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amalekite_n perish_v 5.31_o o_o lord_n but_o let_v they_o that_o love_v thy_o name_n be_v as_o the_o sun_n when_o he_o rise_v in_o his_o might_n amen_n finis_fw-la judg._n 7.18_o esr._n 6.6_o 2_o sam._n 1.21_o judge_n 〈…〉_z in_o hoc_fw-la serviunt_fw-la domino_fw-la magistratus_fw-la in_o quantum_fw-la sunt_fw-la magistratus_fw-la cum_fw-la ea_fw-la faciunt_fw-la ad_fw-la serviendum_fw-la illi_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la facere_fw-la nisi_fw-la magistratus_fw-la jer._n 51.45_o gen._n 18.25_o gen._n 19.15_o 16._o numb_a that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v swallow_v up_o with_o they_o 16.26_o revel_v 17.8_o revel_v 17.5_o bellarm._n ribera_n alcusan_a baâ—on_n viegas_n lessiâ—s_n malvenda_fw-la etc._n etc._n augustin_n orosius_n eusâ—b_n hieron_n tertull._n beda_n victorinus_n oecumenius_n similis_fw-la superbia_fw-la similis_fw-la perfidia_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la similis_fw-la est_fw-la foeminae_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la antiqua_fw-la soelicitate_fw-la excidit_fw-la ac_fw-la signa_fw-la tantum_fw-la habet_fw-la ornamentâ—rum_fw-la enâ—m_fw-la suorum_fw-la thâ—cas_fw-la &_o arculas_fw-la habet_fw-la opâ—bus_fw-la autem_fw-la spâ—â—â—ata_fw-la est_fw-la isidor_n pâ—lusioâ—_n lib._n 3._o epist_n why_o rome_n papal_a be_v call_v the_o great_a whore_n prov._n 7.13_o prov._n 5.11_o marian._n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 7._o similis_fw-la sâ—atus_fw-la similis_fw-la exitus_fw-la jer._n 51.37.25_o rev._n 18.8_o &_o 15.16_o jer._n 51.63_o rev._n 18.21_o jer._n 50.40_o rev._n 16.21_o 1._o mente_fw-la 2._o matth._n 3._o corpore_fw-la 1._o cito_fw-la jer._n 51.6_o long_o totaliter_fw-la finaliter_fw-la nos_fw-la exivimus_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la corpore_fw-la illâ—_n a_o nobis_fw-la animo_fw-la nos_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la loco_fw-la illi_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la fide_fw-la nos_fw-la apud_fw-la illos_fw-la reliquimus_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la parietum_fw-la illâ—_n apud_fw-la nos_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la nos_fw-la egressi_fw-la sumus_fw-la ab_fw-la illâ—s_fw-la secundum_fw-la aspectum_fw-la hominum_fw-la illi_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la secundum_fw-la iudicium_fw-la dei_fw-la chrysost._n de_fw-fr haereticis_fw-la in_o op_n imperfect_a in_o matt._n cap._n 23._o hâ—m_fw-la 46._o 1._o idolatry_n isa._n 21.9_o 2_o king_n 17.30_o jer._n 51.36_o that_o romanist_n be_v formal_a idolater_n orat._n in_o christ._n nat_n 3._o costâ—r_n bellarm._n de_fw-fr idolâ—lat_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 7._o john_n 8._o 2._o cruelty_n jer._n 51.25_o &_o 50.23_o rev._n 17.2.13.8_o rev._n 13.19_o 2_o king_n 26._o psal._n 137.8_o 9_o prov._n 4.14_o revel_v 14_o 8.10.17.2_o 2_o thess._n 2._o jerem._n 51._o act_n 2.40_o gen._n 20.12_o gal._n 4.29_o jer._n 51.34_o judg._n 5._o 1_o king_n 14.10_o jer._n 51.5_o â—saâ—_n 69._o isa._n 41.14_o resemblance_n of_o romanist_n with_o amalek_n in_o 7._o thing_n judge_n 6.12_o deut._n 25.17.19_o exod._n 17.16_o exod._n 17._o â—1_n judg._n 5.31_o