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with_o her_o etc._n etc._n thus_o ribera_n to_o he_o consent_v viega_n of_o the_o same_o society_n ut_fw-la intelligeremus_fw-la say_v blas_n de_fw-fr vieg_n in_o apoc._n 17._o com._n 1._o sect._n 3._o n._n 5._o he_o sermonem_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la urbe_fw-la romana_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o we_o may_v understand_v that_o the_o word_n be_v concern_v rome_n the_o angel_n conclude_v and_o the_o woman_n that_o thou_o see_v be_v the_o great_a city_n that_o reign_v over_o the_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o in_o st._n john_n time_n the_o city_n of_o rome_n have_v command_v over_o almost_o all_o the_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n again_o cum_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la id._n in_o apoc._n 18._o com._n 1._o sect._n 1._o n._n 16._o praecipitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n when_o the_o faithful_a be_v command_v to_o depart_v out_o of_o rome_n lest_o they_o be_v involve_v in_o her_o calamity_n it_o be_v thence_o evident_a say_v he_o that_o not_o only_o ethnic_a rome_n be_v there_o by_o ment_fw-mi but_o that_o which_o shall_v flourish_v in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o world_n with_o they_o accord_v cornelius_n a_o lapide_fw-la dico_fw-la babylonem_fw-la say_v cornel._n à _fw-fr lap._n in_o apoc._n 17._o 1._o he_o hic_fw-la &_o capite_fw-la sequenti_fw-la est_fw-la roma_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o affirm_v that_o babylon_n both_o here_o and_o in_o the_o follow_a chapter_n be_v rome_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o st._n john_n and_o as_o it_o will_v again_o â—e_v in_o the_o time_n of_o antichrist_n in_o another_o place_n thus_o he_o id._n in_o apoc._n 18._o 4._o write_v audiui_fw-la aliam_fw-la vocem_fw-la è_fw-la coelo_fw-la dicentem_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o hear_v a_o voice_n from_o heaven_n say_v depart_v out_o of_o she_o my_o people_n he_o warn_v the_o christian_n say_v he_o to_o flee_v out_o of_o rome_n heathenish_a in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n when_o it_o be_v to_o be_v destroy_v again_o
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by_o what_o mean_n token_n or_o sign_n shall_v i_o know_v etc._n etc._n the_o answer_n be_v know_v of_o a_o surety_n that_o thy_o seed_n shall_v be_v a_o stranger_n in_o a_o land_n which_o be_v not_o they_o and_o shall_v serve_v they_o and_o they_o shall_v afflict_v they_o 400._o year_n and_o thou_o shall_v go_v to_o thy_o father_n in_o peace_n and_o be_v bury_v in_o a_o good_a old_a age_n but_o in_o the_o 4_o the_o generation_n they_o shall_v come_v hither_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o amorites_n be_v not_o yet_o full_a v._o 13._o 15_o 16._o which_o sign_n come_v not_o to_o pass_v in_o abraham_n day_n but_o long_o after_o in_o the_o four_o generation_n after_o 400._o munst_n clar._n &_o caiet_fw-mi in_o gen._n 15._o 13_o musc_n in_o loc_n q._n 3_o p._n 375._o zeg_n in_o act._n 7._o 6._o riu._n in_o ex._n 12._o 40_o year_n that_o be_v to_o say_v at_o the_o end_n of_o 430._o year_n from_o the_o promise_n first_o make_v to_o abraham_n gen._n 12._o in_o the_o 70._o musc_n ubi_fw-la suprà _fw-la q._n 2._o p._n 373_o p._n mart._n in_o gen._n 15._o 13_o bibliand_n in_o tab._n 3._o chron._n capel_n in_o a_o abr._n 70_o tremel_n in_o gen._n 11._o &_o exod._n 12._o 40._o codom_n chron._n l._n 1._o c._n 3._o mercer_n in_o gen._n 15._o 13._o d._n ed._n sims_n chron._n ad_fw-la a_o mundi_fw-la 2077._o abr._n 70._o vid._n scal._n in_o can._n isagog_n 322._o &_o drus_n in_o act._n 7._o 6_o apud_fw-la crit._n sac._n t._n 7._o col._n 2204._o year_n of_o his_o age_n when_o he_o go_v out_o of_o chaldaea_n to_o go_v into_o canaan_n and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v at_o the_o end_n of_o 430._o year_n even_o the_o self_n same_o day_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o all_o the_o host_n of_o the_o lord_n go_v out_o from_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n it_o be_v a_o night_n to_o be_v much_o observe_v unto_o the_o lord_n for_o bring_v they_o out_o from_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n exod._n 12._o 41._o 42._o and_o thereby_o moses_n &_o all_o the_o faithful_a posterity_n of_o abraham_n be_v comfort_v hoc_fw-la expetiverat_fw-la abram_n cupiens_fw-la promissionem_fw-la illam_fw-la possessionis_fw-la terrae_fw-la chanaan_n insigni_fw-la aliquo_fw-la foedere_fw-la &_o notabili_fw-la signo_fw-la confirmari_fw-la ad_fw-la roborandam_fw-la posterorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o fiduciam_fw-la perer._n in_o gen._n 15._o 9_o &_o post_n videlicet_fw-la id_fw-la facere_fw-la deus_fw-la voluit_fw-la de_fw-la foedere_fw-la cum_fw-la abramo_n firmato_fw-la agit_fw-fr ad_fw-la ingenerandum_fw-la animus_fw-la posterorum_fw-la abrae_fw-la certam_fw-la ejus_fw-la terrae_fw-la possidendae_fw-la atque_fw-la obtinendae_fw-la fiduciam_fw-la id._n ibid._n v._n 18._o hoc_fw-la quidem_fw-la partim_fw-la abrahae_fw-la causâ_fw-la testatum_fw-la est_fw-la oportuit_fw-la sed_fw-la maxim_n ejus_fw-la posteros_fw-la spectavit_fw-la dominus_fw-la ne_fw-la in_o suis_fw-la aerumnis_fw-la deficerent_fw-la quorum_fw-la exitum_fw-la fore_fw-la laetum_fw-la &_o faelicem_fw-la dominus_fw-la promiserat_fw-la praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsa_fw-la diuâ—uâ—nitas_fw-la ingenti_fw-la taedio_fw-la non_fw-la careret_fw-la calvin_n in_o loc_n nec_fw-la dubium_fw-la est_fw-la quin_fw-la abraham_n hoc_fw-la posteris_fw-la suis_fw-la assiduis_fw-la concionibus_fw-la inclucarit_fw-la &_o commendarit_fw-la ne_fw-la fracti_fw-la calamitatibus_fw-la cederent_fw-la sed_fw-la urgerent_n firmà _fw-la fide_fw-la &_o in_o concussâ_fw-la spe_fw-la promissionem_fw-la terrae_fw-la chanaan_n &_o liberationem_fw-la luther_n in_o loc_n quemadmodum_fw-la legimus_fw-la joseph_n huius_fw-la rei_fw-la certissimum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la cum_fw-la de_fw-la ossibus_fw-la suis_fw-la mandavit_fw-la fratribus_fw-la marlorat_n in_o loc_n hoc_fw-la in_o abrahami_n &_o israelitarum_fw-la ejus_fw-la posterorum_fw-la consolationem_fw-la est_fw-la scriptum_fw-la nec_fw-la dubium_fw-la quin_fw-la diligenter_n à _fw-la majoribus_fw-la mosis_fw-la literis_fw-la consignatum_fw-la in_o posterorum_fw-la consolationem_fw-la vnde_fw-la &_o fideliter_fw-la à _fw-la mose_n relatum_fw-la ut_fw-la israelitae_n quibus_fw-la tunc_fw-la haec_fw-la scribebat_fw-la in_o aegypto_n vel_fw-la in_o deserto_fw-la cum_fw-la essent_fw-la moâ—_n in_fw-la terram_fw-la chanaan_n introducendi_fw-la animum_fw-la in_o tam_fw-la gravi_fw-la servitute_fw-la non_fw-la desponderent_fw-la sed_fw-la scirent_fw-la praestitutum_fw-la esse_fw-la afflictionibus_fw-la tempus_fw-la post_fw-la quod_fw-la eorum_fw-la persecutores_fw-la poenas_fw-la darent_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la liberarentur_fw-la gloriosè_fw-la mercer_n praelect_v in_o gen._n 15._o 13_o 14._o confirm_v and_o ascertain_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n promise_n make_v to_o that_o patriarch_n renew_v to_o isaac_n gen._n 26._o 3_o 4_o 5._o and_o to_o jacob_n gen._n 28._o 14._o 15._o &_o 35._o 11._o 12._o namely_o that_o they_o shall_v inherit_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o a_o everlasting_a possession_n as_o it_o be_v write_v gen._n 17._o 8._o in_o abraham_n time_n the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o amorites_n be_v not_o full_a and_o so_o the_o punishment_n be_v defer_v till_o after_o four_o generation_n viz._n 400._o year_n when_o they_o be_v ripe_a for_o judgement_n and_o when_o this_o author_n write_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o romanist_n the_o wickedness_n and_o impiety_n of_o the_o western_a babylon_n be_v not_o full_a but_o when_o the_o measure_n of_o her_o iniquity_n be_v fill_v up_o and_o her_o sin_n shall_v have_v reach_v unto_o heaven_n apoc._n 18_o 5._o when_o her_o unjust_a deal_n be_v ascend_v unto_o the_o most_o high_a and_o her_o pride_n to_o the_o almighty_a 4_o esd_v 11._o 43._o then_o will_v god_n remember_v her_o iniquity_n and_o violence_n do_v unto_o zion_n and_o visit_v her_o transgression_n in_o his_o wrath_n and_o vex_v she_o lay_v her_o waist_n and_o make_v she_o utter_o desolate_a in_o his_o sore_a displeasure_n for_o after_o 77._o year_n viz._n after_o the_o say_a year_n 1589._o when_o her_o wickedness_n 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