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field_n the_o angel_n in_o heaven_n have_v a_o chief_a michael_n the_o archangel_n jude_n 9_o 1_o thes._n 4.16_o the_o schoolman_n indeed_o be_v more_o bold_a than_o they_o ought_v do_v divide_v the_o angel_n into_o three_o hierarchy_n and_o each_o hierarchy_n into_o three_o several_a order_n the_o first_o hierarchy_n they_o say_v comprehend_v cherubin_n seraphim_n and_o throne_n the_o second_o dominion_n principality_n and_o power_n the_o three_o might_n archangel_n and_o angel_n as_o also_o they_o assert_v the_o reason_n of_o these_o several_a name_n but_o the_o more_o modest_a and_o learned_a expositor_n who_o join_v not_o in_o the_o aforesaid_a presumptuous_a division_n do_v yet_o general_o conclude_v a_o order_n distinction_n and_o pre-eminence_n among_o angel_n from_o ephes._n 1.21_o col._n 1.16_o dan._n 10.13_o nay_o there_o be_v a_o government_n among_o the_o very_a devil_n there_o be_v not_o only_o a_o prince_n of_o angel_n dan._n 10._o but_o beelzebub_n a_o prince_n among_o 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