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hercules_n or_o to_o take_v the_o city_n of_o troy_n that_o endure_v ten_o year_n siege_n
copy_n have_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o beza_n translate_v non_fw-la norunt_fw-la vocem_fw-la alienorum_fw-la they_o know_v not_o the_o voice_n of_o stranger_n as_o our_o english_a translation_n have_v it_o very_o right_a therefore_o i_o conceive_v that_o by_o the_o stranger_n stranger_n who_o do_v christ_n mean_a by_o the_o stranger_n and_o who_o by_o the_o stranger_n he_o mean_v that_o foolish_a idol_n shepherd_n whereof_o the_o prophet_n zachary_n speak_v that_o shall_v come_v in_o the_o time_n of_o christ_n to_o be_v the_o type_n of_o the_o great_a anti-christ_n that_o shall_v be_v manifest_v in_o our_o time_n and_o by_o the_o other_o stranger_n he_o mean_v those_o many_o antic_n that_o s._n john_n speak_v of_o the_o heretic_n and_o false_a prophet_n that_o from_o time_n to_o time_n and_o now_o more_o than_o at_o any_o other_o time_n 23.21_o jer._n 14.14_o etc._n etc._n 23.21_o do_v intrude_v themselves_o into_o the_o sacred_a function_n of_o the_o ministry_n and_o 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