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A71078 The parable of the ten virgin's opened, or, Christ's coming as a bridegroom cleared up and improved from Matthew XXV, ver. 1,2,3 &c. / by Benjamin Stonham. Stonham, Benjamin. 1676 (1676) Wing S5738; ESTC R1037 294,921 322

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oppression_n ezek._n 28._o 16._o 18._o pride_n ezek._n 28._o 2._o 6._o policy_n ezek._n 28._o 3_o 4_o 5._o zech._n 9_o 2._o and_o fall_v in_o with_o israel_n in_o their_o prosperity_n 1_o king_n 5._o 1._o for_o a_o self_n end_n 2_o chron._n 2._o 15._o but_o else_o a_o prick_a briar_n ezek._n 28._o 22._o 24._o confederate_v with_o ashur_n against_o they_o psal_n 83._o 7._o and_o sell_v they_o unto_o the_o grecian_n joel_n 3._o 4_o 5_o 6._o which_o grecians_z here_o do_v seem_v to_o be_v the_o last_o of_o israel_n grosser_n adversary_n zech._n 9_o 13._o chief_o so_o call_v because_o of_o their_o resemble_v the_o ancient_a grecian_a monarch_n in_o point_n of_o speedy_a conquest_n dan._n 8._o 5._o or_o fill_v the_o breadth_n of_o immanuel_n land_n isa_n 8._o 8._o 12._o when_o the_o angel_n out_o of_o the_o temple_n rev._n 14._o 17._o or_o saint_n of_o a_o high_a rank_n such_o as_o the_o priest_n be_v of_o old_a who_o only_o may_v enter_v into_o the_o temple_n when_o such_o be_v loud_o 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his_o father_n luke_n 19_o 12._o and_o do_v not_o take_v it_o rev._n 11._o 17._o till_o it_o be_v give_v he_o ezek._n 21._o 27._o as_o in_o relation_n to_o particular_a soul_n he_o marry_v none_o save_o who_o the_o father_n give_v john_n 17._o 2._o so_o it_o be_v with_o respect_n unto_o his_o kingly_a power_n he_o come_v as_o a_o thief_n unto_o the_o world_n rev._n 16._o 15._o but_o by_o the_o door_n as_o to_o his_o father_n approbation_n john_n 10._o 1_o 2._o he_o will_v not_o marry_v without_o his_o father_n full_a consent_n wherein_o he_o be_v a_o pattern_n to_o his_o child_n nor_o do_v the_o saint_n the_o high_a one_o take_v the_o kingdom_n dan._n 7._o 18._o till_o it_o be_v give_v they_o v._o 27._o though_o other_o may_v exalt_v themselves_o pretend_v thereby_o to_o establish_v the_o vision_n but_o they_o shall_v fall_v as_o heretofore_o such_o do_v dan._n 11._o 14._o 4._o espousal_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v before_o a_o marriage_n mat._n 1._o 18._o deut._n 20._o 7._o which_o be_v 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