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time_n can_v be_v observe_v six_o saint_n john_n beast_n in_o the_o revelation_n be_v describe_v according_a to_o the_o pattern_n of_o daniel_n four_o beast_n have_v ten_o horn_n and_o a_o mouth_n speak_v great_a thing_n and_o reign_v also_o under_o the_o regiment_n of_o that_o blasphemous_a mouth_n for_o the_o space_n of_o 42_o month_n or_o for_o a_o time_n time_n and_o half_o a_o time_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o thirteen_o and_o seventeen_o chapter_n of_o the_o revelation_n wherefore_o see_v one_o and_o the_o same_o beast_n be_v describe_v in_o both_o prophecy_n neither_o in_o daniel_n nor_o in_o the_o revelation_n can_v be_v signify_v by_o either_o of_o they_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o seleucians_n and_o syrian_n for_o look_v what_o thing_n concern_v this_o beast_n be_v tell_v to_o daniel_n more_o succinct_o and_o abstruse_o the_o same_o be_v reveal_v to_o saint_n john_n more_o large_o and_o as_o it_o be_v with_o a_o kind_n of_o explanation_n and_o may_v not_o the_o ten_o 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