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m._n cary._n revel_v chap._n 11._o from_o verse_n 1._o to_o 14._o verse_n 1._o and_o there_o be_v give_v i_o a_o reed_n like_o a_o rod_n and_o the_o angel_n stand_v say_v rise_v and_o measure_v the_o temple_n of_o god_n and_o the_o altar_n and_o they_o that_o worship_n therein_o 2._o but_o the_o court_n which_o be_v without_o the_o temple_n leave_v out_o and_o measure_v it_o not_o for_o it_o be_v give_v unto_o the_o gentile_n and_o the_o holy_a city_n shall_v they_o tread_v under_o foot_n forty_o and_o two_o month_n 3._o and_o i_o will_v give_v power_n unto_o my_o two_o witness_n and_o they_o shall_v prophesy_v a_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o threescore_o day_n clothe_v in_o sackcloth_n 4._o these_o be_v the_o two_o olive-tree_n and_o the_o two_o candlestick_n stand_v before_o the_o god_n of_o the_o earth_n 5._o and_o if_o any_o man_n will_v hurt_v they_o fire_n proceed_v out_o of_o their_o mouth_n and_o devour_v their_o enemy_n and_o if_o any_o man_n will_v hurt_v they_o he_o 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ten_o horn_n of_o the_o beast_n be_v ten_o several_a part_n of_o mystical_a babylon_n which_o do_v reign_v over_o they_o so_o that_o england_n be_v one_o of_o they_o be_v a_o ten_o part_n of_o mystical_a babylon_n and_o a_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o city_n fall_v this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o earthquake_n which_o be_v occasion_v by_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o witness_n the_o saint_n in_o england_n it_o do_v so_o shake_v the_o great_a babylon_n of_o the_o beast_n as_o a_o ten_o part_n of_o it_o fall_v and_o this_o most_o exact_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o witness_n 1645._o for_o then_o do_v the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n which_o be_v a_o ten_o part_n of_o great_a babylon_n fall_v from_o rome_n for_o than_o be_v that_o remove_v from_o it_o whereby_o it_o have_v continue_v to_o be_v a_o part_n of_o babylon_n the_o place_n of_o saint_n slavery_n namely_o the_o power_n of_o man_n over_o the_o conscience_n of_o saint_n 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