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their_o wicked_a and_o ungodly_a comfort_n because_o they_o have_v put_v out_o the_o eye_n of_o his_o two_o prophet_n that_o their_o whoredom_n and_o profanation_n may_v not_o be_v reprove_v then_o which_o nothing_o can_v be_v great_a torment_n to_o the_o wicked_a nor_o more_o unsavoury_a to_o they_o that_o perish_v verse_n 11._o and_o after_o three_o day_n and_o a_o half_a the_o spirit_n of_o life_n from_o god_n enter_v into_o they_o and_o they_o stand_v upon_o their_o foot_n and_o great_a fear_n fall_v upon_o all_o that_o see_v they_o and_o forasmuch_o as_o in_o the_o death_n and_o extermination_n of_o antichrist_n by_o way_n of_o dependencie_n consist_v the_o life_n and_o resurrection_n as_o it_o be_v of_o the_o scripture_n the_o spirit_n foreshow_v that_o after_o the_o reign_n and_o persecution_n of_o the_o beast_n which_o here_o as_o in_o the_o nine_o verse_n be_v determine_v by_o three_o day_n and_o a_o half_a god_n will_v raise_v up_o faithful_a and_o prudent_a priest_n shepherd_n of_o understand_a heart_n who_o shall_v right_o divide_v the_o word_n and_o testimony_n of_o his_o two_o witness_n which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n signify_v in_o say_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n from_o god_n enter_v into_o they_o for_o as_o the_o letter_n &_o text_n of_o the_o scripture_n be_v the_o corpse_n thereof_o so_o their_o true_a intent_n and_o meaning_n be_v the_o spirit_n and_o life_n of_o they_o and_o by_o the_o faithful_a ministry_n of_o such_o as_o the_o lord_n shall_v raise_v in_o and_o about_o that_o time_n and_o for_o that_o purpose_n the_o testimony_n of_o his_o two_o prophet_n shall_v be_v restore_v to_o their_o strength_n and_o as_o it_o be_v to_o their_o walk_v again_o which_o the_o spirit_n signify_v in_o say_v they_o stand_v upon_o their_o foot_n as_o well_o to_o the_o terror_n and_o astonishment_n of_o all_o lie_a and_o stupidious_a expositor_n as_o to_o the_o fear_n and_o admiration_n of_o the_o child_n and_o justifier_n of_o wisdom_n as_o the_o 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number_n indeterminate_v as_o it_o be_v also_o in_o scripture_n often_o which_o broil_n and_o bloodshed_n concern_v the_o institution_n of_o religion_n be_v so_o sufficient_o report_v in_o the_o commentary_n of_o bohemia_n and_o germany_n and_o in_o the_o trouble_n of_o france_n and_o flanders_n and_o other_o nation_n as_o if_o it_o be_v purposely_o register_v in_o proof_n of_o this_o pprophecy_n last_o the_o spirit_n conclude_v foretell_v that_o many_o kingdom_n in_o this_o defection_n shall_v quite_o forsake_v the_o beast_n and_o haste_v they_o out_o of_o babylon_n home_o again_o to_o build_v the_o wall_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o to_o restore_v the_o morning_n and_o the_o evening_n sacrifice_n of_o praise_n and_o thanksgiving_n as_o in_o the_o former_a time_n and_o in_o the_o day_n of_o old_a in_o say_v and_o the_o rest_n be_v cast_v into_o a_o fear_n and_o give_v glory_n to_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n verse_n 14._o the_o second_o woe_n be_v go_v and_o behold_v the_o three_o woe_n will_v come_v quick_o the_o first_o woe_n be_v the_o blasphemy_n of_o arianism_n which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o the_o niâ—th_o chapter_n most_o apt_o resemble_v unto_o a_o smoke_n ascend_v from_o the_o depth_n say_v that_o the_o sun_n be_v darken_v and_o the_o air_n with_o the_o smoke_n of_o the_o pit_n meaning_n by_o the_o sun_n the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o by_o the_o air_n the_o word_n of_o his_o truth_n by_o who_o only_a mean_a and_o interposition_n the_o object_n of_o his_o deity_n be_v true_o discern_v and_o in_o regard_n of_o this_o first_o woe_n which_o be_v kindle_v by_o arius_n wherewith_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o earth_n as_o the_o spirit_n foretell_v we_o shall_v be_v torment_v five_o month_n mean_v month_n of_o year_n which_o by_o prophetical_a account_n amount_v to_o one_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n which_o be_v the_o time_n of_o the_o arian_n persecution_n as_o in_o the_o ecâ—lesiasticall_a history_n more_o plain_o appear_v the_o holy_a ghost_n i_o say_v in_o 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chair_n of_o state_n as_o the_o spirit_n note_v say_v which_o have_v the_o stroke_n of_o the_o sword_n and_o live_v verse_n 15._o and_o it_o be_v give_v to_o he_o to_o give_v spirit_n to_o the_o image_n of_o the_o beast_n and_o that_o the_o image_n of_o the_o beast_n shall_v speak_v and_o shall_v make_v that_o whosoever_o honour_v not_o the_o image_n of_o the_o beast_n be_v slay_v and_o such_o art_n and_o perswasible_a power_n be_v give_v to_o those_o enchanter_n and_o apostate_n of_o antichrist_n that_o they_o infuse_v such_o a_o quicken_a spirit_n such_o a_o life_n give_v animation_n into_o the_o ethnic_a dead_a and_o desolate_a image_n of_o the_o dragon_n religion_n by_o guild_v it_o over_o with_o the_o reverend_a divine_a and_o honourable_a name_n of_o god_n omnipotent_a christ_n jesus_n the_o righteous_a his_o holy_a spirit_n his_o precious_a blood_n his_o sacred_a word_n his_o bless_a sacrament_n etc._n etc._n that_o they_o easy_o persuade_v the_o blear_a eye_a world_n to_o 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by_o what_o mean_n token_n or_o sign_n shall_v i_o know_v etc._n etc._n the_o answer_n be_v know_v of_o a_o surety_n that_o thy_o seed_n shall_v be_v a_o stranger_n in_o a_o land_n which_o be_v not_o they_o and_o shall_v serve_v they_o and_o they_o shall_v afflict_v they_o 400._o year_n and_o thou_o shall_v go_v to_o thy_o father_n in_o peace_n and_o be_v bury_v in_o a_o good_a old_a age_n but_o in_o the_o 4_o the_o generation_n they_o shall_v come_v hither_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o amorites_n be_v not_o yet_o full_a v._o 13._o 15_o 16._o which_o sign_n come_v not_o to_o pass_v in_o abraham_n day_n but_o long_o after_o in_o the_o four_o generation_n after_o 400._o munst_n clar._n &_o caiet_fw-mi in_o gen._n 15._o 13_o musc_n in_o loc_n q._n 3_o p._n 375._o zeg_n in_o act._n 7._o 6._o riu._n in_o ex._n 12._o 40_o year_n that_o be_v to_o say_v at_o the_o end_n of_o 430._o year_n from_o the_o promise_n first_o make_v to_o abraham_n gen._n 12._o in_o the_o 70._o musc_n ubi_fw-la suprà _fw-la q._n 2._o p._n 373_o p._n mart._n in_o gen._n 15._o 13_o bibliand_n in_o tab._n 3._o chron._n capel_n in_o a_o abr._n 70_o tremel_n in_o gen._n 11._o &_o exod._n 12._o 40._o codom_n chron._n l._n 1._o c._n 3._o mercer_n in_o gen._n 15._o 13._o d._n ed._n sims_n chron._n ad_fw-la a_o mundi_fw-la 2077._o abr._n 70._o vid._n scal._n in_o can._n isagog_n 322._o &_o drus_n in_o act._n 7._o 6_o apud_fw-la crit._n sac._n t._n 7._o col._n 2204._o year_n of_o his_o age_n when_o he_o go_v out_o of_o chaldaea_n to_o go_v into_o canaan_n and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v at_o the_o end_n of_o 430._o year_n even_o the_o self_n same_o day_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o all_o the_o host_n of_o the_o lord_n go_v out_o from_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n it_o be_v a_o night_n to_o be_v much_o observe_v unto_o the_o lord_n for_o bring_v they_o out_o from_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n exod._n 12._o 41._o 42._o and_o thereby_o moses_n &_o all_o the_o faithful_a posterity_n of_o abraham_n be_v comfort_v hoc_fw-la expetiverat_fw-la abram_n cupiens_fw-la promissionem_fw-la illam_fw-la possessionis_fw-la terrae_fw-la chanaan_n insigni_fw-la aliquo_fw-la foedere_fw-la &_o notabili_fw-la signo_fw-la confirmari_fw-la ad_fw-la roborandam_fw-la posterorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o fiduciam_fw-la perer._n in_o gen._n 15._o 9_o &_o post_n videlicet_fw-la id_fw-la facere_fw-la deus_fw-la voluit_fw-la de_fw-la foedere_fw-la cum_fw-la abramo_n firmato_fw-la agit_fw-fr ad_fw-la ingenerandum_fw-la animus_fw-la posterorum_fw-la abrae_fw-la certam_fw-la ejus_fw-la terrae_fw-la possidendae_fw-la atque_fw-la obtinendae_fw-la fiduciam_fw-la id._n ibid._n v._n 18._o hoc_fw-la quidem_fw-la partim_fw-la abrahae_fw-la causâ_fw-la testatum_fw-la est_fw-la oportuit_fw-la sed_fw-la maxim_n ejus_fw-la posteros_fw-la spectavit_fw-la dominus_fw-la ne_fw-la in_o suis_fw-la aerumnis_fw-la deficerent_fw-la quorum_fw-la exitum_fw-la fore_fw-la laetum_fw-la &_o faelicem_fw-la dominus_fw-la promiserat_fw-la praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsa_fw-la diuâ—uâ—nitas_fw-la ingenti_fw-la taedio_fw-la non_fw-la careret_fw-la calvin_n in_o loc_n nec_fw-la dubium_fw-la est_fw-la quin_fw-la abraham_n hoc_fw-la posteris_fw-la suis_fw-la assiduis_fw-la concionibus_fw-la inclucarit_fw-la &_o commendarit_fw-la ne_fw-la fracti_fw-la calamitatibus_fw-la cederent_fw-la sed_fw-la urgerent_n firmà _fw-la fide_fw-la &_o in_o concussâ_fw-la spe_fw-la promissionem_fw-la terrae_fw-la chanaan_n &_o liberationem_fw-la luther_n in_o loc_n quemadmodum_fw-la legimus_fw-la joseph_n huius_fw-la rei_fw-la certissimum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la cum_fw-la de_fw-la ossibus_fw-la suis_fw-la mandavit_fw-la fratribus_fw-la marlorat_n in_o loc_n hoc_fw-la in_o abrahami_n &_o israelitarum_fw-la ejus_fw-la posterorum_fw-la consolationem_fw-la est_fw-la scriptum_fw-la nec_fw-la dubium_fw-la quin_fw-la diligenter_n à _fw-la majoribus_fw-la mosis_fw-la literis_fw-la consignatum_fw-la in_o posterorum_fw-la consolationem_fw-la vnde_fw-la &_o fideliter_fw-la à _fw-la mose_n relatum_fw-la ut_fw-la israelitae_n quibus_fw-la tunc_fw-la haec_fw-la scribebat_fw-la in_o aegypto_n vel_fw-la in_o deserto_fw-la cum_fw-la essent_fw-la moâ—_n in_fw-la terram_fw-la chanaan_n introducendi_fw-la animum_fw-la in_o tam_fw-la gravi_fw-la servitute_fw-la non_fw-la desponderent_fw-la sed_fw-la scirent_fw-la praestitutum_fw-la esse_fw-la afflictionibus_fw-la tempus_fw-la post_fw-la quod_fw-la eorum_fw-la persecutores_fw-la poenas_fw-la darent_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la liberarentur_fw-la gloriosè_fw-la mercer_n praelect_v in_o gen._n 15._o 13_o 14._o confirm_v and_o ascertain_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n promise_n make_v to_o that_o patriarch_n renew_v to_o isaac_n gen._n 26._o 3_o 4_o 5._o and_o to_o jacob_n gen._n 28._o 14._o 15._o &_o 35._o 11._o 12._o namely_o that_o they_o shall_v inherit_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o a_o everlasting_a possession_n as_o it_o be_v write_v gen._n 17._o 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