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to_o all_o that_o dwell_v about_o it_o now_o therefore_o cause_v thy_o face_n to_o shine_v upon_o thy_o sanctuary_n that_o be_v desolate_a for_o the_o lord_n sake_n o_o lord_n incline_v thy_o ear_n to_o hear_v open_v thy_o eye_n and_o behold_v our_o desolation_n oh_o that_o we_o will_v all_o turn_v priest_n and_o come_v quick_o bring_v this_o holy_a â—…incense_n with_o we_o into_o the_o congregation_n that_o so_o atonement_n may_v be_v make_v for_o the_o church_n of_o god_n against_o which_o great_a wrath_n from_o the_o lord_n be_v go_v out_o this_o day_n and_o sore_a plague_n be_v upon_o they_o god_n ear_n be_v not_o heavy_a nor_o be_v his_o hand_n shorten_v that_o he_o can_v save_v we_o but_o our_o pride_n security_n hardness_n unbelief_n impenitency_n and_o murmur_a have_v keep_v back_o good_a thing_n from_o we_o why_o be_v we_o in_o bondage_n to_o a_o generation_n that_o curse_v their_o father_n and_o
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jew_n redemption_n draw_v nigh_o luke_n 21._o and_o as_o matth._n 24._o have_v it_o when_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n appear_v in_o heaven_n for_o the_o sun_n shall_v be_v darken_v &_o the_o moon_n shall_v withdraw_v her_o light_n as_o it_o be_v in_o all_o the_o evangelist_n except_o john_n and_o the_o immediate_a effect_n of_o it_o be_v as_o in_o the_o follow_a verse_n a_o glorious_a day_n of_o church-reformation_n likewise_o in_o obadiah_n 15_o 16._o this_o day_n of_o antichrist_n destruction_n be_v call_v the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n upon_o the_o gentile_n what_o gentile_n 1_o the_o gentile_n that_o have_v drink_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o church_n they_o be_v those_o gentile_n that_o have_v drink_v blood_n upon_o the_o holy_a mountain_n therefore_o as_o these_o heathen_n have_v do_v to_o the_o church_n so_o the_o lord_n will_v now_o do_v to_o they_o revel_v 18._o 16._o be_v a_o parallel_n comment_fw-fr on_o this_o text._n 2_o they_o be_v those_o gentile_n that_o 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5._o 34._o who_o by_o his_o eloquence_n and_o wisdom_n in_o one_o dilemma_n put_v to_o silence_v the_o highpriest_n and_o all_o the_o doctor_n or_o rather_o i_o may_v say_v he_o make_v they_o like_o subject_n fall_v to_o his_o opinion_n this_o learned_a doctor_n be_v paul_n tutor_n now_o how_o to_o reconcile_v act._n 18._o 3._o with_o what_o i_o have_v write_v or_o rather_o what_o the_o holy_a ghost_n discover_v in_o the_o forementioned_a text_n of_o paul_n education_n i_o do_v not_o know_v for_o it_o be_v general_o conclude_v from_o this_o text_n that_o paul_n be_v a_o tentmaker_n by_o trade_n now_o that_o paul_n shall_v be_v a_o pharifee_n and_o a_o tentmaker_n be_v as_o absurd_a among_o the_o jew_n as_o it_o be_v among_o orthodox_n christian_n to_o say_v a_o man_n be_v a_o minister_n and_o a_o also_o a_o cobbler_n or_o a_o tinker_n unless_o paul_n be_v as_o by_o his_o wild_a zeal_n he_o shall_v seem_v to_o be_v a_o tub-pharisee_a indeed_o the_o jewish_a church_n be_v at_o that_o time_n exceed_o degenerate_v from_o its_o primitive_a purity_n and_o that_o very_a sect_n declare_v so_o much_o for_o a_o pharisee_fw-mi be_v but_o a_o hypocritical_a sectarian_n separatist_n and_o drusius_n tell_v we_o that_o they_o â—…an_v division_n to_o seven_o there_o be_v the_o praise-seeking_a pharisee_fw-mi and_o the_o self-justiciaty_a and_o the_o self-afflicting_a pharisee_fw-mi that_o wound_v his_o head_n and_o scratch_v his_o body_n with_o thorn_n the_o slavishly-fearful_a pharisee_fw-mi the_o virtuous_a pharisee_fw-mi the_o covetous_a pharisee_fw-mi and_o last_o the_o down-looked_a devote_a pharisee_n who_o wear_v a_o thing_n like_o a_o mortar_n on_o his_o head_n to_o hinder_v his_o look_v upward_o but_o i_o find_v another_o distinction_n more_o grave_a but_o whether_o more_o authentic_a i_o leave_v to_o the_o jewish_a antiquary_n to_o determine_v there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o pharisee_n namely_o porashim_n and_o parushim_n as_o the_o hebrew_n term_v they_o that_o be_v 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it_o most_o proper_o exlex_fw-la ille_fw-la and_o other_o learned_a man_n acknowledge_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o read_v though_o they_o render_v it_o otherwise_o conceive_v that_o antichrist_n be_v so_o call_v lapide_fw-la antonomasticè_fw-la by_o put_v one_o name_n for_o another_o as_o lawless_a for_o impious_a we_o find_v the_o word_n to_o signify_v the_o same_o that_o peshang_v in_o isa._n 53_o 12._o signify_v for_o the_o same_o word_n in_o luke_n 22._o 37._o be_v this_o in_o the_o text_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o he_o be_v number_v among_o the_o lawless_a person_n or_o it_o may_v be_v translate_v outlawed_a person_n person_n so_o notorious_o sinful_a and_o abominable_a in_o their_o wickedness_n that_o the_o law_n have_v cast_v they_o out_o condemn_v they_o and_o sentence_v they_o such_o a_o one_o be_v antichrist_n he_o be_v so_o notorious_a a_o transgressor_n against_o all_o law_n both_o god_n and_o man_n that_o they_o both_o condemn_v he_o and_o hence_o daniel_n 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be_v the_o antichrist_n the_o word_n import_v the_o revelation_n of_o a_o mystery_n which_o be_v reveal_v only_o to_o some_o peculiar_a choice_n familiar_a friend_n but_o remain_v a_o mystery_n to_o the_o vulgar_a world_n notwithstanding_o this_o secret_a be_v reveal_v only_o to_o such_o as_o fear_v the_o lord_n antichrist_n shall_v not_o be_v know_v to_o be_v the_o antichrist_n though_o the_o prodigious_a act_n of_o antichrist_n shall_v be_v know_v to_o the_o generality_n of_o man_n in_o the_o world_n i_o mean_v that_o part_n of_o the_o world_n where_o antichrist_n usurp_v a_o dominion_n chap._n x._o who_o the_o lord_n will_v destroy_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o his_o mouth_n here_o we_o have_v the_o ruin_n of_o the_o antichrist_n which_o be_v express_v in_o these_o two_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o person_n that_o ruin_v this_o man_n of_o sin_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o then_o the_o manner_n how_o or_o the_o 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