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A33243 The time of the end shewing first, until the three years and an half are come (which are the last of the 1260 dayes) the prophecies of the Scripture will not be understood, concerning the duration and period of the fourth monarchy and kingdom of the beast : then secondly, when that time shall come ... the knowledge of the end ... will be revealed, by the rise of a little horn, the last apostacy, and the beast slaying the witnesses ... / by John Canne. Canne, John, d. 1667? 1657 (1657) Wing C443; ESTC R6596 111,358 318

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constit_fw-la licet_fw-la du●an_n l._n 2._o 2._o trans_fw-la episc_n c._n quanto_fw-la in_o gloss_n gloss_n inno._n 3._o ext_fw-la d._n concess_n praeb_fw-mi c._n proposuit_fw-la proposuit_fw-la fran_n zorobel_n zorobel_n hugo_n in_o gloss_n dist_n 40._o c._n non_fw-la nos_fw-la ●_o bellarm._n de_fw-fr rom._n pontif._n ●_o 4._o e._n 5._o in_o fine_a fine_a greg._n q._n 3._o c._n quat_n quat_n ulricus_fw-la wald._n confessionale_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr sacr._n sacr._n cardinal_n cusan_fw-la exer●_n l._n 2._o c._n 6._o 6._o in_o sept._n exeunt_n jo._n 22._o tit._n 14._o c._n cum_fw-la inter_fw-la l._n gloss_n gloss_n hoc_fw-la verbum_fw-la est_fw-la a_o re_fw-mi militari_fw-la ad_fw-la religionem_fw-la traductum_fw-la nam_fw-la inter_fw-la milites_fw-la be_v dici●ur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d qui_fw-la ord●nem_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o locum_fw-la in_o acie_n datum_fw-la deserit_fw-la turpiter_fw-la vel_fw-la qui_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la ad_fw-la host_n trans●ugit_fw-la qui_fw-la etiam_fw-la trans●uga_fw-la appella●u●_n danaeus_n l._n 4_o the_o side_n cap._n ●5_n tempo●a_fw-la molesta_fw-la mquibus_fw-la dissicile_fw-la sit_fw-la concilium_fw-la capere_fw-la quomodo_fw-la te_fw-la geras_fw-la adversus_fw-la istiusmodi_fw-la monstra_fw-la que_fw-la ex_fw-la medio_fw-la ecclesi●_n sinu_fw-la prod●bunt_fw-la piscator_fw-la in_o loc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hic_fw-la a_o paulo_n di●ilu●_n qui_fw-la sive_fw-la argentum_fw-la sive_fw-la aurum_fw-la sive_fw-la agros_fw-la sive_fw-la siumentum_fw-la sive_fw-la quas●●b●t_fw-la alius_fw-la opes_fw-la a●d●nt●r_fw-la ●xpetit_fw-la &_o u●●●ose_fw-la danaeus_n in_o loc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joan_n bromiard_n sum_n pradic_fw-la c._n 17._o 17._o bonaf_n 6_o dec_fw-la de_fw-fr case_z cap._n licet_fw-la licet_fw-la sy●a●●us_n papa_n 9_o ●_o 3._o aliorum_fw-la aliorum_fw-la pelarg._n do_v planco_n eccles_n l._n 1._o art_n 6._o 6._o lib_fw-la council_n polyd_v distinc_fw-la 7._o synodum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d speed_v chr._n l._n 9_o c._n 9_o pag._n 622._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sanche_n moral_a tom._n 1._o l._n 3._o n._n 15._o p._n 25._o fulliar_n moral_a t●a._n 25._o c._n 11._o n._n 323._o p._n 204._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d remonstrance_n of_o the_o general_n &_o council_n of_o officer_n at_o st._n albon_n nou._n 16._o 1648._o meter_n bel._n ●●st_n l._n b._n 3._o grimstone_n nether_a hist_o 311._o 311._o the_o mar._n have_v it_o the_o tyranny_n of_o the_o duke_n and_o his_o bloody_a council_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d barth_n kick_v systemat_n polit_fw-la lib._n 1._o c._n 28._o p._n 422._o barlolus_fw-la de_fw-la tyrannides_fw-la tyrannides_fw-la kicker_n ibid._n steph._n jun._n b●ul_a in_o vindic_n contra_fw-la tyrant_n quest_n 3._o althusius_n l._n 14._o pol._n tol._n l._n 6._o c._n 18_o &_o l._n 26._o c._n 7._o rod._n l._n 2._o c_o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d army_n declaration_n to_o the_o people_n of_o scotland_n from_o muscleborough_n 1650._o army_n declaration_n sept._n 17._o 1648._o act_n of_o parliament_n jan._n 30._o 1648._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rev._n 13._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vol._n vol._n o._n p._n his_o speech_n in_o the_o paint_a chamber_n septem_n 4._o 1654._o 1654._o pope_n innoc._n 72_o ar._n 17_o q_o 4_o siquis_fw-la siquis_fw-la pope_n d●mase_n 25._o q._n ●_o c._n omne_fw-la omne_fw-la auto-m●n_a sum._n par_fw-fr ●_o tit._n 22._o c._n 5._o 5._o pop._n nich._n 15._o q._n 6._o aut._n the_o elect_a et_fw-fr elect_v significa_fw-la in_fw-la glos_n glos_n bellar._n de_fw-fr verb._n dei_fw-la dei_fw-la greg._n distin_a 81_o c._n siquis_fw-la et_fw-la leo_fw-la cause_n q_o 6._o cap._n multa_fw-la multa_fw-la bellar._n de_fw-fr rom._n pont_n l._n 2._o c._n 26._o 26._o glos_n in_o c._n 24._o q._n 3_o si_fw-la inimicus_fw-la inimicus_fw-la a_o sine_fw-la &_o byss●●_n quod_fw-la est_fw-la genus_fw-la lini_fw-la c●n●idissimi_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la abiss●●_n d●ci●ur_fw-fr quas●_n sine_fw-la clarita●e_n alex._n de_fw-fr alice_n alice_n in_o rev._n 11._o 16._o the_o 24_o elder_n be_v mention_v but_o not_o the_o 4_o live_a creture_n to_o denote_v that_o near_o or_o about_o the_o time_n when_o christ_n be_v to_o take_v his_o great_a power_n to_o he_o and_o to_o reign_v there_o will_v be_v few_o minister_n of_o church_n to_o praise_v he_o but_o these_o have_v in_o the_o three_o year_n and_o half_a like_a demas_n forsake_v he_o have_v love_v this_o present_a world_n