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as_o it_o follow_v and_o say_v let_v my_o lord_n speak_v for_o thou_o have_v strengthen_v i_o that_o be_v thou_o have_v enable_v i_o to_o be_v a_o fit_a auditor_n of_o thy_o instruction_n and_o information_n 20._o then_o say_v he_o viz._n the_o angel_n know_v thou_o wherefore_o i_o come_v unto_o thou_o that_o be_v thou_o can_v not_o easy_o imagine_v what_o thing_n and_o of_o what_o mighty_a concern_v i_o have_v to_o impart_v unto_o thou_o and_o now_o will_v i_o return_v to_o fight_v with_o the_o prince_n of_o persia_n viz._n i_o will_v return_v to_o dispute_v or_o contest_v *_o for_o so_o praeliari_fw-la be_v take_v in_o cicero_n with_o the_o presidentiary_n angel_n of_o persia_n after_o i_o have_v impart_v what_o i_o have_v to_o communicate_v unto_o thou_o and_o when_o i_o be_o go_v forth_o lo_o the_o prince_n of_o grecia_n shall_v come_v viz._n the_o presidentiary_n angel_n of_o grecia_n for_o he_o will_v also_o put_v in_o for_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o world_n and_o to_o have_v the_o jew_n under_o his_o command_n and_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o mention_v of_o the_o prince_n of_o grecia_n here_o 21._o but_o now_o that_o i_o may_v enter_v upon_o what_o i_o come_v to_o thou_o for_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o what_o be_v note_v in_o the_o scripture_n of_o truth_n that_o be_v i_o will_v declare_v in_o plain_a word_n without_o any_o symbolical_a or_o hieroglyphical_a figure_n such_o as_o be_v use_v in_o the_o former_a prophecy_n the_o divine_a counsel_n and_o purpose_n so_o distinct_o and_o orderly_o as_o if_o it_o be_v write_v in_o a_o book_n which_o write_v therefore_o here_o be_v call_v scripture_n and_o for_o its_o plainness_n and_o unsymbolicalness_n as_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o scripture_n of_o truth_n and_o i_o do_v not_o question_v but_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a correspondency_n betwixt_o this_o scripture_n of_o truth_n and_o that_o book_n in_o the_o apocalypse_n first_o seal_v and_o then_o open_v the_o prophecy_n of_o which_o this_o scripture_n of_o truth_n contain_v and_o the_o time_n also_o before_o the_o epocha_n of_o the_o apocalypse_n from_o the_o persian_a monarchy_n to_o the_o say_v epocha_n which_o be_v fix_v in_o tiberius_n his_o reign_n the_o three_o of_o the_o roman_a emperor_n and_o there_o be_v none_o that_o hold_v with_o i_o in_o these_o thing_n but_o michael_n your_o prince_n that_o be_v there_o be_v none_o of_o the_o presidentiary_n angel_n of_o the_o nation_n that_o hold_v fast_o to_o i_o but_o your_o prince_n which_o be_v michael_n the_o presidentiary_n angel_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o be_v my_o general_n and_o therefore_o contain_v all_o the_o power_n or_o force_n under_o he_o so_o little_a occasion_n be_v there_o that_o interpreter_n shall_v be_v puzzle_v or_o move_v difficulty_n how_o one_o angel_n only_o shall_v be_v employ_v in_o carry_v on_o and_o assist_v the_o affair_n of_o god_n people_n but_o we_o may_v note_v here_o by_o the_o by_o that_o as_o michael_n 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the_o proemial_a vision_n to_o the_o great_a prophecy_n of_o the_o scripture_n of_o truth_n which_o first_o verse_n be_v this_o â—…_n also_o i_o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o darius_n the_o mede_n even_o i_o stand_v to_o confirm_v and_o strengthen_v he_o where_o i_o be_v repeat_v and_o a_o emphasis_n put_v upon_o it_o that_o that_o act_n shall_v be_v impute_v not_o so_o much_o to_o the_o minister_n gabriel_n as_o to_o himself_o that_o send_v he_o ch._n 9_o 21._o the_o man_n gabriel_n who_o i_o have_v see_v in_o the_o vision_n before_o viz._n ch._n 8._o 16._o be_v cause_v to_o fly_v swift_o touch_v i_o etc._n etc._n now_o in_o the_o vision_n before_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o palmoni_n command_v gabriel_n say_v gabriel_n make_v this_o man_n to_o understand_v the_o vision_n therefore_o there_o be_v all_o the_o reason_n to_o think_v that_o gabriel_n by_o the_o same_o palmoni_fw-la be_v cause_v to_o fly_v swift_o that_o be_v be_v send_v speedy_o to_o touch_n daniel_n about_o the_o 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again_o that_o this_o privilege_n may_v be_v sole_o reserve_v to_o he_o that_o angel_n also_o apoc._n ch._n 10._o in_o my_o apocalypsis_n apocalypseos_n i_o have_v plain_o show_v to_o be_v christ_n who_o deliver_v the_o little_a book_n to_o john_n to_o swallow_v down_o which_o haply_o among_o other_o reason_n may_v be_v call_v little_a in_o that_o compare_v the_o epocha_n thereof_o with_o this_o of_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o scripture_n of_o truth_n which_o begin_v with_o the_o reign_n of_o cambyses_n but_o that_o first_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o tiberius_n it_o will_v be_v find_v to_o take_v in_o less_o time_n than_o that_o by_o five_o or_o six_o hundred_o year_n but_o in_o this_o do_v they_o agree_v both_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o scripture_n of_o truth_n and_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o seal_a book_n and_o open_v book_n that_o these_o latter_a prophecy_n run_v through_o no_o other_o time_n than_o those_o of_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o scripture_n of_o truth_n though_o they_o 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in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o cyrus_n king_n of_o persia_n agree_v with_o vers_n 21._o of_o chap._n 1._o and_o daniel_n continue_v even_o unto_o the_o first_o year_n of_o king_n cyrus_n whence_o some_o interpreter_n collect_v that_o daniel_n either_o live_v no_o long_o or_o at_o least_o prophesy_v no_o long_a than_o to_o the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o persian_a monarchy_n but_o here_o sanctius_n out_o of_o st._n jerome_n answer_v to_o his_o own_o scruple_n that_o daniel_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v to_o have_v continue_v in_o the_o babylonian_a court_n no_o long_a than_o to_o the_o first_o year_n of_o cyrus_n king_n of_o persia._n but_o afterward_o though_o he_o return_v not_o to_o jerusalem_n with_o other_o captive_n yet_o he_o be_v translate_v from_o babylon_n to_o the_o mede_n where_o he_o obtain_v a_o honourable_a prefecture_n and_o this_o be_v the_o account_n which_o saint_n jerome_n with_o other_o give_v of_o the_o place_n which_o sufficient_o take_v away_o the_o seem_a 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