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â—…rit_fw-la for_o the_o cry_n of_o saint_n move_v the_o lord_n much_o luk._n 18._o gen._n 18._o 25._o psal._n 116._o 15._o the_o six_o seal_n shall_v not_o be_v expound_v allegorical_o for_o two_o reason_n 1_o because_o the_o prophecy_n of_o apostasy_n come_v not_o in_o here_o but_o in_o the_o subsequent_a ptophecy_n 2_o apostasy_n can_v not_o terrify_v great_a man_n as_o here_o themselves_o be_v author_n and_o actor_n of_o it_o neither_o be_v this_o six_o seal_n to_o be_v understand_v of_o a_o temporal_a judgement_n isaiah_n 13._o 10._o ezech._n 32._o 7._o hos._n 10._o 7._o luke_n 23._o 30._o argument_n move_v some_o interpreter_n to_o think_v that_o the_o six_o seal_n can_v import_v the_o day_n of_o judgement_n be_v answer_v argument_n prove_v that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v expound_v of_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n 1_o the_o seven_o seal_n for_o etel_v nothing_o as_o the_o rest_n doc_fw-fr but_o introduce_v seven_o trumpet_n to_o foretell_v 2_o the_o six_o seal_n bring_v a_o 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