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the_o divine_a obduration_n frame_v from_o those_o word_n exod._n 8._o 15._o but_o when_o pharaoh_n see_v there_o be_v respite_n p._n 79_o 80_o 81_o the_o inconsistency_n of_o episcopius_n with_o himself_o and_o the_o insufficiency_n of_o his_o solution_n demonstrate_v from_o p._n 81_o to_o 83_o what_o episcopius_n attribute_n to_o the_o intermission_n of_o judgement_n that_o curcelleus_fw-la attribute_n to_o the_o lightness_n of_o they_o p._n 83_o the_o manifest_a unskilfulness_n and_o downright_a absurdity_n of_o the_o curcellean_a expedient_a together_o with_o a_o reflection_n upon_o the_o power_n of_o prejudice_n and_o a_o further_a confirmation_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o obduration_n from_o p._n 83_o to_o 87_o the_o last_o objection_n take_v from_o god_n veracity_n consider_v and_o prove_v that_o in_o some_o case_n it_o be_v not_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o perfection_n to_o deceive_v nay_o that_o it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o it_o that_o the_o contrary_n 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