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besiege_v and_o destroy_v jerusalem_n therefore_o the_o desolation_n speak_v of_o be_v that_o act_v by_o titus_n and_o the_o roman_n and_o not_o by_o antiochus_n answ._n there_o be_v a_o twofold_a desolation_n speak_v of_o by_o daniel_n the_o first_o don_n by_o a_o king_n that_o speak_v against_o god_n saint_n daniel_n people_n consume_v they_o and_o attempt_n to_o change_v time_n and_o law_n and_o this_o he_o do_v for_o a_o time_n time_n and_o half_o a_o time_n dan._n 7.25_o this_o be_v again_o mention_v dan._n 12.7_o and_o further_o explain_v verse_n 11._o to_o be_v one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o day_n after_o the_o take_v away_o the_o daily_a sacrifice_n and_o set_v up_o the_o abomination_n of_o desolation_n this_o be_v fulfil_v by_o antiochus_n and_o be_v one_o part_n of_o the_o jew_n misery_n which_o dan._n 12._o be_v express_v second_o daniel_n speak_v of_o the_o over_o spread_v of_o abomination_n and_o desolate_v jerusalem_n after_o and_o for_o christ_n death_n 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rev._n 2._o and_o 3._o that_o some_o fault_n and_o error_n do_v not_o present_o unchurch_v a_o people_n as_o rank_a popery_n and_o antichristianism_n do_v eleven_o if_o the_o ten_o king_n receive_v their_o kingdom_n apoc._n 17.12_o and_o employ_v their_o power_n in_o oppress_v the_o church_n together_o with_o the_o beast_n namely_o the_o persecute_a emperor_n than_o they_o receive_v that_o their_o power_n from_o the_o câ—sars_n long_o before_o the_o year_n four_o hundred_o and_o six_o and_o if_o it_o be_v mean_v of_o receive_v their_o power_n from_o the_o pope_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o they_o submit_v not_o their_o neck_n nor_o take_v their_o sceptre_n from_o the_o pope_n until_o many_o year_n after_o four_o hundred_o and_o six_o namely_o until_o about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n one_o thousand_o and_o odd_a herein_o therefore_o mr._n archer_n groundwork_n fail_v he_o twelve_o how_o can_v the_o year_n one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o be_v attribute_v to_o the_o 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among_o the_o jew_n and_o gentile_n be_v a_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o and_o more_o year_n ago_o accomplish_v and_o be_v still_o to_o be_v more_o and_o more_o accomplish_v because_o christ_n command_n of_o teach_v of_o nation_n be_v still_o in_o force_n and_o because_o christ_n then_o ride_v on_o his_o white_a horse_n conquer_v and_o go_v on_o still_o to_o conquer_v revel._n 6.2_o nor_o do_v the_o convert_n in_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n leave_v their_o own_o habitation_n to_o go_v to_o canaan_n as_o some_o conceit_n the_o jew_n at_o least_o shall_v do_v but_o do_v {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o dwell_v as_o former_o in_o their_o own_o country_n idem_fw-la diod._n in_fw-la photii_fw-la bibl._n pag._n 691._o object_n the_o jew_n have_v be_v more_o seduce_v in_o the_o year_n since_o christ_n ascension_n than_o before_o they_o be_v extreme_o bend_v against_o christianity_n and_o wander_v still_o in_o gross_a darkness_n of_o mind_n the_o ten_o tribe_n captive_v by_o assur_n have_v hear_v nothing_o concerning_o christ_n alst_n pag.38_n they_o be_v all_o lose_v arch._n 27._o it_o be_v a_o hard_a censure_n utter_o and_o whole_o to_o exclude_v they_o from_o communion_n with_o christ_n alst_n pag.39_n answ._n it_o be_v most_o true_a that_o many_o jew_n be_v and_o be_v very_o much_o overwhelm_v with_o error_n and_o blindness_n yet_o do_v a_o great_a part_n of_o they_o believe_v the_o gospel_n at_o or_o near_o christ_n time_n the_o distinction_n of_o jew_n and_o gentile_a much_o more_o of_o judah_n and_o israel_n be_v take_v away_o after_o christ_n death_n so_o that_o the_o title_n jew_n in_o those_o time_n and_o afterwards_o comprehend_v all_o of_o that_o nation_n of_o what_o tribe_n soever_o now_o it_o be_v say_v act._n 2._o that_o there_o be_v jew_n of_o all_o nation_n under_o heaven_n at_o jerusalem_n these_o then_o learned_a the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n by_o the_o miraculous_a gift_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o carry_v 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