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se_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sit_fw-la deus_fw-la and_o multi_fw-la abominationem_fw-la desolationis_fw-la stantem_fw-la in_fw-la loco_fw-la sancto_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la multa_fw-la lachrymarum_fw-la effusione_fw-la corporis_fw-la oculis_fw-la inspexerunt_fw-la that_o be_v he_o prefigure_v the_o time_n of_o antichrist_n be_v so_o far_o exalt_v above_o himself_o as_o that_o he_o do_v sit_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n show_v himself_o as_o if_o he_o be_v god_n and_o many_o do_v behold_v this_o abomination_n of_o desolation_n stand_v in_o the_o holy_a place_n not_o without_o much_o effusion_n of_o tear_n and_o which_o sit_v of_o antichrist_n as_o the_o vicar_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o church_n who_o horn_n he_o resemble_v by_o a_o deceiveableness_n of_o unrighteousness_n do_v so_o seduce_v simple_a and_o unsound_a christian_n that_o except_o by_o the_o scripture_n he_o can_v never_o otherwise_o be_v know_v nor_o his_o dragon_n mouth_n perceive_v therefore_o say_v chrysostome_n haeresis_fw-la impia_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la exercitus_fw-la antichristi_fw-la stabit_fw-la in_fw-la sanctis_fw-la lâ—cis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la obtinens_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la vt_fw-la si_fw-la velit_fw-la quis_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la quae_fw-la sit_fw-la