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circumcise_v and_o keep_v the_o sabbath_n for_o a_o time_n ibid._n cap._n 18._o the_o frenzy_n of_o heretic_n be_v refell_v by_o which_o they_o do_v not_o so_o much_o prove_v as_o impious_o affirm_v that_o the_o pope_n be_v antichrist_n this_o conclusion_n be_v the_o scope_n of_o his_o whole_a three_o book_n and_o he_o and_o all_o papist_n who_o have_v write_v of_o this_o argument_n apply_v themselves_o whole_o to_o prove_v that_o neither_o the_o pope_n personal_o nor_o the_o pope_n successive_o constitute_v that_o antichrist_n describe_v in_o the_o apocalypse_n appealer_n answ._n to_o gag_n page_n 74._o 75._o i_o be_o not_o of_o opinion_n that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n personal_o be_v that_o antichrist_n nor_o yet_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n successive_o be_v that_o antichrist_n so_o speak_v of_o app._n p._n 146._o whether_o the_o pope_n of_o rome_n or_o the_o pope_n of_o rome_n either_o be_v