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you_o and_o you_o shall_v be_v hate_v of_o all_o nation_n for_o my_o name_n sake_n 10_o and_o then_o shall_v many_o be_v offend_v and_o shall_v betray_v one_o another_o and_o shall_v hate_v on_o another_o 11_o and_o many_o false_a prophet_n shall_v arise_v and_o shall_v deceive_v many_o 12_o and_o because_o iniquity_n shall_v abound_v the_o love_n of_o many_o shall_v wax_v cold_a 13_o but_o he_o that_o shall_v endure_v unto_o the_o end_n the_o same_o shall_v be_v save_v our_o saviour_n here_o go_v on_o in_o give_v far_a sign_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n 1._o he_o declare_v the_o sharp_a persecution_n which_o shall_v fall_v upon_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o they_o shall_v kill_v you_o thence_o learn_v that_o the_o keen_a and_o sharp_a edge_n of_o persecution_n be_v usual_o turn_v against_o the_o ambassador_n of_o christ_n and_o fall_v heavy_a on_o the_o
say_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o 〈◊〉_d sâ—id_v to_o my_o lord_n sit_v thou_o on_o my_o right_a hand_n till_o i_o make_v thy_o enemy_n thy_o footstool_n 37_o dâ—vid_n therefore_o himself_o call_v he_o lord_n and_o whence_o be_v he_o then_o his_o son_n and_o the_o common_a people_n hear_v he_o glad_o the_o pharisee_n have_v often_o put_v forth_o several_a question_n malicious_o unto_o christ_n and_o now_o christ_n put_v forth_o one_o question_n innocent_o unto_o they_o namely_o what_o they_o think_v of_o the_o messiah_n who_o they_o expect_v they_o reply_v that_o he_o be_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o david_n that_o be_v a_o secular_a prince_n descend_v from_o david_n who_o shall_v deliver_v they_o from_o the_o power_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o restore_v they_o to_o their_o civil_a right_n this_o be_v the_o notion_n they_o have_v of_o the_o messiah_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o mere_a man_n the_o son_n of_o david_n according_a to_o the_o flesh_n and_o nothing_o more_o our_o saviour_n 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