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and_o be_v familiar_a with_o he_o as_o he_o shall_v do_v with_o i_o and_o reverence_v i_o with_o love_n 21_o and_o i_o will_v make_v the_o victor_n to_o sit_v with_o i_o in_o my_o throne_n to_o wit_n he_o shall_v be_v partaker_n of_o my_o glory_n even_o as_o i_o sit_v with_o my_o father_n in_o his_o throne_n and_o be_o in_o my_o manhood_n in_o which_o i_o overcome_v exalt_v to_o sit_v in_o glory_n at_o his_o right_a hand_n equal_a in_o power_n eternity_n and_o glory_n with_o he_o 22_o he_o that_o have_v a_o ear_n let_v he_o hear_v what_o the_o spirit_n say_v to_o the_o church_n chap._n four_o argument_n the_o ravish_v of_o the_o
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himself_o far_o above_o all_o live_a creature_n and_o shall_v usurp_v far_o high_a style_n than_o ever_o be_v hear_v of_o before_o by_o the_o which_o and_o by_o his_o false_a doctrine_n together_o he_o shall_v so_o derogate_v from_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o usurp_v so_o all_o power_n only_o proper_a unto_o he_o as_o it_o shall_v be_v great_a word_n against_o he_o and_o blasphemy_n of_o his_o name_n and_o there_o be_v power_n give_v he_o to_o do_v to_o wit_n god_n shall_v permit_v his_o tyranny_n to_o increase_v and_o persecute_v the_o saint_n the_o space_n of_o two_o and_o forty_o month_n this_o space_n be_v mention_v unto_o i_o to_o let_v i_o know_v thereby_o that_o this_o monarchy_n rise_v out_o of_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o other_o 11._o chap._n 11._o be_v the_o same_o which_o be_v mean_v by_o that_o city_n whereof_o you_o hear_v already_o in_o the_o sixth_o trumpet_n which_o persecute_v the_o two_o witness_n for_o the_o same_o space_n be_v assign_v to_o she_o there_o and_o 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