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to_o join_v and_o comply_v and_o act_n with_o the_o beast_n in_o persecute_v christian_n and_o not_o rather_o to_o have_v kingly_a power_n bestow_v on_o they_o which_o they_o have_v not_o before_o 8._o who_o can_v think_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o hour_n do_v note_v the_o continuance_n of_o the_o kingdom_n which_o these_o king_n be_v to_o receive_v and_o not_o rather_o the_o time_n when_o their_o kingdom_n shall_v begin_v namely_o when_o tâ—e_v beast_n do_v and_o it_o will_v be_v a_o hard_a matter_n for_o these_o man_n to_o find_v out_o ten_o king_n who_o kingdom_n do_v begin_v the_o same_o hour_n with_o the_o beast_n last_o if_o to_o receive_v power_n as_o king_n be_v to_o join_v and_o comply_v and_o act_n with_o the_o beast_n in_o persecute_v christian_n when_o shall_v this_o be_v do_v here_o they_o can_v find_v a_o time_n when_o this_o shall_v be_v but_o in_o the_o day_n of_o dioclesian_n but_o how_o come_v dioclesian_n to_o be_v the_o beast_n now_o which_o in_o 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the_o vengeance_n which_o they_o cry_v for_o come_v to_o pass_v let_v man_n consider_v what_o they_o say_v do_v the_o prophecy_n speak_v only_o of_o the_o martyr_n which_o be_v slay_v in_o judaea_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n then_o it_o speak_v but_o of_o three_o martyr_n beside_o those_o which_o be_v slay_v by_o paul_n and_o no_o more_o but_o if_o they_o say_v that_o other_o be_v include_v which_o be_v slay_v in_o other_o place_n than_o the_o adequate_a scene_n of_o the_o prophecy_n be_v not_o judaea_n but_o the_o world_n but_o take_v we_o all_o the_o martyr_n that_o be_v slay_v in_o the_o world_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o number_n be_v too_o few_o and_o the_o time_n too_o short_a to_o include_v all_o the_o martyr_n which_o the_o prophecy_n speak_v of_o the_o six_o seal_n be_v a_o prophecy_n of_o eclipse_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n for_o the_o sun_n become_v black_a as_o sackcloth_n of_o hair_n and_o the_o moon_n become_v as_o 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