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congregation_n second_o for_o the_o remove_n of_o the_o camp_n and_o last_o when_o they_o go_v forth_o to_o war_n because_o the_o people_n may_v be_v have_v in_o remembrance_n before_o god_n although_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o show_v whether_o in_o this_o discourse_n follow_v the_o prophet_n mean_v the_o come_n of_o the_o beast_n before_o name_v or_o the_o come_n of_o the_o assyrian_n their_o enemy_n yet_o the_o matter_n be_v not_o so_o necessary_a as_o that_o we_o shall_v spend_v much_o time_n therein_o nor_o so_o difficult_a but_o it_o may_v be_v decide_v and_o therefore_o i_o think_v that_o here_o be_v only_o mean_v the_o come_n of_o the_o noisome_a beast_n because_o the_o description_n follow_v be_v set_v forth_o by_o similitude_n take_v from_o war_n and_o not_o by_o flat_a and_o evident_a proposition_n the_o which_o course_n the_o lord_n do_v take_v in_o other_o place_n when_o he_o note_v a_o invasion_n as_o in_o jerem._n 50._o in_o this_o place_n we_o must_v first_o of_o all_o 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