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i_o dare_v not_o own_o the_o doctioribus_fw-la but_o the_o read_n shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o meaning_n be_v and_o the_o report_n go_v that_o s._n john_n deliver_v up_o the_o apocalypse_v to_o his_o disciple_n phughir_n so_o express_a be_v the_o mention_n and_o no_o strong_a the_o tradition_n but_o in_o derogation_n to_o a_o book_n wherein_o too_o much_o may_v so_o soon_o be_v say_v at_o lest_o enough_o be_v the_o writing_n never_o so_o canonical_a the_o argument_n be_v most_o intractable_a and_o to_o the_o usual_a reach_n of_o man_n so_o intricate_a and_o lose_v in_o mystery_n that_o unless_o the_o time_n reveal_v fast_o than_o yet_o they_o have_v do_v no_o man_n will_v be_v find_v worthy_a to_o open_v and_o to_o read_v the_o book_n neither_o to_o look_v thereon_o 5.4_o chap._n 5.4_o not_o to_o repete_fw-la over_o cajetan_n exponat_fw-la cvi_fw-la deus_fw-la concesserit_fw-la calvin_n the_o man_n who_o prais_fw-fr be_v in_o the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n sententiam_fw-la rogatus_fw-la de_fw-la libro_fw-la apocalypseos_fw-la so_o bodin_n report's_n he_o ingenuè_fw-fr respondit_fw-la je_fw-fr penitùs_fw-la ignorare_fw-la quid_fw-la velit_fw-la tam_fw-la obscurus_fw-la scriptor_n 7._o joh._n bodin_n meth._n hist_o c._n 7._o qui_fw-la qualisque_fw-la fuerit_fw-la nondum_fw-la constat_fw-la inter_fw-la eruditos_fw-la but_o this_o late_a part_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v i_o not_o so_o pertinent_o as_o the_o former_a that_o be_v the_o six_o thousand_o year_n duration_n of_o the_o world_n unto_o which_o more_o than_o what_o be_v say_v before_o must_v be_v add_v out_o of_o lactantius_n sicut_fw-la ipsum_fw-la hominem_fw-la deus_fw-la die_fw-la sexto_fw-la ultimum_fw-la fecit_fw-la etc._n etc._n ità _fw-la nunc_fw-la die_fw-la sexto_fw-la magno_fw-la verus_fw-la homo_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la fingitur_fw-la that_o as_o god_n make_v man_n last_o in_o the_o six_o day_n 14._o lactant._n l._n 7._o c._n 14._o so_o in_o the_o great_a six_o day_n or_o millenarie_a of_o the_o world_n the_o true_a man_n be_v make_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n he_o say_v also_o that_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o this_o tradition_n by_o the_o sibylline_a oracle_n the_o great_a hermes_n and_o the_o old_a histaspes_n king_n of_o the_o mede_n 10._o joh._n antioc_n ms._n in_o arc._n barâ—_n bib._n bod._n chronograph_n l._n 10._o more_o express_o clemens_n timotheus_n and_o theophilus_n as_o they_o be_v quote_v by_o joannes_n antiochenus_fw-la melala_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v that_o upon_o the_o six_o day_n as_o the_o scripture_n have_v foresay_a god_n make_v man_n and_o man_n fall_v by_o sin_n so_o upon_o the_o six_o day_n of_o the_o chiliad_n or_o sixth_z millenarie_a of_o the_o world_n our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n come_v into_o this_o world_n and_o save_v man_n by_o his_o cross_n and_o resurrection_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n aelfric_n a_o abbot_n of_o our_o own_o in_o his_o treatise_n of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n to_o sigwerd_n of_o east_n hoolon_n ê§_n ada_z getacnude_v þeonðam_n sixtan_a dâ—â—ge_n geseaÆ¿en_fw-mi Æ¿aes_fw-it þurh_fw-mi god_n usne_fw-fr hâ—elend_v crist_n þe_v come_v to_o þissere_fw-la Æ¿orulde_v on_o þaere_n sixtan_n ylde_v &_o we_o geedniÆ¿ode_o to_o his_o gelicnesse_n that_o adam_n who_o be_v shapen_v by_o god_n upon_o the_o six_o day_n betoken_v our_o saviour_n christ_n who_o come_v into_o this_o world_n in_o the_o six_o age_n thereof_o and_o renew_v we_o after_o his_o own_o likeness_n for_o this_o duration_n of_o the_o world_n i_o think_v it_o well_o enough_o retort_v upon_o lactantius_n by_o one_o of_o the_o jew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o god_n have_v not_o make_v haste_n to_o do_v according_a to_o this_o say_n for_o as_o lactantius_n compute_n the_o time_n be_v already_o past_a and_o go_v and_o yet_o the_o world_n continue'_v to_o be_v as_o in_o the_o day_n of_o old_a etc._n etc._n r._n azarias_n in_o imre_n binah_n c._n 43._o
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