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be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o with_o mr._n mede_n i_o will_v render_v thus_o and_o command_v over_o a_o wing_n of_o abomination_n he_o will_v be_v a_o destroyer_n i._n e._n over_o a_o army_n of_o idolatrous_a gentile_n namely_o the_o roman_a army_n see_v also_o grotius_n upon_o matth._n 24._o v._n 15._o who_o interpretation_n though_o it_o differ_v something_o from_o mr._n mede_n yet_o in_o my_o opinion_n do_v confirm_v it_o very_o much_o he_o prove_v by_o several_a citation_n out_o of_o author_n that_o the_o roman_n bear_v upon_o their_o standard_n the_o image_n of_o their_o god_n which_o in_o hebrew_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o shall_v only_o instance_n in_o that_o one_o of_o many_o out_o of_o tacitus_n fulgentibus_fw-la aquilis_fw-la signisque_fw-la &_o simulacris_fw-la deûm_fw-la in_o modum_fw-la templi_fw-la so_o fit_o be_v this_o wing_n of_o abomination_n interpret_v of_o a_o army_n of_o idolater_n even_o until_o the_o consummation_n and_o that_o 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