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A71078 The parable of the ten virgin's opened, or, Christ's coming as a bridegroom cleared up and improved from Matthew XXV, ver. 1,2,3 &c. / by Benjamin Stonham. Stonham, Benjamin. 1676 (1676) Wing S5738; ESTC R1037 294,921 322

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1._o 12._o 15._o 16._o and_o make_v the_o chaldean_n daughter_n silent_a who_o have_v no_o mercy_n for_o her_o captive_n isa_n 47._o 5_o 6._o 3._o when_o israel_n sad_a case_n will_v be_v unto_o the_o eye_n of_o reason_n desperate_a one_o sign_n of_o sion_n restauration_n be_v the_o seem_a incurableness_n of_o her_o sorrow_n and_o her_o be_v call_v a_o outcast_a jer._n 30._o 15._o 17._o after_o the_o return_n of_o her_o captivity_n v._o 3._o when_o god_n shall_v have_v accomplish_v to_o scatter_v the_o holy_a people_n power_n then_o will_v these_o thing_n be_v finish_v dan._n 12._o 7._o after_o the_o time_n and_o time_n and_o part_n of_o time_n or_o after_o the_o little_a horn_n decease_n who_o do_v so_o long_o continue_v dan._n 7._o 25._o and_o consequent_o after_o their_o be_v possess_v of_o the_o four_o beast_n kingdom_n v._o 21_o 22._o their_o expectation_n must_v miscarry_v who_o look_v for_o deliverance_n from_o themselves_o isa_n 26._o 18._o but_o when_o the_o eye_n of_o man_n 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