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〈◊〉_d signify_v against_o the_o anoint_v who_o the_o anoint_v be_v rev._n 11._o 4_o 5_o 6._o compare_v with_o zach._n 4._o 3_o 11_o 14._o tell_v we_o in_o the_o church_n under_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n the_o king_n and_o the_o priest_n only_o be_v anoint_v indeed_o prophet_n be_v anoint_v sometime_o but_o that_o be_v extraordinary_a not_o by_o ceremonial_a constitution_n but_o immediate_a command_n these_o two_o sacred_a function_n be_v not_o destroy_v but_o refine_v under_o the_o gospel_n so_o that_o probable_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v he_o that_o slay_v the_o witness_n for_o his_o proper_a name_n be_v the_o opposer_n of_o the_o lord_n anoint_v the_o enemy_n that_o make_v war_n with_o and_o overcome_v the_o son_n of_o oil_n the_o witness_n the_o two_o olive_n tree_n this_o be_v that_o antichrist_n which_o paul_n in_o this_o place_n
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