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do_v it_o enrich_v the_o church_n 11._o also_o how_o many_o soever_o any_o time_n afterward_o either_o assault_n or_o persecution_n without_o or_o bicker_n and_o contention_n heresy_n or_o schism_n within_o brakâ—_n forth_o in_o the_o church_n so_o many_o occasion_n evermore_o be_v find_v either_o of_o set_v out_o the_o most_o glorious_a army_n of_o martyr_n or_o of_o compile_v the_o most_o famous_a write_n and_o thereby_o confound_v the_o wicked_a by_o the_o constancy_n of_o the_o saint_n and_o the_o further_a irradiate_a the_o godly_a with_o the_o clear_a light_n of_o the_o truth_n 12._o final_o touch_v the_o last_o time_n of_o the_o world_n which_o now_o be_v although_o the_o great_a prophet_n our_o lord_n have_v foretell_v terrible_a thing_n viz._n that_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o we_o shall_v hear_v of_o war_n and_o rumour_n of_o war_n mat._n 24.6_o that_o nation_n shall_v rise_v up_o against_o nation_n and_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v famine_n and_o earthquake_n 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