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cabbalisme_n we_o be_v in_o special_a behold_v to_o osiander_n for_o it_o if_o by_o sage_a judgement_n it_o happen_v to_o be_v censure_v for_o a_o fancy_n scripturae_fw-la jacobus_n naclantus_fw-la a_o romish_a bishop_n must_v share_v with_o osiander_n in_o the_o censure_n whatsoever_o the_o opinion_n be_v in_o itself_o the_o allegation_n for_o confirmation_n of_o it_o be_v not_o concludent_fw-la for_o that_o right_o examine_v only_o infer_v that_o jehovah_n himself_o he_o that_o be_v essential_o god_n and_o none_o beside_o he_o be_v to_o be_v our_o saviour_n or_o the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n this_o be_v a_o truth_n unquestionable_a yet_o a_o truth_n which_o will_v not_o conclude_v that_o while_o he_o become_v the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n he_o be_v to_o take_v no_o other_o name_n or_o title_n upon_o he_o beside_o the_o proper_a and_o essential_a name_n of_o god_n only_o
to_o the_o prey_n chap._n 11._o ver_fw-la 8._o their_o horse_n also_o be_v swift_a than_o the_o leopard_n and_o be_v more_o fierce_a than_o the_o evening_n wolf_n and_o their_o horseman_n shall_v spread_v themselves_o and_o their_o horseman_n shall_v come_v from_o far_o they_o shall_v fly_v as_o the_o eagle_n that_o haste_v to_o eat_v and_o so_o moses_n long_v before_o have_v threaten_v this_o people_n deut._n 28._o 49._o the_o lord_n shall_v bring_v a_o nation_n against_o thou_o from_o far_o from_o the_o end_n of_o the_o earth_n as_o swift_a as_o the_o eagle_n flee_v etc._n etc._n and_o this_o prophecy_n be_v most_o exact_o fulfil_v in_o the_o conquest_n oppression_n and_o destruction_n of_o this_o nation_n by_o the_o roman_n and_o their_o ally_n especial_o the_o italian_n spanish_a german_a and_o british_a with_o other_o of_o these_o western_a nation_n and_o our_o saviour_n in_o the_o forecited_a place_n foretell_v the_o fulfil_n of_o this_o prophecy_n of_o moses_n upon_o the_o jew_n of_o that_o present_a age_n for_o all_o that_o our_o saviour_n have_v say_v in_o that_o 24._o of_o matthew_n be_v to_o be_v accomplish_v according_a to_o the_o literal_a sense_n in_o that_o age_n current_n for_o so_o he_o say_v ver_fw-la 34._o very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o this_o generation_n shall_v not_o pass_v till_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v fulfil_v now_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o this_o gather_v together_o of_o the_o eagle_n be_v to_o be_v fulfil_v before_o those_o sign_n of_o his_o come_n to_o judge_n jerusalem_n be_v to_o be_v exhibit_v ver_n 29._o our_o saviour_n pprophecy_n than_o can_v according_a to_o the_o literal_a sense_n refer_v unto_o his_o come_n to_o final_a judgement_n but_o unto_o his_o come_n to_o visit_v jerusalem_n and_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o jew_n of_o who_o as_o he_o intimate_v some_o few_o shall_v be_v strange_o reserve_v other_o remarkable_o plague_v and_o so_o to_o be_v plague_v by_o the_o roman_n who_o ensign_n be_v the_o eagle_n those_o who_o god_n 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shall_v be_v break_v for_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n do_v by_o express_a word_n foretell_v and_o by_o matter_n of_o fact_n foreshadow_n that_o which_o afterward_o be_v most_o exact_o accomplish_v he_o be_v persecute_v by_o that_o generation_n wherein_o he_o live_v for_o the_o delivery_n of_o that_o message_n chap._n 7._o ver_fw-la 12_o 13_o 14._o but_o go_v you_o now_o into_o my_o place_n which_o be_v in_o shiloh_n where_o i_o set_v my_o name_n at_o the_o first_o and_o see_v what_o i_o do_v to_o it_o for_o the_o wickedness_n of_o my_o people_n israel_n and_o now_o because_o you_o have_v do_v all_o these_o work_n say_v the_o lord_n and_o i_o speak_v unto_o you_o rise_v up_o early_o and_o speak_v but_o you_o hear_v not_o and_o i_o call_v you_o but_o you_o answer_v not_o therefore_o will_v i_o do_v unto_o this_o house_n which_o be_v call_v by_o my_o name_n wherein_o you_o trust_v and_o unto_o the_o place_n which_o i_o give_v to_o you_o and_o to_o your_o father_n as_o i_o have_v do_v to_o 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