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ninety_o day_n than_o one_o thousand_o three_o hundred_o thirty_o five_o that_o the_o truth_n need_v no_o explication_n and_o although_o that_o division_n of_o time_n make_v by_o daniel_n be_v foundation_n sufficient_a for_o our_o whole_a distinction_n consider_v that_o the_o end_n of_o the_o beast_n reign_v and_o the_o witness_n resurrection_n be_v thing_n contemporary_a with_o the_o jew_n first_o stir_v as_o be_v prove_v key_n thesi_fw-la 17._o and_o also_o christ_n personal_a appearance_n and_o the_o final_a destruction_n of_o the_o beast_n or_o four_o monarchy_n contemporary_a with_o their_o complete_a deliverance_n as_o also_o see_v our_o key_n thesi_fw-la 34._o yet_o because_o i_o will_v not_o lay_v the_o weight_n of_o so_o material_a a_o distinction_n upon_o that_o single_a text_n only_o i_o shall_v produce_v other_o scripture_n ground_n which_o warrant_v this_o distinction_n dan._n 7.26_o 27._o a_o manifest_a distinction_n be_v make_v betwixt_o the_o end_n i.e._n the_o final_a 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shall_v be_v give_v into_o his_o hand_n until_o a_o time_n time_n and_o the_o divide_n of_o time_n vers_fw-la 26._o but_o the_o judgement_n shall_v sit_v and_o they_o shall_v take_v away_o his_o dominion_n to_o consume_v and_o destroy_v it_o unto_o the_o end_n vers_fw-la 27._o and_o the_o kingdom_n and_o dominion_n and_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o kingdom_n under_o the_o whole_a heaven_n shall_v be_v give_v to_o the_o people_n of_o the_o saint_n of_o the_o most_o high_a who_o kingdom_n be_v a_o everlasting_a kingdom_n and_o all_o dominion_n shall_v serve_v and_o obey_v he_o so_o rev._n 11._o it_o be_v evident_a that_o so_o soon_o as_o the_o witness_n rise_v the_o tread_v underfoot_o the_o holy_a city_n by_o the_o beast_n be_v at_o a_o end_n for_o as_o the_o two_o and_o forty_o month_n of_o the_o beast_n continuance_n rev._n 13.5_o be_v interpret_v chap._n 11.2_o by_o another_o phrase_n of_o tread_v underfoot_o the_o holy_a city_n be_v the_o same_o and_o therefore_o both_o end_n 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