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one_o artkle_n he_o be_v note_v of_o 36_o
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confess_v themselves_o to_o be_v servant_n of_o they_o who_o serve_v god_n and_o therefore_o the_o pope_n be_v not_o antichrist_n messiah_n antichrist_n thallbe_n receive_v of_o the_o jew_n for_o the_o messiah_n antichrist_n shall_v be_v receive_v special_o of_o the_o jew_n s._n hier._n ad_fw-la algas_n chrys_n hom_o 4_o in_o john_n but_o the_o jew_n have_v not_o receive_v the_o pope_n at_o any_o time_n and_o if_o they_o receive_v not_o christ_n far_o less_o the_o pope_n but_o shall_v receive_v antichrist_n as_o christ_n fortolde_v joh._n 5._o which_o place_n all_o the_o father_n expound_v of_o antichrist_n as_o ambros_n in_o 2._o thess_n 2._o cyril_n lib._n 3._o in_o john_n cap._n 6._o theod._n in_o 2._o thes_n 2._o antichrist_n shall_v come_v circumcise_v circumcision_n antichrist_n shall_v come_v circumcise_v of_o the_o circumcision_n and_o of_o the_o circumcision_n that_o the_o jew_n may_v have_v some_o confidence_n in_o believe_v he_o as_o s._n hier._n say_v sup_v he_o shall_v do_v all_o those_o thing_n not_o by_o his_o own_o power_n but_o by_o the_o permission_n of_o god_n for_o the_o jew_n sake_n and_o theod._n ut_fw-la sup_n say_v that_o the_o jew_n do_v look_v for_o he_o and_o when_o he_o come_v they_o will_v believe_v in_o he_o but_o to_o this_o day_n the_o pope_n be_v not_o of_o the_o circumcision_n neither_o circumcise_v neither_o be_v he_o expect_v of_o the_o jew_n neither_o of_o they_o be_v believe_v ergo_fw-la neither_o be_v he_o antichrist_n moreover_o daniel_n cap._n 7._o after_o the_o description_n of_o the_o four_o empire_n it_o be_v say_v antichrist_n daniel_n prophesy_v of_o antichrist_n that_o the_o four_o beast_n which_o be_v the_o roman_a empire_n have_v ten_o horn_n and_o i_o consider_v the_o horn_n and_o behold_v a_o other_o littel_v horn_n spring_v out_o of_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o and_o three_o of_o the_o first_o horn_n be_v pull_v up_o before_o his_o face_n and_o behold_v the_o eye_n as_o it_o be_v of_o a_o man_n be_v in_o his_o horn_n and_o a_o mouth_n speak_v great_a thing_n in_o which_o place_n s._n hier._n in_o dan_n cap._n 7._o let_v we_o say_v say_v he_o world_n before_o antichrist_n come_v ten_o king_n shall_v divide_v the_o roman_a empire_n and_o the_o eleven_o king_n shall_v humble_v three_o principal_a of_o the_o ten_o as_o a_o token_n of_o the_o come_n of_o antichrist_n before_o the_o come_n of_o antichrist_n the_o euangelly_n must_v be_v preach_v through_o the_o world_n that_o all_o the_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n have_v lest_o by_o tradition_n that_o in_o the_o consummation_n of_o the_o world_n when_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o roman_n must_v be_v destroy_v there_o shall_v be_v ten_o king_n who_o will_v divide_v the_o roman_a empire_n among_o themselves_o and_o there_o shall_v arise_v the_o eleven_o be_v a_o very_a little_a king_n who_o shall_v overcome_v three_o of_o these_o ten_o king_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o king_n of_o egypt_n africa_n and_o ethiopia_n this_o witness_n hippol_n hom._n de_fw-la antichrist_n and_o theod._n 2._o thess_n 2._o but_o the_o pope_n have_v not_o conquer_v to_o he_o the_o kingdom_n of_o egypt_n africa_n &_o ethiopergo_v he_o be_v not_o antichrist_n moreover_o before_o the_o come_n of_o antichrist_n the_o euange_o be_v to_o be_v preach_v through_o the_o whole_a world_n as_o christ_n have_v say_v matt_n 24._o v._o 14._o this_o evange_o of_o the_o kingdom_n halbe_n preach_v in_o the_o whole_a world_n for_o a_o testimony_n to_o all_o nation_n then_o shall_v come_v the_o consummation_n but_o this_o liberty_n of_o the_o euange_o be_v not_o fulfil_v as_o yet_o as_o a_o certain_a sign_n of_o the_o come_n of_o antichrist_n when_o he_o shall_v appear_v &_o see_v antichrist_n be_v not_o as_o yet_o come_v as_o of_o this_o sign_n may_v be_v gather_v ergo_fw-la the_o pope_n be_v not_o antichrist_n preach_n before_o antichrist_n come_v henoch_n and_o elias_n must_v come_v &_o when_o they_o come_v they_o will_v withstand_v he_o in_o their_o preach_n 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of_o god_n farrelesse_a to_o repute_v they_o our_o brother_n who_o we_o find_v transport_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o falsehood_n and_o to_o be_v contumelious_a to_o the_o son_n of_o god_n again_o schluss_n in_o theol._n cal._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 6._o say_v that_o the_o caluiniste_n will_v account_v we_o lutheran_n as_o their_o brother_n who_o notwithstanding_o they_o condemn_v as_o heretic_n this_o discord_n jezler_n zuinglio_n caluinist_n lib._n de_fw-fr diuturnit_fw-la bellâ—_n euch_fw-ge pag._n 25._o &_o 80._o discovere_n more_o at_o length_n say_v there_o be_v no_o end_n of_o chide_v write_v accuse_v dispute_v condemn_v and_o excommunicate_v one_o another_o betwixt_o the_o lutheran_n and_o caluiniste_n to_o the_o same_o effect_n say_v schluss_n lib._n 2._o art_n 15._o theol._n call_v that_o it_o be_v most_o clear_a no_o definition_n either_o of_o general_a or_o particular_a counsel_n be_v expect_v for_o unity_n in_o religion_n because_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o they_o to_o 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