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with_o all_o deceiveablenesse_n of_o unrighteousness_n in_o they_o that_o perish_v in_o these_o word_n be_v express_v a_o second_o member_n of_o antichrists_n provision_n to_o obtain_v his_o purpose_n which_o be_v his_o hypocrisy_n and_o dissemble_n his_o life_n in_o outward_a show_n be_v righteousness_n but_o inward_o it_o be_v unrighteousness_n therefore_o to_o such_o as_o can_v unmask_v it_o it_o be_v deceiveablenesse_n he_o shall_v feign_v notable_a justice_n to_o give_v all_o the_o world_n content_n his_o forehead_n shall_v be_v make_v of_o equity_n but_o his_o entrails_n shall_v be_v fraught_v with_o iniquity_n therefore_o he_o shall_v be_v the_o arch-hypocrite_n ephrem_fw-la syrus_n in_o his_o sermon_n of_o antichrist_n have_v these_o word_n ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la fallere_fw-la possit_fw-la falsus_fw-la atque_fw-la catal_a falsiloquus_fw-la humilem_fw-la se_fw-la simulabit_fw-la &_o blandum_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o he_o may_v deceive_v all_o he_o be_v false_a and_o a_o false_a speaker_n shall_v counterfeit_v himself_o humble_a and_o fair-spoken_a despise_v injustice_n prefer_v piety_n gentle_a poor_a studious_a beautiful_a beyond_o all_o admiration_n please_v cheerful_a to_o all_o he_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o please_v all_o that_o he_o may_v soon_o be_v seek_v of_o the_o people_n and_o be_v belove_v the_o book_n of_o this_o ephrem_fw-la be_v think_v so_o notable_a that_o they_o be_v read_v in_o the_o church_n as_o s._n hierome_n testify_v to_o proceed_v carthusianus_n upon_o this_o text_n say_v variis_fw-la modis_fw-la antichristus_fw-la decipiet_fw-la mundum_fw-la videlicet_fw-la simulatione_fw-la sanctitatis_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la allegationibus_fw-la sapientiâ_fw-la &_o ornatu_fw-la sermonis_fw-la eminentiâ_fw-la miraculorum_fw-la promissione_n divitiarum_fw-la terror_fw-la minarum_fw-la potestate_fw-la prosperitate_fw-la ac_fw-la multitudine_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la antichrist_n shall_v divers_a way_n deceive_v the_o world_n with_o counterfeit_a holiness_n with_o
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upon_o the_o 11_o of_o daniel_n he_o write_v no_o ibid._n jew_n without_o antichrist_n shall_v at_o any_o time_n reign_n over_o all_o the_o world_n these_o despise_a jew_n when_o they_o shall_v get_v the_o day_n shall_v rage_v more_o terrible_o than_o any_o other_o according_a to_o the_o proverb_n asperius_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la humili_fw-la cum_fw-la surgit_fw-la in_o altum_fw-la the_o base_a ever_o be_v the_o most_o severe_a once_o have_v get_v power_n to_o domineer_v vers._n 10._o because_o they_o receive_v not_o the_o love_n of_o the_o truth_n that_o they_o may_v be_v save_v in_o that_o the_o apostle_n join_v love_n with_o the_o truth_n in_o the_o way_n to_o salvation_n this_o show_v that_o none_o can_v either_o attain_v the_o truth_n or_o stand_v long_o in_o it_o without_o love_n which_o be_v the_o most_o sanctify_a grace_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n for_o so_o high_a be_v the_o mystery_n of_o godliness_n and_o so_o contrary_a to_o man_n reason_n that_o none_o can_v 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