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till_o then_o and_o be_v utter_o abolish_v only_o by_o christ_n personal_a come_n to_o judgement_n but_o it_o be_v usual_a in_o scripture_n to_o express_v great_a change_n in_o church_n or_o state_n by_o the_o come_n and_o appearance_n of_o the_o lord_n particular_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o jew_n for_o reject_v christ_n be_v express_v by_o the_o prophet_n joel_n and_o malachi_n in_o such_o phrase_n that_o have_v occasion_v many_o to_o interpret_v they_o of_o the_o last_o judgement_n our_o saviour_n also_o math._n 24_o 25._o ch_z express_v his_o judge_n of_o that_o nation_n in_o like_a phrase_n and_o call_v it_o his_o come_n and_o command_v his_o servant_n to_o watch_v and_o prepare_v for_o it_o likewise_o rev._n 6._o the_o subdue_a of_o the_o heathen_a world_n to_o christ_n by_o the_o emperor_n receive_v the_o gospel_n and_o establish_v
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the_o thousand_o year_n expire_v and_o the_o general_a judgement_n be_v describe_v to_o follow_v soon_o after_o use_v 1_o this_o shall_v keep_v man_n from_o embrace_v and_o persuade_v they_o to_o forsake_v the_o romish_a religion_n it_o be_v as_o all_o other_o carnal_a thing_n be_v a_o perish_a religion_n that_o church_n christ_n have_v promise_v to_o destroy_v and_o that_o with_o a_o desolation_n proportionable_a to_o all_o the_o magnificence_n and_o pomp_n she_o have_v enjoy_v with_o a_o overthrow_n that_o shall_v make_v a_o change_n as_o if_o the_o world_n be_v end_v 2._o let_v the_o godly_a strengthen_v their_o patience_n in_o bear_v all_o her_o violence_n and_o persecution_n there_o be_v a_o appoint_a end_n rome_n shall_v as_o certain_o fall_v and_o her_o power_n and_o policy_n be_v break_v as_o old_a babylon_n be_v ruin_v which_o be_v once_o the_o terror_n of_o the_o world_n and_o have_v hold_v the_o empire_n near_o fourteen_o hundred_o year_n long_o than_o rome_n shall_v the_o 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