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pag._n 251_o chap._n xxiv_o the_o thirteen_o and_o last_o character_n of_o antichristianism_n that_o be_v find_v in_o the_o papacy_n viz._n a_o long_a peace_n abundance_n and_o prosperity_n pag._n 261_o chap._n xxv_o the_o conclusion_n in_o all_o age_n it_o have_v be_v foresee_v or_o know_v that_o rome_n and_o her_o bishop_n be_v the_o seat_n and_o empire_n of_o antichrist_n pag._n 267_o a_o confirmation_n of_o the_o exposition_n of_o the_o sixteenth_o chapter_n of_o the_o revelation_n concern_v the_o pour_v out_o of_o the_o vial_n advertisement_n there_o be_v new_o print_v this_o year_n 1688._o a_o new_a systeme_n of_o the_o apocalypse_n or_o plain_a &_o methodical_a illustration_n of_o all_o the_o vision_n in_o the_o revelation_n of_o st._n john._n write_a by_o a_o french_a minister_n in_o the_o year_n 1685._o and_o finish_v but_o two_o day_n before_o the_o dragoon_n plunder_v he_o of_o all_o except_o this_o treatise_n to_o which_o be_v add_v this_o author_n defence_n of_o his_o 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