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which_o nothing_o but_o their_o ignorance_n of_o the_o mystery_n and_o their_o malice_n can_v make_v they_o conclude_v to_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o deity_n which_o passage_n therefore_o of_o the_o vision_n be_v no_o small_a countenance_n to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o trinity_n of_o the_o godhead_n 12._o one_o woe_n be_v past_a and_o behold_v there_o come_v two_o woe_n more_o hereafter_o namely_o under_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o next_o two_o trumpet_n which_o therefore_o as_o the_o former_a may_v well_o be_v call_v wo-trumpet_n 13._o and_o the_o six_o angel_n sound_v and_o i_o hear_v voice_n from_o the_o four_o horn_n of_o the_o golden_a altar_n which_o be_v before_o god_n for_o john_n rapt_v thus_o into_o heaven_n the_o temple_n and_o the_o throne_n of_o god_n be_v as_o it_o be_v continual_o represent_v to_o he_o and_o so_o the_o golden_a altar_n which_o be_v the_o altar_n of_o incense_n and_o incense_n be_v the_o symbol_n of_o the_o prayer_n and_o 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also_o upon_o a_o pretence_n then_o too_o lamentable_o true_a because_o they_o have_v so_o wretched_o corrupt_v the_o ancient_a apostolic_a christianity_n with_o many_o intolerable_a superstition_n and_o gross_a idolatry_n add_v the_o persecution_n of_o all_o those_o that_o will_v not_o submit_v to_o they_o and_o their_o wicked_a invention_n for_o which_o gross_a degeneracy_n of_o the_o church_n this_o scourge_n of_o the_o turk_n especial_o be_v send_v in_o upon_o they_o as_o be_v plain_o employ_v in_o what_o follow_v 20._o and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o man_n which_o be_v not_o kill_v by_o these_o plague_n that_o be_v of_o the_o scorpio-locust_n and_o euphratean_a centaur_n as_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v but_o be_v only_o vex_v with_o they_o by_o which_o be_v plain_o mean_v the_o western_a part_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n which_o the_o turk_n can_v never_o possess_v himself_o of_o yet_o as_o he_o have_v of_o the_o eastern_a yet_o for_o all_o this_o sad_a example_n of_o god_n severity_n 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asia_n minor_a at_o last_o join_v in_o one_o ottoman_a empire_n break_v also_o into_o europe_n nor_o cease_v till_o they_o take_v constantinople_n and_o quite_o abolish_v the_o constantinopolitan_a empire_n and_o make_v themselves_o full_o master_n thereof_o but_o as_o for_o the_o close_a of_o this_o second_o wo-trumpet_n the_o most_o natural_a extent_n i_o discern_v thereof_o be_v the_o universal_a impenitency_n of_o the_o western_a part_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n till_o some_o country_n or_o kingdom_n appear_v convert_v from_o such_o crime_n as_o the_o eastern_a empire_n be_v destroy_v for_o by_o these_o euphratean_a horseman_n and_o so_o we_o shall_v clear_o observe_v with_o what_o succession_n of_o the_o church_n this_o six_o trumpet_n or_o second_o wo-trumpet_n expire_v namely_o it_o end_v with_o the_o thyatirian_a succession_n the_o six_o trumpet_n add_v to_o the_o six_o seal_n reach_v just_a so_o far_o and_o no_o further_o so_o that_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n must_v be_v contemporary_a with_o the_o sardian_n philadelphian_n and_o laodicean_n succession_n and_o equalise_v the_o succession_n of_o they_o all_o which_o be_v worth_a the_o remember_n for_o the_o better_a understanding_n what_o follow_v note_n chapter_n ix_o vers._n 1._o fall_v from_o heaven_n to_o the_o earth_n etc._n etc._n the_o original_a have_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o though_o our_o english_a translation_n render_v i_o see_v a_o star_n fall_v from_o heaven_n as_o if_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o fall_v yet_o i_o have_v make_v bold_a to_o translate_v it_o according_a to_o grammatical_a truth_n fall_v from_o heaven_n but_o i_o understand_v it_o of_o a_o fall_v angel_n according_a to_o the_o warrantable_a sense_n of_o the_o cabalist_n see_v my_o synopsis_fw-la prophetica_fw-la book_n 1._o ch_n 8._o sect_n 14._o vers._n 5._o the_o nature_n of_o the_o scorpion_n perpetual_o to_o attempt_v to_o sting_v etc._n etc._n semper_fw-la cauda_fw-la in_o ictu_fw-la 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