o again_o huiâ—_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la aptissime_fw-la omnia_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la babylone_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la libro_fw-la that_o be_v all_o thing_n that_o be_v speak_v of_o babylon_n in_o this_o book_n most_o fit_o agree_v with_o rome_n which_o he_o prove_v thereafter_o by_o 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she_o by_o force_n and_o martial_a coaction_n but_o rome_n as_o she_o be_v describe_v by_o john_n to_o be_v the_o seat_n of_o antichrist_n and_o under_o papal_a government_n procure_v subjection_n of_o natioâ—s_fw-la to_o she_o by_o fraud_n and_o whorish_a allurement_n as_o v._n 4._o of_o crafty_a seduction_n 3._o rome_n as_o the_o seat_n of_o antichrist_n be_v describe_v commit_v spiritual_a fornication_n with_o the_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n who_o be_v call_v v._n 12._o the_o horn_n of_o the_o beast_n to_o who_o they_o give_v their_o power_n as_o his_o secular_a arm_n to_o war_n against_o the_o lamb_n by_o persecute_v the_o saint_n of_o god_n his_o martyr_n but_o when_o rome_n be_v heathen_a these_o king_n be_v not_o at_o all_o for_o they_o be_v to_o rise_v a_o long_a time_n after_o rome_n cease_v to_o be_v under_o the_o heathen_a emperor_n 4._o rome_n be_v describe_v by_o john_n as_o the_o seat_n of_o antichrist_n by_o way_n of_o prophecy_n not_o what_o she_o be_v then_o in_o john_n day_n but_o what_o she_o be_v after_o to_o be_v and_o 5._o rome_n be_v describe_v by_o john_n under_o her_o eight_o or_o last_o head_n which_o i_o have_v prove_v the_o pope_n to_o be_v under_o who_o she_o be_v to_o go_v to_o such_o utter_a ruin_n as_o never_o any_o more_o to_o be_v inhabit_v nor_o the_o light_n of_o a_o candle_n to_o be_v see_v in_o she_o where_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o this_o never_o yet_o befall_v to_o rome_n heathen_a under_o the_o old_a imperial_a government_n 18.21.22.23_o next_o where_o they_o will_v allege_v when_o the_o former_a evasion_n faili_v they_o that_o it_o be_v rome_n as_o it_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n under_o the_o fancy_a antichrist_n yet_o to_o come_v 1._o 446._o as_o have_v be_v say_v hereby_o they_o confess_v that_o rome_n be_v the_o proper_a seat_n of_o antichrist_n 2._o if_o this_o be_v true_a than_o the_o beast_n speak_v of_o shall_v have_v more_o head_n than_o eight_o to_o wit_n a_o nine_o after_o the_o papal_a government_n under_o which_o it_o be_v prophesy_v that_o it_o shall_v go_v to_o utter_v ruin_n and_o so_o not_o to_o have_v a_o nine_o head_n at_o all_o 34._o 3._o the_o jesuit_n ribera_n say_v of_o rome_n si_fw-la quando_fw-la haec_fw-la eadem_fw-la fecerit_fw-la quae_fw-la iohannis_fw-la tempore_fw-la faciebat_fw-la iterum_fw-la babylon_n vocabitur_fw-la that_o be_v if_o rome_n shall_v do_v these_o same_o thing_n which_o she_o do_v in_o john_n time_n than_o she_o shall_v just_o be_v call_v again_o babylon_n as_o she_o be_v before_o and_o consequent_o come_v to_o that_o utter_a ruin_n foreprophecy_v of_o she_o cap._n 18.2_o and_o 21._o for_o it_o be_v manifest_a say_v he_o quod_fw-la peccata_fw-la quae_fw-la extremo_fw-la tempore_fw-la patrabit_fw-la 46._o omnino_fw-la similia_fw-la futura_fw-la iis_fw-la quae_fw-la fecit_fw-la cum_fw-la imperium_fw-la tenebant_fw-la imperatores_fw-la that_o be_v that_o the_o sin_n which_o she_o shall_v commit_v in_o the_o last_o time_n shall_v be_v altogether_o alike_o with_o the_o sin_n which_o she_o