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the_o seven_o last_o plague_n be_v the_o deep_a great_a and_o heavy_a all_o dregs_o wrath_n without_o mixture_n rev._n 18.8_o 10_o 15_o etc._n etc._n isa_n 13.9_o 10_o 15_o 19_o 20._o &_o 14.19_o 20._o &_o 34.8_o 9_o 10._o &_o 63.1_o 2_o etc._n etc._n jer._n 50.25_o 26_o etc._n etc._n &_o 51._o psal_n 137.7_o 8_o 9_o psa_fw-la 75.8_o rev._n 14.8_o 10._o here_o be_v a_o fit_a occasion_n for_o i_o to_o deliver_v my_o sense_n concern_v the_o second_o and_o three_o vial_n which_o the_o answerer_n confident_o carry_v to_o the_o swede_n and_o english_a but_o because_o i_o desire_v first_o to_o know_v what_o satisfaction_n god_n people_n have_v by_o this_o which_o i_o have_v publish_v in_o differ_v from_o the_o common_a receive_v opinion_n i_o shall_v not_o treat_v thereof_o at_o this_o time_n answer_v to_o the_o eight_o reason_n at_o the_o first_o glance_n this_o out_o of_o rev._n 15.6_o may_v go_v for_o very_o good_a till_o it_o be_v well_o weigh_v and_o then_o we_o shall_v see_v 1._o 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power_n to_o smite_v with_o the_o plague_n rev._n 11.5_o before_o their_o slaughter_n yet_o have_v not_o power_n to_o end_v any_o of_o the_o beast_n dominion_n in_o any_o one_o street_n till_o after_o their_o rise_n vers_n 13._o because_o till_o then_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n which_o do_v so_o come_v not_o into_o they_o and_o till_o then_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 42_o month_n or_o beast_n period_n be_v not_o end_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v that_o their_o plague_n in_o the_o 42_o month_n be_v more_o defective_a and_o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 42_o month_n more_o perfective_a for_o until_o then_o they_o can_v plague_v but_o not_o period_n the_o beast_n government_n in_o any_o street_n so_o that_o