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earth_n be_v repute_v as_o nothing_o and_o he_o do_v according_a to_o his_o will_n in_o the_o army_n of_o heaven_n and_o among_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o none_o can_v stay_v his_o hand_n or_o say_v unto_o he_o what_o do_v thou_o at_o the_o same_o time_n my_o reason_n return_v unto_o i_o and_o for_o the_o glory_n of_o my_o kingdom_n my_o honour_n and_o brightness_n return_v unto_o i_o and_o my_o counsellor_n and_o my_o lord_n seek_v unto_o i_o and_o i_o be_v establish_v in_o my_o kingdom_n and_o excellent_a majesty_n be_v add_v unto_o i_o now_o therefore_o i_o nabuchadnezzar_n praise_n and_o extol_v and_o honour_v the_o king_n of_o heaven_n all_o who_o work_n be_v truth_n and_o his_o way_n be_v judgement_n and_o those_o that_o walk_v in_o pride_n he_o be_v able_a to_o abase_v dan._n 4._o 34_o 35_o 36_o 37._o how_o long_o he_o live_v after_o this_o be_v uncertain_a but_o all_o agree_v that_o he_o reign_v about_o twenty_o month_n copartner_n with_o his_o father_n in_o the_o kingdom_n and_o about_o three_o and_o forty_o year_n by_o himself_o alone_o whilst_o nabuchadnezzar_n king_n of_o babylon_n rege_v in_o judaea_n justice_n god_n prepare_v a_o worm_n which_o in_o due_a time_n shall_v eat_v out_o this_o spread_a tree_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o cry_n of_o his_o poor_a people_n which_o enter_v into_o his_o ear_n according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o psalmist_n psal._n 137._o 8_o 9_o o_o daughter_n of_o babylon_n who_o be_v to_o be_v destroy_v happy_a shall_v he_o be_v that_o reward_v thou_o as_o thou_o have_v serve_v we_o happy_a shall_v he_o be_v that_o take_v and_o dash_v thy_o little_a one_o against_o the_o stone_n for_o in_o this_o very_a year_n be_v cyrus_n the_o perso-median_a bear_v who_o father_n be_v a_o persian_a and_o
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and_o the_o nephew_n meaning_n evilmerodach_n and_o belshazzar_n and_o again_o isa._n 13._o 15_o etc._n etc._n every_o one_o that_o be_v find_v shall_v be_v thrust_v through_o and_o every_o one_o that_o be_v join_v to_o they_o shall_v be_v slay_v with_o the_o sword_n their_o child_n also_o shall_v be_v dash_v to_o piece_n before_o their_o eye_n their_o house_n shall_v be_v spoil_v and_o their_o wife_n ravish_v behold_v i_o will_v stir_v up_o the_o mede_n against_o they_o which_o shall_v not_o regard_v silver_n and_o as_o for_o gold_n they_o shall_v not_o delight_v in_o it_o their_o bow_n also_o shall_v dash_v the_o young_a man_n to_o piece_n and_o they_o shall_v have_v no_o pity_n on_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o womb_n their_o eye_n shall_v not_o spare_v child_n and_o babylon_n the_o glory_n of_o kingdom_n and_o beauty_n of_o the_o chaldee_n excellency_n shall_v be_v as_o when_o god_n overthrow_v sodom_n and_o gomorrah_n etc._n etc._n read_v also_o chapter_n fourteen_o no_o historian_n that_o be_v either_o present_a at_o this_o victory_n of_o cyrus_n or_o that_o receive_v the_o report_n from_o other_o true_o as_o it_o be_v can_v better_o describe_v and_o leave_v the_o same_o to_o posterity_n after_o it_o be_v act_v than_o isaiah_n have_v do_v in_o many_o part_n of_o his_o prophecy_n which_o be_v write_v two_o hundred_o year_n before_o any_o of_o these_o thing_n be_v attempt_v the_o greatness_n and_o magnificence_n of_o babylon_n babylon_n be_v it_o not_o by_o divers_a grave_a author_n record_v may_v seem_v altogether_o fabulous_a for_o it_o be_v report_v for_o truth_n that_o one_o part_n of_o the_o city_n know_v not_o that_o the_o other_o be_v take_v three_o day_n after_o which_o be_v not_o impossible_a if_o we_o consider_v the_o vast_a circumference_n of_o it_o diodorus_n siculus_n say_v that_o it_o be_v in_o compass_n three_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o furlong_n which_o make_v forty_o five_o mile_n the_o wall_n be_v so_o thick_a that_o six_o chariot_n may_v pass_v 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