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with_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o six_o angel_n trumpet_n and_o to_o continue_v forty_o and_o two_o month_n be_v in_o chap._n 11.4_o call_v the_o second_o woe_n which_o woe_n although_o it_o be_v to_o be_v and_o be_v more_o particular_o and_o much_o more_o exact_o and_o large_o discover_v in_o chapter_n 13._o and_o 14._o and_o chap._n 17._o and_o 18._o and_o 19_o yet_o because_o it_o be_v here_o in_o chap._n 11._o in_o a_o general_a manner_n full_o reveal_v the_o lord_n to_o who_o all_o thing_n past_a and_o to_o come_v be_v present_a say_v vers_n 14._o the_o second_o woe_n be_v go_v and_o because_o the_o three_o woe_n be_v to_o come_v very_o soon_o after_o and_o it_o be_v the_o great_a of_o all_o he_o say_v again_o and_o behold_v call_v unto_o as_o it_o be_v and_o require_v all_o man_n to_o hearken_v and_o consider_v of_o it_o say_v and_o behold_v the_o three_o woe_n will_v come_v mean_v the_o great_a day_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v in_o his_o glory_n to_o judge_v the_o world_n which_o 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