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simple_o but_o as_o the_o dragon_n deputy_n or_o dragon_n under_o the_o beast_n disguise_n for_o to_o worship_v the_o beast_n unless_o as_o the_o dragon_n idolatrous_a vicegerent_n be_v no_o more_o impious_a then_o to_o obey_v any_o temporal_a authority_n therefore_o the_o beast_n signify_v his_o kingdom_n who_o worship_n be_v subjection_n to_o it_o that_o be_v they_o free_o obey_v he_o as_o if_o none_o can_v resist_v his_o power_n but_o to_o worship_v he_o in_o a_o religious_a capacity_n as_o he_o resemble_v the_o dragon_n be_v blasphemy_n against_o god_n there_o be_v give_v he_o a_o mouth_n speak_v great_a thing_n and_o blasphemy_n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 5._o and_o power_n be_v give_v he_o to_o continu_fw-la forty_o two_o month_n the_o beast_n condition_n or_o constitution_n be_v exhibit_v before_o now_o rest_v to_o show_v how_o he_o exercise_v the_o power_n delegated_a by_o the_o dragon_n viz._n blasphemy_n and_o cruelty_n this_o vision_n agree_v with_o daniel_n prophecy_n of_o the_o same_o four_o beast_n and_o his_o last_o course_n 8._o dâ—â—_n 7._o v._o 8._o here_o specify_v but_o the_o thing_n declare_v to_o he_o more_o succinct_o be_v here_o dilate_v more_o large_o he_o have_v a_o mouth_n speak_v great_a thing_n say_v daniel_n which_o john_n call_v blasphemy_n by_o which_o idolatry_n be_v imply_v be_v the_o high_a contumely_n against_o god_n he_o shall_v also_o continu_a to_o blaspheme_v forty_o two_o month_n during_o which_o space_n the_o gentile_n shall_v trample_v on_o the_o out_o court_n or_o holy_a city_n for_o since_o this_o profanation_n tend_v to_o the_o same_o impiety_n with_o the_o beast_n blasphemy_n both_o may_v signify_v the_o power_n of_o darkness_n or_o night_n measure_v by_o month_n or_o the_o moon_n motion_n &_o not_o by_o day_n or_o year_n after_o the_o sun_n else_o why_o do_v the_o holy_a ghost_n infer_v it_o immediate_o upon_o the_o beast_n blasphemy_n unless_o the_o time_n be_v refer_v thereto_o ergo_fw-la the_o beast_n 42_o month_n begin_v not_o at_o this_o wrath_n and_o war_n with_o the_o saint_n but_o at_o his_o blasphemy_n so_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o he_o continue_v to_o blaspheme_v so_o long_o that_o by_o blasphemy_n be_v intend_v idolatry_n or_o spiritual_a fornication_n be_v plain_a 1._o because_o babylon_n the_o beast_n metropolis_n be_v call_v mother_n of_o harlot_n with_o who_o the_o king_n and_o inhabiter_n of_o the_o earth_n harlotize_v 2._o it_o be_v such_o blasphemy_n as_o may_v fall_v into_o the_o course_n of_o the_o next_o foregoer_n or_o rather_o all_o the_o head_n which_o be_v charge_v with_o it_o but_o no_o blasphemy_n can_v be_v lay_v to_o his_o antecessor_n not_o to_o all_o in_o common_a sav_fw-mi only_o idolatry_n 3._o the_o word_n blasphemy_n import_v idolatry_n in_o many_o mo_z place_n isai_n 65._o 7._o jor._fw-la 23._o 15._o 17._o ezek._n 20._o 27._o deu._n 31._o 20._o 2_o king_n 19_o 22._o prov._n 14._o 31._o ps_n 44._o 16._o psal_n 69._o 10._o in_o all_o which_o to_o rebuke_v reproach_n and_o 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mediator_n or_o pretend_a intercessor_n with_o he_o against_o their_o will_n as_o patron_n or_o pleader_n for_o mortal_a man_n in_o heathen_a manner_n and_o many_o feign_a miracle_n fable_v fasten_v or_o fathr_v on_o they_o which_o be_v more_o blasphemy_n it_o be_v give_v he_o to_o make_v war_n with_o the_o saint_n and_o overcome_v 7._o verse_n 7._o they_o and_o power_n be_v give_v he_o over_o all_o kindred_n tongue_n and_o nation_n this_o be_v his_o other_o part_n of_o power_n viz._n persecution_n whereby_o he_o prous_a himself_o the_o dragon_n deputy_n daniel_n word_n 2d_o dan._n 7._o 2d_o be_v he_o make_v war_n with_o the_o saint_n the_o woman_n seed_n and_o prevail_v against_o they_o the_o beast_n whole_a reign_n be_v a_o war_n against_o the_o saint_n but_o this_o be_v wage_v with_o bloody_a slaughter_n as_o it_o be_v say_a vers_fw-la 10._o he_o that_o kill_v with_o the_o sword_n must_v be_v so_o kill_v for_o here_o the_o secular_a beast_n not_o spiritual_a be_v mean_v which_o must_v be_v so_o handle_v he_o make_v not_o this_o war_n in_o infancy_n but_o in_o maturity_n 1â—â—â—_n a._n c._n 1â—â—â—_n about_o the_o twelve_o age_n from_o christ_n nativity_n the_o first_o war_n fall_v heavy_a on_o the_o albigenses_n waldenses_n and_o other_o professor_n of_o who_o be_v slay_v only_o in_o france_n as_o peronius_n tell_v about_o a_o million_o of_o soul_n who_o be_v massacre_v by_o mighty_a army_n levy_v against_o sarrasen_n which_o bloody_a broil_n last_v seventy_o year_n many_o mo_z slaughter_n befall_v elswher_o for_o three_o hundred_o year_n after_o yet_o about_o an._n 1500._o sundry_a stats_n kingdom_n country_n and_o church_n fall_v from_o the_o beast_n dominion_n against_o who_o cruel_a war_n be_v raise_v which_o continu_n to_o this_o day_n and_o shall_v not_o cease_v till_o the_o beast_n be_v destroy_v so_o this_o persecution_n for_o number_n of_o slay_v far_o excee_v all_o the_o primitius_fw-la for_o from_o the_o jesuit_n 1580._o a._n c._n 1580._o origin_n in_o thirty_o year_n space_n baldwin_n comput_v nine_o hundred_o thousand_o 16._o l._n de_fw-fr antiâ—â—â—_n c._n 16._o orthodox_n christian_n do_v to_o death_n by_o executioner_n yea_o duke_n d'_fw-fr alva_n boast_v that_o he_o execute_v thirty_o six_o thousand_o in_o belgia_n and_o vergerius_n vaunt_v that_o the_o inquisition_n consume_v a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o thousand_o in_o thirty_o year_n by_o several_a torture_n they_o excuse_v it_o that_o the_o clergy_n do_v it_o not_o but_o magistrate_n yet_o they_o condemn_v they_o for_o heretic_n and_o make_v the_o other_o their_o hangman_n for_o so_o it_o be_v say_v here_o of_o the_o secular_a beast_n that_o he_o shall_v make_v war_n and_o overcome_v the_o saint_n but_o of_o the_o ecclesiastic_a that_o he_o shall_v cause_v so_o many_o as_o will_v not_o worship_v the_o beast_n image_n to_o be_v slay_v and_o not_o kill_v with_o the_o sword_n or_o by_o his_o own_o hand_n his_o power_n reach_v over_o all_o the_o roman_a dominion_n with_o 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power_n to_o giv_v the_o beast_n image_n life_n that_o it_o shall_v speak_v 1â—_n verse_n 1â—_n and_o cause_n so_o many_o as_o will_v not_o worship_v it_o to_o be_v kill_v nebuchadnezar_n decree_v the_o same_o of_o his_o image_n but_o if_o this_o have_v not_o receive_v life_n the_o slay_a beast_n can_v not_o reviv_v in_o he_o noâ—_n be_v the_o former_a dragon-worshipe_a idle_a but_o activ_o and_o stout_a to_o fly_v on_o his_o enemy_n as_o this_o image_n ought_v to_o be_v in_o which_o he_o shall_v reviv_v therefore_o the_o false_a prophet_n have_v power_n not_o only_o to_o allure_v people_n to_o make_v the_o image_n of_o the_o last_o course_n but_o to_o inlifen_v he_o whereby_o he_o may_v by_o edict_n enjoin_v such_o thing_n as_o shall_v support_v his_o dignity_n and_o punish_v opposer_n by_o temporal_a death_n for_o all_o power_n of_o the_o image_n or_o secular_a beast_n be_v derive_v or_o deliver_v by_o the_o pseudoprophetic_a who_o denounce_v sentence_n of_o heresy_n against_o all_o 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