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pass_v at_o once_o and_o not_o at_o several_a time_n far_o distant_a each_o from_o other_o rev._n 18._o 8._o 10._o 17._o but_o the_o destruction_n make_v by_o the_o goth_n and_o vandal_n be_v at_o several_a distant_a time_n one_o by_o alaricus_n anno_fw-la 412._o another_o by_o gensericus_fw-la anno_fw-la 456_o a_o three_o by_o totilas_n anno_fw-la 548._o and_o there_o be_v above_o forty_o year_n distance_n between_o the_o first_o destruction_n by_o alaricus_n and_o the_o second_o by_o gensericus_fw-la and_o well_o nigh_o a_o hundred_o year_n distance_n between_o the_o second_o destruction_n by_o gensericus_fw-la and_o the_o three_o by_o totilas_n see_v carrion_n chron._n p._n 299._o 4._o the_o destruction_n here_o speak_v of_o shall_v come_v to_o
reign_n of_o claudius_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n or_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o domitian_n which_o be_v afterward_o answer_n 1._o it_o be_v the_o common_a and_o unanimous_a voice_n of_o antiquity_n that_o john_n receive_v and_o write_v his_o revelation_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o domitian_n after_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o not_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o claudius_n which_o be_v many_o year_n before_o it_o irenaeus_n l._n 5._o c._n 25._o speak_v of_o the_o name_n of_o antichrist_n say_v si_fw-la oporteret_fw-la manifestè_fw-la praesenti_fw-la tempore_fw-la praeconari_fw-la nomen_fw-la ejus_fw-la per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la utique_fw-la editum_fw-la fuisset_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o apocalypsin_fw-la viderat_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la ante_fw-la multum_fw-la temporis_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la penè_fw-la sub_fw-la nostro_fw-la seculo_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la domitiani_n imperii_fw-la if_o the_o name_n of_o antichrist_n ought_v to_o be_v proclaim_v open_o now_o it_o will_v have_v be_v proclaim_v by_o he_o who_o see_v the_o revelation_n for_o it_o be_v see_v not_o any_o long_a time_n ago_o but_o almost_o in_o our_o age_n at_o the_o end_n of_o domitian_n reign_n eusebius_n say_v the_o same_o word_n for_o word_n l._n 3._o c._n 16._o hieronymus_n cate-log_n script_n ecclesiast_n do_fw-mi joannes_n have_v these_o word_n joannes_n quarto_fw-la decimo_fw-la igitur_fw-la anno_fw-la secundam_fw-la post_fw-la neronem_fw-la persecutionem_fw-la movente_fw-la domitiano_n in_o patmon_n insulam_fw-la relegatus_fw-la scripsit_fw-la apocalypsin_fw-la john_n therefore_o after_o he_o be_v banish_v into_o the_o isle_n patmos_n by_o domitian_n who_o raise_v the_o second_o persecution_n after_o nero_n write_v the_o revelation_n in_o the_o fourteen_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n the_o like_a he_o say_v adversus_fw-la jovinian_a l._n 1._o pag._n 35._o in_o these_o word_n vidit_fw-la in_o paâ—mo_n insula_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la fuerat_fw-la à _fw-la domitiano_n principe_fw-la ob_fw-la domini_fw-la martyrium_fw-la relegatus_fw-la apocalypsin_fw-la infinita_fw-la futurorum_fw-la mysteria_fw-la continentem_fw-la he_o see_v in_o the_o isle_n patmos_n in_o which_o he_o have_v be_v banish_v by_o domitian_n the_o emperor_n for_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o revelation_n contain_v infinite_a mystery_n concern_v thing_n to_o come_v and_o there_o be_v not_o any_o one_o say_v otherwise_o except_v only_a epiphanius_n who_o be_v not_o to_o be_v hear_v against_o the_o testimony_n of_o so_o many_o 2._o not_o only_o ancient_a writer_n but_o our_o modern_a too_o unanimous_o consent_n that_o this_o book_n be_v write_v in_o domitian_n reign_n after_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n by_o titus_n and_o there_o be_v not_o any_o of_o another_o mind_n except_o grotius_n and_o his_o follower_n 3._o this_o book_n be_v write_v after_o john_n be_v banish_v into_o patmos_n rev._n 1._o 9_o now_o we_o read_v in_o history_n that_o john_n be_v banish_v thither_o by_o domitian_n in_o the_o ten_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o in_o the_o fourteen_o year_n he_o write_v the_o revelation_n see_v beside_o jerom_n before_o allege_v eusebius_n l._n 3._o 16._o 18._o dorotheus_n of_o the_o life_n and_o end_v of_o the_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n pag._n 532._o baronius_n in_o the_o nine_o and_o fourteen_o year_n of_o domitian_n 4._o the_o church_n be_v under_o persecution_n when_o john_n be_v banish_v into_o patmos_n and_o not_o only_o he_o but_o all_o the_o church_n of_o asia_n to_o who_o he_o write_v feel_v the_o stroke_n of_o that_o persecution_n rev._n 1._o 9_o but_o there_o be_v no_o persecution_n make_v against_o the_o church_n by_o claudius_n therefore_o this_o fall_v not_o out_o in_o his_o time_n but_o rather_o in_o domitian_n reign_n 5._o there_o be_v no_o imperial_a edict_n for_o persecute_v christian_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o claudius_n and_o if_o he_o have_v banish_v john_n into_o patmos_n for_o religion_n sake_n he_o will_v have_v banish_v paul_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n too_o and_o not_o have_v suffer_v he_o to_o preach_v so_o open_o as_o he_o do_v but_o we_o find_v that_o paul_n do_v open_o preach_v the_o word_n at_o corinth_n at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o claudius_n command_v all_o jew_n to_o depart_v from_o rome_n act._n 18._o 2._o 6._o if_o john_n have_v be_v banish_v into_o patmos_n in_o the_o nine_o year_n of_o claudius_n he_o may_v have_v return_v out_o of_o exile_n after_o his_o decease_n either_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o nero_n as_o aquila_n and_o priscilla_n do_v who_o be_v at_o rome_n when_o paul_n write_v his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n rom._n 16._o 3_o 4._o or_o else_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o galba_n otho_n vitellius_n or_o vespasian_n but_o we_o find_v in_o history_n that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o nerva_n the_o successor_n of_o domitian_n the_o roman_a senate_n decree_v that_o the_o honour_n exhibit_v to_o domitian_n shall_v cease_v and_o such_o as_o be_v injurious_o exile_v by_o he_o shall_v return_v unto_o their_o native_a soil_n and_o that_o john_n return_v then_o eusebius_n l._n 3._o c._n 18._o which_o plain_o show_v that_o john_n be_v banish_v into_o patmos_n not_o by_o claudius_n but_o domitian_n 7._o the_o deed_n and_o doctrine_n of_o the_o nicolaitan_n be_v creep_v into_o the_o church_n before_o this_o book_n be_v write_v by_o john_n and_o he_o commend_v the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n for_o hate_v the_o deed_n of_o the_o nicolaitan_n rev._n 2._o 6._o and_o he_o blame_v the_o church_n of_o pergamus_n for_o that_o they_o have_v they_o among_o they_o which_o hold_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o nicolaitan_n rev._n 2._o 15._o but_o when_o do_v these_o nicolaitan_o first_o begin_v and_o when_o do_v their_o doctrine_n first_o creep_v into_o the_o church_n not_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o claudius_n for_o then_o other_o book_n of_o scripture_n will_v have_v speak_v of_o they_o especial_o those_o which_o be_v write_v at_o that_o time_n but_o 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preter_fw-la tense_n be_v put_v for_o the_o future_a tense_n antipas_n be_v slay_v for_o antipas_n will_v be_v slay_v to_o which_o i_o answer_v 1._o that_o the_o preter_fw-la tense_n be_v not_o usual_o put_v for_o the_o future_a tense_n except_o it_o be_v in_o prophecy_n but_o that_o part_n of_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o church_n of_o pergamus_n be_v not_o a_o prophecy_n but_o a_o history_n of_o what_o be_v do_v before_o the_o revelation_n be_v write_v 2._o the_o proper_a name_n of_o man_n be_v not_o usual_o join_v with_o verb_n of_o the_o preter_fw-la tense_n before_o the_o thing_n speak_v of_o be_v do_v but_o in_o the_o future_a rather_o as_o when_o it_o be_v say_v of_o josiah_n that_o he_o shall_v burn_v dead_a man_n bone_n upon_o the_o altar_n 1_o king_n 13._o 2._o it_o be_v speak_v in_o the_o future_a tense_n and_o not_o in_o the_o preter_fw-la tense_n so_o when_o it_o be_v say_v of_o cyrus_n he_o be_v my_o shepherd_n and_o shall_v perform_v all_o my_o pleasure_n esa._n 44._o 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queen_n and_o see_v no_o sorrow_n 5._o such_o a_o destruction_n be_v here_o prophesy_v of_o as_o make_v the_o city_n desolate_a and_o never_o to_o be_v inhabit_a any_o more_o rev._n 17._o 16._o rev._n 18._o 2._o 8._o 21_o 22_o 23._o but_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o heathen_a emperor_n the_o city_n be_v inhabit_a by_o pagan_n and_o since_o that_o time_n it_o have_v be_v inhabit_a by_o christian_n and_o remain_v a_o stately_a city_n to_o this_o day_n last_o no_o destruction_n of_o any_o city_n be_v like_o the_o destruction_n of_o this_o city_n and_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n be_v not_o so_o heavy_a upon_o any_o city_n as_o on_o this_o rev._n 18._o 18._o rev._n 16._o 19_o therefore_o the_o destruction_n here_o speak_v of_o be_v not_o a_o partial_a destruction_n of_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o city_n only_o nor_o a_o temporal_a destruction_n for_o a_o time_n only_o but_o a_o total_a destruction_n and_o a_o final_a which_o be_v not_o yet_o come_v to_o pass_v ob._n the_o ancient_a 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