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day_n they_o and_o that_o they_o have_v obtain_v a_o complete_a victory_n further_o note_v the_o beast_n or_o beastian_n party_n triumph_n for_o three_o day_n and_o a_o half_a must_v necessary_o be_v compute_v and_o estimate_v not_o from_o the_o end_n of_o the_o slaughter_n in_o all_o the_o church_n but_o from_o the_o slaughter_n that_o shall_v be_v in_o that_o church_n wherein_o the_o prophet_n shall_v be_v last_o slay_v neither_o can_v we_o imagine_v it_o to_o be_v otherwise_o unless_o we_o shall_v furmise_v the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o prophet_n to_o end_v in_o all_o the_o church_n at_o once_o which_o to_o be_v do_v in_o so_o many_o several_a state_n and_o nation_n at_o once_o be_v hardly_o possible_a but_o this_o joy_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o earth_n i._n e._n the_o antichristian_a world_n be_v but_o short_a for_o v._o 14._o there_o be_v a_o woe_n trumpet_n co_fw-la antichrist_n and_o all_o his_o creature_n and_o confederate_n and_o all_o the_o enemy_n of_o the_o saint_n 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