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thereby_o a_o approbation_n of_o that_o which_o be_v do_v chap._n v._n see_v it_o be_v here_o declare_v p._n 255._o that_o whosoever_o think_v himself_o authorize_v by_o his_o religion_n to_o unsettle_v the_o public_a peace_n or_o to_o maintain_v his_o religion_n by_o force_n his_o civil_a obedience_n be_v dispense_v with_o by_o the_o same_o be_v thereby_o a_o enemy_n to_o the_o state_n and_o liable_a to_o temporal_a punishment_n according_a to_o the_o degree_n of_o that_o which_o he_o do_v it_o may_v be_v think_v requisite_a here_o to_o resolve_v two_o case_n that_o may_v be_v put_v in_o this_o point_n the_o one_o whether_o the_o enemy_n of_o the_o religion_n in_o force_n may_v become_v liable_a to_o punishment_n for_o blasphemy_n and_o slander_n upon_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o state_n the_o other_o to_o what_o temporal_a punishment_n man_n may_v become_v liable_a by_o exercise_v their_o religion_n not_o be_v express_o permit_v by_o the_o state_n to_o be_v exercise_v to_o the_o 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false_a prophet_n so_o that_o the_o subject_n of_o s._n paul_n and_o s._n john_n prophecy_n be_v all_o one_o but_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o persecution_n seem_v to_o be_v more_o distinct_o set_v down_o by_o s._n paul_n though_o more_o be_v reveal_v to_o s._n john_n concern_v the_o end_n of_o it_o and_o now_o you_o know_v what_o stay_v he_o to_o be_v reveal_v at_o his_o own_o time_n say_v s._n paul_n 2_o thess_n ii_o 6_o 7._o for_o the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n be_v at_o work_n already_o only_o till_o he_o that_o stay_v be_v set_v aside_o and_o then_o shall_v the_o wicked_a one_o be_v reveal_v he_o or_o that_o which_o stay_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o law_n for_o as_o long_o as_o the_o christian_n be_v to_o conform_v to_o the_o law_n and_o not_o to_o depart_v from_o the_o jew_n which_o departure_n the_o apostle_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d before_o the_o design_n of_o satan_n to_o bring_v this_o persecution_n to_o effect_v be_v but_o a_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n that_o be_v a_o wicked_a design_n in_o secret_a for_o at_o the_o first_o christian_n be_v in_o the_o same_o condition_n with_o jew_n as_o we_o see_v by_o the_o edict_n of_o claudius_n that_o all_o jew_n shall_v quit_v rome_n say_v the_o scripture_n act_v xviii_o 2._o that_o the_o christian_n say_v suetonius_n and_o that_o the_o first_o persecution_n be_v stir_v by_o jew_n we_o see_v by_o s._n paul_n epistle_n which_o show_v we_o that_o those_o false_a christian_n that_o conform_v to_o the_o law_n do_v it_o that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v persecute_v therefore_o the_o breach_n with_o the_o jew_n set_v they_o on_o work_n to_o calumniate_v the_o christian_n be_v just_o say_v to_o reveal_v the_o secret_a counsel_n of_o satan_n to_o stir_v persecution_n against_o christianity_n now_o this_o breach_n may_v well_o be_v say_v to_o have_v begin_v at_o or_o about_o the_o very_a time_n when_o s._n paul_n write_v this_o to_o the_o thessalonian_o that_o the_o 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expound_v this_o asseveration_n that_o time_n shall_v be_v no_o more_o but_o that_o the_o mystery_n of_o god_n which_o he_o give_v his_o servant_n the_o prophet_n the_o good_a news_n of_o shall_v be_v accomplish_v we_o understand_v thereby_o his_o meaning_n to_o be_v that_o time_n shall_v be_v no_o more_o to_o that_o effect_n but_o that_o the_o ancient_a prophecy_n shall_v be_v quite_o fulfil_v and_o what_o remain_v to_o be_v fulfil_v of_o ancient_a prophecy_n but_o the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n which_o be_v accomplish_v while_o the_o vial_n be_v pour_v out_o on_o the_o empire_n for_o persecute_v the_o christian_n as_o for_o the_o raise_n of_o the_o dead_a again_o and_o the_o judge_n of_o they_o and_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o saint_n with_o christ_n a_o thousand_o year_n which_o necessary_o come_v in_o upon_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n or_o the_o seven_o vial_n apoc._n xi_o 18._o xx._n 4._o there_o will_v remain_v no_o great_a difficulty_n in_o it_o if_o we_o think_v fit_a to_o understand_v it_o as_o the_o like_a prophetical_a vision_n in_o ezekiel_n and_o daniel_n from_o who_o it_o be_v manifest_a s._n john_n have_v it_o be_v evident_o to_o be_v understand_v the_o judgement_n which_o daniel_n see_v exercise_v upon_o the_o beast_n which_o persecute_v the_o jew_n dan._n vii_o 9_o if_o we_o will_v not_o interrupt_v the_o consequence_n of_o his_o prophecy_n and_o the_o coherence_n of_o the_o text_n in_o that_o place_n and_o offer_v violence_n to_o our_o own_o sense_n be_v not_o that_o which_o shall_v come_v at_o the_o general_a resurrection_n but_o it_o be_v that_o which_o god_n show_v his_o prophet_n that_o he_o will_v exercise_v upon_o the_o prince_n that_o shall_v afflict_v his_o people_n antiochus_n epiphanes_n by_o name_n and_o do_v they_o justice_n just_o so_o be_v the_o christian_n here_o judge_v and_o the_o kingdom_n give_v they_o as_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v give_v there_o to_o the_o jew_n because_o they_o be_v free_v under_o the_o maccabee_n and_o become_v lord_n of_o themselves_o and_o as_o ezekiel_n see_v dry_a bone_n revive_v to_o figure_v the_o restore_n of_o the_o israelite_n ezek._n xxxiii_o 3._o so_o proper_a be_v it_o to_o understand_v the_o dead_a christian_n to_o rise_v again_o and_o be_v judge_v and_o reign_v because_o they_o be_v restore_v to_o freedom_n and_o authority_n under_o constantine_n and_o this_o it_o be_v which_o be_v call_v the_o first_o resurrection_n apoc._n xx._n 6._o in_o respect_n of_o the_o general_a resurrection_n which_o he_o say_v afterward_o shall_v not_o be_v till_o after_o a_o thousand_o year_n apoc._n xx._n 11._o so_o that_o when_o he_o say_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o dead_a revive_v not_o till_o the_o thousand_o year_n be_v fulfil_v the_o meaning_n be_v plain_a that_o we_o must_v not_o mistake_v this_o resurrection_n for_o that_o which_o shall_v be_v at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n neither_o be_v it_o say_v that_o the_o world_n shall_v end_v with_o the_o thousand_o year_n after_o this_o 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say_v nothing_o as_o it_o do_v if_o we_o believe_v dionysius_n alexandrinus_n in_o eusebius_n eccles_n hist_o vii_o 24._o and_o may_v add_v to_o the_o truth_n many_o thing_n prejudicial_a to_o christianity_n so_o may_v it_o also_o prove_v pernicious_a to_o the_o state_n of_o christendom_n if_o it_o be_v object_v that_o the_o desolation_n of_o rome_n by_o alaricus_n and_o gensericus_fw-la be_v nothing_o to_o that_o which_o be_v prophesy_v of_o babylon_n apoc._n xvii_o xviii_o let_v the_o prophecy_n of_o esay_n and_o jeremy_n against_o babylon_n be_v consider_v which_o we_o know_v stand_v hundred_o of_o year_n after_o cyrus_n so_o that_o scaliger_n say_v that_o we_o must_v expect_v elias_n with_o the_o jew_n to_o reconcile_v their_o prophecy_n with_o the_o history_n nor_o be_v it_o to_o the_o purpose_n that_o