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for_o their_o deliverance_n then_o unto_o my_o
his_o option_n as_o the_o most_o glorious_a disguise_n for_o that_o grand_a impostor_n the_o man_n of_o sin_n wherein_o to_o act_v his_o antichristian_a and_o blasphemous_a tragedy_n in_o the_o latter_a day_n which_o saint_n paul_n speak_v of_o 2_o thes_n 2._o for_o though_o satan_n be_v the_o great_a maligner_n of_o all_o divine_a truth_n yet_o we_o be_v sure_o he_o be_v the_o most_o exquisite_a knower_n and_o the_o most_o artificial_a imitator_n thereof_o and_o therefore_o to_o create_v the_o great_a esteem_n and_o reverence_n in_o man_n heart_n of_o the_o power_n and_o majesty_n of_o his_o elder_a and_o best_a belove_a son_n he_o will_v be_v sure_a to_o usurp_v that_o form_n of_o government_n which_o be_v most_o glorious_a divine_a and_o plausible_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o man_n to_o make_v his_o delusion_n more_o potent_a and_o effectual_a now_o the_o text_n plain_o declare_v that_o antichrist_n government_n shall_v be_v monarchical_a and_o that_o he_o will_v admit_v of_o no_o 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