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have_v be_v too_o much_o say_v to_o such_o a_o needless_a digression_n vers._n 4._o the_o eagles_n wing_n be_v pluck_v be_v speak_v of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n represent_v by_o this_o beast_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o to_o be_v apply_v only_o to_o the_o first_o king_n thereof_o much_o less_o to_o that_o humble_v providence_n of_o drive_v he_o from_o his_o kingdom_n etc._n etc._n whenas_o he_o be_v restore_v therefrom_o to_o his_o former_a majesty_n splendour_n and_o glory_n viz._n the_o wing_n wherewith_o that_o kingdom_n be_v exalt_v by_o reason_n whereof_o it_o be_v the_o golden_a head_n of_o the_o image_n and_o babylon_n be_v call_v by_o isaiah_n the_o golden_a city_n and_o this_o continue_v the_o same_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o kingdom_n the_o wing_n take_v in_o this_o sense_n can_v be_v pluck_v till_o then_o that_o haughtiness_n also_o wherewith_o the_o heart_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v lift_v up_o be_v inherit_v by_o his_o posterity_n as_o appear_v by_o daniel_n reproof_n of_o belshazzar_n ch_n 5.23_o and_o therefore_o the_o pluck_n of_o the_o wing_n by_o reason_n of_o it_o aught_o to_o respect_v the_o one_o as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o the_o be_v make_v to_o stand_v upon_o the_o foot_n like_o a_o man_n and_o have_v a_o man_n heart_n give_v it_o be_v two_o expression_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n and_o be_v as_o i_o say_v of_o the_o pluck_n of_o the_o eagles_n wing_n speak_v of_o the_o beast_n represent_v the_o whole_a kingdom_n be_v not_o to_o be_v apply_v only_o to_o the_o first_o king_n much_o less_o to_o that_o single_a providence_n which_o befall_v he_o of_o his_o be_v restore_v from_o his_o delirancy_n but_o they_o signify_v that_o though_o this_o kingdom_n be_v represent_v by_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o wild_a beast_n as_o well_o as_o the_o three_o succeed_a yet_o be_v it_o not_o of_o so_o degenerate_a a_o savage_a nature_n as_o they_o will_v prove_v but_o that_o the_o spirit_n of_o a_o man_n will_v bear_v some_o sway_n in_o it_o 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