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on
the Excellency
of chrif1.
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the
Beafl
that
was
and
is
not
and
yit
is
,
faith hee thole
whole
names are
not written
the
book
of
life
,
that
was
written from the
foundation of
the
world, they
f
hall
make
a
wonder at
Antichrift,
and at
his
great
power , and
at the
way of
his
falling too.
So
in Rev.i
3.2,3. And
the
Dragon
gave hire his
power,and his
feat,andgreatAuthority,&c.When
the Dragon
had givenhis
power
to
the
Beafl,that
is
the
Ci-
vil
flare
and
power
,
had given
its
power unto
Antichrifl,
unto
their
Church
-
ftate
,
fo
that they
had the
Civil
fword
in
their own hands ,
and were able
by
that
Civil power
to
force all
to come in to
their
Dilates,
now the
Text faith,
That
they
all
wondred
at it;but
who are
they
?iu
Chap.'
7.v.8.
thofe
whole
names
were
not
written
in
the
book_of
life;
fo
that
carnal hearts
now
may
bee taken with the wondring
after
the pomp and glory
of
the
word
,
and
after
the
power
of
Antichrift
,
becaufe Antichrift
prevails in the world ,
but
they
are
thole whole
mames
are not
written
in
the
book
of
life
;
thofe
whole
names
are
written
in
the
book
of
life,
they will never
Eland
wondring
at the
excellency_
of
Anti-
chrift becaufe
of
his
outward glory
no Th
©fe
whole
names
are
written in
the
book
of life they
have
learned
to
wonder
at
Jefus Chrifl, not at Antichrift;
let
Jefus Chrift
bee never
fo
mean, and humbled,
and
low,
and perfecuted
in
his
members,
in
his
Ordinances,
yet
they
fee
that
excel-
lency
in
Jefus
Chrif
1,
as
makes
them wonder,, and
it is fuch a
wonder
as
it
doth
darken
all the
wonders
in
the world be-
tides.
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