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to_o take_v notice_n how_o pat_o the_o crown_v city_n fit_v that_o polity_n that_o in_o ordine_fw-la ad_fw-la spiritualia_fw-la pretend_v to_o a_o right_a of_o take_v off_o and_o put_v on_o the_o crown_n of_o king_n and_o emperor_n and_o have_v do_v it_o with_o the_o great_a insultation_n imaginable_a i_o only_o note_v that_o the_o rest_n answer_v exact_o to_o apocal._n 18._o 23._o thy_o merchant_n be_v the_o great_a man_n of_o the_o earth_n as_o here_o prince_n and_o the_o honourable_a of_o the_o earth_n how_o well_o these_o term_n agree_v to_o the_o grandeur_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o cardinal_n and_o such_o great_a person_n of_o that_o church_n be_v obvious_a to_o every_o one_o to_o conceive_v but_o there_o be_v something_o more_o pleasant_a that_o follow_v and_o of_o a_o good_a omen_n verse_n 15._o and_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v in_o that_o day_n that_o tyre_n shall_v be_v forget_v seventy_o year_n according_a to_o the_o day_n of_o one_o king_n after_o the_o end_n of_o seventy_o year_n shall_v tyre_n sing_v as_o a_o harlot_n here_o be_v both_o good_a news_n and_o bad_a news_n in_o this_o verse_n for_o by_o tyre_n be_v here_o mean_v as_o have_v be_v already_o suggest_v idolatrous_a rome_n who_o must_v be_v forget_v seventy_o year_n according_a to_o the_o day_n of_o one_o king_n which_o say_v i_o be_v one_o of_o the_o eight_o king_n in_o the_o apocalypse_v chap._n 17._o and_o by_o the_o cabbalistical_a sense_n of_o the_o number_n 70_o it_o be_v easy_o discover_v who_o he_o be_v namely_o the_o seven_o king_n which_o be_v the_o succession_n of_o the_o christian_a caesar_n as_o i_o have_v there_o note_v the_o space_n of_o who_o reign_n be_v not_o here_o intimate_v but_o their_o property_n by_o multiply_v 10_o into_o 7._o of_o which_o the_o cabbalistical_a meaning_n be_v that_o during_o the_o whole_a reign_n of_o those_o caesar_n for_o ten_o be_v a_o symbol_n of_o totality_n tyre_n shall_v be_v forget_v that_o be_v the_o polity_n of_o rome_n shall_v not_o be_v profess_o idolatrous_a but_o after_o this_o term_n than_o tyre_n shall_v again_o sing_v as_o a_o harlot_n as_o it_o follow_v verse_n 16._o take_v a_o harp_n go_v about_o the_o city_n thou_o harlot_n that_o have_v be_v forget_v make_v sweet_a melody_n sing_v many_o song_n that_o thou_o may_v be_v remember_v that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o the_o roman_a hierarchy_n after_o that_o time_n of_o the_o abrogation_n of_o idolatry_n expire_v by_o fair_a pretence_n and_o bewitch_a speech_n accommodate_v their_o harangue_n and_o exhortation_n with_o much_o harmony_n and_o agreeableness_n to_o the_o corrupt_a inclination_n of_o the_o people_n shall_v by_o these_o plausible_a persuasion_n and_o other_o meretricious_a ceremony_n and_o sense-striking_a invitation_n bring_v idolatrous_a worship_n again_o into_o the_o empire_n the_o will_n of_o god_n so_o far_o as_o i_o see_v be_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o as_o it_o follow_v verse_n 17._o and_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v after_o the_o end_n 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