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say_v 17._o verse_n 17._o the_o lamb_n which_o be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o throne_n shall_v feed_v they_o that_o must_v necessary_o be_v coena_fw-la gloriae_fw-la the_o supper_n of_o glory_n the_o vision_n and_o contemplation_n of_o god_n and_o christ_n face_n to_o face_n without_o all_o sacrament_n and_o in_o all_o this_o worship_n that_o the_o consummate_v saint_n give_v to_o god_n it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o angel_n and_o the_o elder_n 7.7.11_o cap._n 7.7.11_o and_o the_o beast_n do_v fall_v down_o before_o the_o throne_n on_o their_o face_n and_o worship_n god_n so_o in_o heaven_n there_o be_v no_o worship_n without_o prostration_n and_o kneel_v in_o like_a sort_n the_o twenty_o four_o elder_n which_o sit_v before_o god_n on_o their_o seat_n fall_v on_o their_o face_n and_o worship_v c._n 11.16_o and_o in_o the_o 19_o 4._o verse_n 4._o chapter_n where_o the_o great_a whore_n be_v judge_v the_o four_o and_o twenty_o elder_n &_o the_o four_o beast_n fall_v down_o and_o 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