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7._o 11_o 24._o and_o 8._o 3_o 4._o so_o those_o locust_n here_o do_v prevail_v just_a the_o same_o term_n of_o time_n and_o then_o it_o shall_v be_v say_v the_o water_n be_v abate_v or_o abate_n 3._o as_o noah_n and_o his_o family_n the_o church_n only_o be_v deliver_v from_o that_o deluge_n so_o god_n seal_v one_o only_o be_v save_v from_o this_o antichristian_a deluge_n in_o the_o ark_n or_o church_n 3_o they_o be_v limit_v in_o their_o torment_n which_o they_o put_v other_o to_o their_o commission_n reach_v not_o to_o torment_n any_o to_o death_n to_o they_o it_o be_v give_v this_o be_v oft_o repeat_v in_o the_o revelation_n to_o show_v that_o antichrist_n and_o his_o auxiliary_n though_o bandy_n and_o bend_v all_o their_o fraud_n and_o force_n for_o destroy_a soul_n be_v so_o butt_v and_o bound_v by_o the_o great_a god_n that_o they_o all_o can_v do_v no_o more_o than_o be_v give_v they_o from_o above_o the_o popish_a locust_n be_v so_o confine_v in_o their_o commission_n that_o 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