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potest_fw-la quia_fw-la est_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la the_o whole_a of_o what_o have_v be_v say_v both_o by_o father_n and_o schoolman_n upon_o this_o subject_n be_v sum_v up_o by_o the_o learned_a dr._n overall_n than_o dean_n of_o st._n paul_n and_o afterward_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n in_o a_o letter_n to_o his_o friend_n h._n grotius_n write_v 16_o may_n 1613._o in_o this_o brief_a definition_n and_o sentence_n potentia_fw-la dei_fw-la activa_fw-la qua_fw-la omne_fw-la possibilia_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la implicant_n contradictionem_fw-la impotentiam_fw-la iniquitatem_fw-la aliudque_fw-la quid_fw-la deo_fw-la indignum_fw-la facere_fw-la possit_fw-la possit_fw-la in_o epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la romanos_fw-la edit_fw-la oxon._n 1633._o 48._o pag._n 36._o 36._o vid._n s._n clementem_fw-la romanum_fw-la pag._n 36_o 37._o 37._o vide_fw-la hac_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la s._n clementem_fw-la romanum_fw-la eleganter_fw-la differentem_fw-la pag._n 27_o 28._o 28._o arnob._n adv_o gentes_fw-la lib._n 2._o lugd._n batav_n 4_o o._n p._n 55_o 56._o 56._o vide_fw-la s._n clementem_fw-la p._n 37._o plato_n in_o phoedone_n edit_fw-la cantabr_n 88_o 1673._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 82._o 82._o cicero_n in_o his_o oration_n de_fw-fr haruspicum_fw-la responsis_fw-la which_o he_o pronounce_v in_o the_o senate_n quam_fw-la volumus_fw-la licet_fw-la p._n c._n ipsi_fw-la nos_fw-la amenius_fw-la tamen_fw-la nec_fw-la numero_fw-la hispanos_fw-la nec_fw-la calliditate_fw-la poenos_fw-la nec_fw-la robore_fw-la gallos_n nec_fw-la artibus_fw-la graecos_n nec_fw-la denique_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la huius_fw-la gentis_fw-la ac_fw-la terrae_fw-la domestico_fw-la nativoque_fw-la sensu_fw-la italos_n ipsos_fw-la ac_fw-la latino_n sed_fw-la pielate_fw-la &_o religione_fw-la atque_fw-la hac_fw-la una_fw-la sapientia_fw-la quod_fw-la deorum_fw-la immortalium_fw-la numine_fw-la omne_fw-la regi_fw-la gubernarique_fw-la perspeximus_fw-la omnes_fw-la gentes_fw-la nationesque_fw-la super_fw-la â—â—imus_fw-la â—â—imus_fw-la estne_v opus_fw-la in_o vitâ_fw-la negotiosum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la atque_fw-la actuosum_fw-la genus_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la side_n praeeunte_fw-la suscipiant_fw-la sumant_fw-la atque_fw-la aggrediantur_fw-la actores_fw-la as_o arnobius_n adv_o gentes_fw-la lib._n 2._o pag._n 47._o lugd._n bat._n 48._o 1651._o there_o show_v at_o large_a with_o great_a sharpness_n of_o wit_n and_o judgement_n against_o the_o heathen_a of_o his_o time_n who_o object_v credulity_n to_o the_o christian_n christian_n nulla_fw-la futurorum_fw-la potest_fw-la existere_fw-la comprobatio_fw-la cum_fw-la ergo_fw-la haec_fw-la sit_fw-la conditio_fw-la futurorum_fw-la ut_fw-la teneri_fw-la &_o comprehendi_fw-la nullius_fw-la possint_fw-la anticipationis_fw-la attactu_fw-la etc._n etc._n arnob._n lib._n 2._o pag._n 44._o 44._o nun_n purior_fw-la ratio_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la duobus_fw-la incertis_fw-la &_o in_fw-la ambiguà _fw-la exspectatione_fw-la pendentibus_fw-la id_fw-la potius_fw-la credere_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquas_fw-la spes_fw-la ferat_fw-la quam_fw-la omnino_fw-la quod_fw-la nullas_fw-la arnob._n p._n 44._o
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