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war_n again_o they_o so_o much_o of_o finish_v their_o testimony_n it_o follow_v the_o beast_n that_o ascend_v out_o of_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v antichrist_n or_o any_o of_o the_o beastian_n party_n he_o be_v compare_v to_o a_o beast_n not_o only_o because_o of_o his_o inhumanity_n but_o because_o of_o his_o irrationality_n in_o seek_v by_o kill_v the_o witness_n to_o hinder_v the_o course_n of_o the_o gospel_n 2_o thess_n 3.1_o 2._o and_o he_o be_v say_v to_o come_v out_o of_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n or_o abyss_n apoâ—_n the_o word_n in_o the_o greek_a signify_v all_o these_o by_o this_o beast_n here_o be_v mean_v the_o popish_a ecclesiastical_a government_n who_o use_v the_o temporal_a sword_n clavis_fw-la apoâ—_n which_o may_v be_v understand_v out_o of_o hell_n as_o chap._n 9_o 2._o or_o out_o of_o the_o sea_n as_o the_o ten-horned_n beast_n do_v rev._n 13.1_o or_o out_o of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o earth_n or_o a_o deep_a pit_n in_o the_o earth_n and_o so_o may_v signify_v the_o two-horned_n beast_n chap._n 13._o 11._o now_o it_o be_v this_o beast_n and_o his_o party_n that_o make_v war_n against_o overcome_v and_o kill_v the_o witness_n his_o party_n be_v describe_v chap._n 13._o 15_o 16._o such_o as_o either_o receive_v his_o mark_n or_o his_o name_n or_o the_o number_n of_o his_o name_n the_o explication_n of_o which_o see_v before_o upon_o chap._n 13._o shall_v make_v war_n against_o they_o i._n e._n against_o the_o witness_n we_o read_v chap._n 13._o 7._o of_o the_o beast_n war_n against_o the_o saint_n and_o it_o be_v give_v to_o he_o to_o make_v war_n with_o the_o saint_n and_o to_o overcome_v they_o i._n e._n say_v mr._n mede_n the_o remnant_n of_o the_o woman_n seed_n in_o the_o wilderness_n chap._n 12._o 17._o which_o the_o same_o author_n conceive_v to_o be_v execute_v when_o such_o a_o numerous_a company_n of_o the_o waldenses_n and_o albigenses_n and_o other_o true_a christian_n be_v destroy_v seventy_o year_n together_o 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