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that_o no_o protestant_a bishop_n take_v exception_n the_o interpretation_n be_v not_o i_o but_o josephus_n acosta_n as_o cornelius_n à _fw-la lapide_fw-la cite_v he_o de_fw-fr tempor_fw-la noviss_v lib._n 2._o c._n 17._o duo_o cornua_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la putà _fw-la mitrae_fw-la sive_fw-la infulae_fw-la haec_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la bicornis_fw-la insigne_fw-la sunt_fw-la videtur_fw-la ergo_fw-la quòd_fw-la hic_fw-la pseudopropheta_fw-la erit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la quispiam_fw-la apostata_fw-la &_o simulator_n religionis_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la honoris_fw-la proditor_n qui_fw-la draconis_fw-la venenum_fw-la suis_fw-la sermonibus_fw-la populo_fw-la propinabit_fw-la so_o near_o to_o the_o mark_n be_v the_o interpretation_n of_o this_o romanist_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o make_v the_o two_o horn_n of_o the_o mitre_n the_o two_o horn_n of_o the_o lamb_n lamb_n always_o signify_v in_o the_o apocalypse_n either_o christ_n himself_o or_o his_o true_a church_n it_o
reader_n for_o the_o take_a notice_n of_o it_o by_o make_v use_n of_o it_o here_o as_o a_o note_n of_o the_o end_n of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o first_o wo-trumpet_n wherefore_o the_o sense_n be_v chap._n 11._o vers_fw-la 14._o of_o the_o second_o woe_n be_v past_a here_o end_v the_o time_n of_o the_o second_o wo-trumpet_n or_o six_o trumpet_n namely_o with_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n or_o inchoative_a destruction_n of_o the_o beast_n or_o expiration_n of_o his_o 42._o month_n whence_o this_o note_n be_v plain_o intend_v for_o a_o note_v synchronistical_a to_o show_v that_o the_o end_n of_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n of_o the_o beast_n and_o the_o end_n of_o the_o six_o trumpet_n do_v synchronize_v which_o therefore_o be_v a_o thing_n of_o admirable_a importance_n for_o the_o beast_n and_o 144000_o seal_a virgin_n synchronize_a synch_n 4._o part._n 1._o and_o the_o commence_v of_o the_o seal_a one_o be_v just_a at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o first_o trumpet_n chap._n 7._o the_o beast_n also_o begin_v and_o end_v with_o the_o six_o first_o trumpet_n whence_o the_o time_n of_o the_o seal_n of_o these_o virgin_n and_o this_o note_n the_o second_o woe_n be_v past_a be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o two_o hinge_n on_o which_o all_o the_o middle_a synchronal_n hang_v as_o m_o r_o mede_n have_v very_o well_o observe_v and_o this_o i_o think_v be_v a_o sufficient_a answer_n to_o r._n h._n his_o question_n wherefore_o be_v those_o remarkable_a close_n add_v to_o the_o five_o and_o six_o trumpet_n but_o the_o end_n he_o will_v have_v they_o add_v for_o i_o have_v demonstrate_v can_v be_v which_o be_v the_o great_a confirmation_n they_o be_v add_v for_o this_o which_o be_v a_o most_o worthy_a and_o admirable_a end_n and_o become_v the_o stupendous_a artifice_n of_o this_o book_n to_o the_o three_o argument_n of_o m_o r_o mede_n he_o answer_v admit_v that_o passage_n thou_o must_v prophesy_v again_o etc._n etc._n to_o imply_v two_o main_a prophecy_n one_o of_o the_o seal_a book_n the_o other_o of_o the_o open_v book_n or_o that_o the_o book_n maybe_o divide_v into_o two_o tome_n and_o the_o second_o begin_v at_o chap._n 10._o vers_fw-la 8._o yet_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o the_o second_o part_n must_v begin_v ab_fw-la ovo_fw-la or_o from_o the_o same_o epocha_n with_o the_o former_a but_o i_o answer_v the_o vision_z reaching_z to_o the_o very_a utmost_a goal_n of_o the_o apocalyptick_a race_n from_o such_o a_o time_n before_o we_o come_v at_o the_o eight_o verse_n as_o i_o have_v clear_o prove_v there_o be_v all_o the_o reason_n in_o the_o world_n s_o john_n be_v bid_v to_o prophesy_v again_o that_o his_o prophesy_a shall_v commence_v from_o the_o same_o epocha_n as_o if_o one_o shall_v intend_v to_o write_v two_o tome_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o any_o kingdom_n the_o one_o secular_a the_o other_o ecclesiastical_a and_o that_o in_o his_o first_o tome_n he_o have_v deduce_v his_o secular_a history_n to_o the_o last_o year_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o imagine_v but_o in_o his_o next_o tome_n he_o will_v begin_v his_o ecclesiastic_a story_n from_o the_o same_o epocha_n that_o the_o secular_a begin_v from_o to_o the_o four_o and_o last_o he_o answer_v not_o unapposite_o we_o read_v not_o say_v he_o that_o the_o voice_n chap._n 10._o vers_fw-la 8._o be_v as_o the_o sound_n of_o a_o trumpet_n and_o therefore_o not_o likely_a to_o relate_v to_o the_o voice_n chap._n 4._o vers_fw-la 1._o but_o rather_o to_o the_o voice_n chap._n 10._o vers_fw-la 4._o for_o that_o voice_n chap._n 4._o vers_fw-la 1._o be_v say_v to_o be_v as_o the_o sound_n of_o a_o trumpet_n but_o this_o not_o this_o be_v the_o first_o part_n of_o his_o answer_n but_o he_o proceed_v but_o to_o what_o purpose_n he_o will_v have_v the_o reader_n say_v he_o to_o take_v notice_n of_o this_o i_o can_v tell_v be_v this_o a_o index_n that_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o little_a book_n as_o he_o call_v it_o do_v contemporate_a with_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o seal_n no_o more_o than_o the_o voice_n chap._n 4._o vers_fw-la 1._o be_v a_o index_n that_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o seal_n do_v contemporate_a with_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n etc._n etc._n but_o i_o brief_o reply_v to_o the_o first_o that_o see_v ellipse_n be_v so_o usual_a in_o the_o apocalypse_n that_o the_o sense_n may_v not_o lie_v over_o bare_a m_o r_o mede_n have_v with_o judgement_n make_v this_o supplement_n as_o of_o a_o trumpet_n it_o be_v in_o all_o likelihood_n the_o same_o voice_n that_o speak_v to_o he_o at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n and_o of_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o seal_n chap._n 4._o v._n 1._o nor_o be_v it_o say_v here_o not_o to_o be_v as_o the_o sound_n of_o a_o trumpet_n but_o only_o that_o qualification_n be_v not_o mention_v for_o the_o reason_n abovesaid_a but_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o voice_n mention_v vers_n 4._o of_o this_o ten_o chapter_n be_v not_o at_o all_o likely_a first_o because_o then_o it_o will_v have_v be_v only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n and_o the_o voice_n which_o i_o hear_v from_o heaven_n say_v unto_o i_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d will_v be_v superfluous_a but_o then_o in_o the_o second_o place_n it_o be_v add_v there_o ought_v to_o be_v understand_v something_o more_o or_o different_a in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d than_o simple_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o methinks_v it_o be_v very_o obvious_a to_o conceive_v what_o it_o be_v if_o we_o recur_v to_o chap._n 1._o vers_fw-la 10._o where_o john_n be_v say_v to_o hear_v behind_o he_o a_o great_a voice_n as_o the_o sound_n of_o a_o trumpet_n that_o be_v a_o loud_a sonorous_a or_o canorous_a voice_n and_o then_o to_o chap._n 4._o v._n 1._o where_o the_o voice_n he_o there_o hear_v from_o heaven_n be_v say_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o of_o a_o trumpet_n talk_v loud_o or_o canorous_o with_o he_o here_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o speak_v aloud_o be_v put_v instead_o of_o the_o great_a voice_n chap._n 1._o vers_fw-la 10._o and_o that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v sometime_o this_o peculiar_a signification_n not_o to_o speak_v simple_o but_o to_o speak_v aloud_o be_v observable_a in_o that_o verse_n of_o the_o poet_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n where_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v loud_o speak_v out_o thy_o letter_n as_o the_o follow_a word_n also_o imply_v and_o let_v the_o inscription_n on_o thy_o leaf_n be_v more_o than_o ordinary_a express_v but_o what_o be_v yet_o more_o to_o the_o purpose_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o beside_o the_o usual_a signification_n be_v very_o often_o by_o the_o seventy_o render_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o cry_v also_o in_o my_o ear_n with_o a_o loud_a voice_n ezek._n 9.1_o so_o be_v it_o also_o in_o the_o same_o sense_n render_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proclaim_v in_o the_o ear_n of_o the_o people_n say_v judg._n 7.3_o and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o have_v no_o other_o signification_n but_o of_o loud_a clamour_n or_o vociferation_n yet_o by_o the_o seventy_o esa._n 58.9_o it_o be_v render_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clamabis_fw-la &_o dicet_fw-la thou_o shall_v cry_v and_o he_o shall_v say_v here_o be_o i_o and_o to_o come_v near_o to_o the_o present_a chapter_n vers_fw-la 3._o the_o voice_n of_o thunder_n i_o think_v be_v loud_a and_o sonorous_a enough_o and_o yet_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v of_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o seven_o thunder_n utter_v their_o voice_n from_o whence_o we_o see_v plain_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vers_fw-la 8._o be_v not_o there_o prefix_v for_o nought_o but_o that_o it_o signify_v a_o speak_n to_o john_n with_o a_o loud_a and_o sonorous_a voice_n such_o as_o be_v the_o voice_n chap._n 1._o vers_fw-la 10._o and_o chap._n 4._o ver_fw-la 1._o express_v by_o a_o trumpet_n now_o therefore_o be_v it_o be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o imply_v a_o speak_v thus_o sonorous_o to_o he_o again_o and_o that_o voice_n vers_n 4._o of_o this_o chapter_n be_v not_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o can_v be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o speak_v in_o such_o a_o loud_a tone_n again_o it_o have_v not_o do_v so_o yet_o once_o and_o therefore_o of_o necessity_n it_o must_v be_v refer_v to_o chap._n 4._o vers_fw-la 1._o from_o whence_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o that_o supplement_n of_o