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disp_n 30._o sect._n 15._o numb_a 2._o respondeo_fw-la verum_fw-la esse_fw-la nullam_fw-la perfectionem_fw-la creatam_fw-la secundum_fw-la adaequatam_fw-la rationem_fw-la quam_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o creaturâ_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la formaliter_fw-la sed_fw-la eminenter_fw-la tantum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la sapientia_fw-la creata_fw-la nam_fw-la ut_fw-la sic_fw-la est_fw-la accidens_fw-la &_o finita_fw-la perfectio_fw-la &_o idem_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la caeteris_fw-la similibus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ergo_fw-la deus_fw-la quasdam_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la perfectionibus_fw-la continere_fw-la formaliter_fw-la quia_fw-la secundum_fw-la eas_fw-la habet_fw-la aliquam_fw-la formalem_fw-la convenientiam_fw-la cum_fw-la creaturâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la cujus_fw-la illa_fw-la perfectio_fw-la secundum_fw-la idem_fw-la nomen_fw-la &_o eandem_fw-la rationem_fw-la seu_fw-la conceptum_fw-la formalem_fw-la attribuitur_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o creaturae_fw-la saluâ_fw-la analogiâ_fw-la quae_fw-la inter_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o creaturam_fw-la semper_fw-la intercedit_fw-la quando_fw-la vero_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la talis_fw-la convenientia_fw-la nec_fw-la formalis_fw-la denominatio_fw-la sed_fw-la sola_fw-la efficacitas_fw-la divinae_fw-la virturis_fw-la tunc_fw-la dicimus_fw-la intercedere_fw-la convenientiam_fw-la eminentialem_fw-la atque_fw-la ita_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la nulla_fw-la perfectio_fw-la est_fw-la formaliter_fw-la nisi_fw-la vel_fw-la secundum_fw-la proprium_fw-la conceptum_fw-la dei_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la secundum_fw-la conceptum_fw-la abstrahentem_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la &_o creaturis_fw-la metaph._n disp_n 30._o sect._n 1._o numb_a 12._o recte_fw-la etc._n etc._n intelligitur_fw-la esse_fw-la long_o diversum_fw-la modum_fw-la vivendi_fw-la divinae_fw-la &_o creatae_fw-la substantiae_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la de_fw-la divinis_fw-la attributis_fw-la positivis_fw-la superius_fw-la diximus_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la manifestillimum_fw-la esse_fw-la secundum_fw-la modum_fw-la quo_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o creaturis_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la formaliter_fw-la sed_fw-la eminenter_fw-la esse_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la formaliter_fw-la secundum_fw-la modum_fw-la altiorem_fw-la qui_fw-la omnem_fw-la imperfectionem_fw-la creatutarum_fw-la excludat_fw-la disp_n 30._o sect._n 14._o numb_a 7._o 7._o twisse_n de_fw-fr scientia_fw-la media_fw-la pag._n 402._o 403._o constat_fw-la say_v durand_n quod_fw-la deus_fw-la cognoscit_fw-la contingens_fw-la dum_fw-la est_fw-la praesens_fw-la putà _fw-la socratem_n currere_fw-la alioquin_fw-la ego_fw-la cognoscerem_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la ignoraret_fw-la si_fw-la ergo_fw-la non_fw-la cognoscebat_fw-la hoc_fw-la prius_fw-la quando_fw-la fuit_fw-la futurum_fw-la sequeretur_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquid_fw-la accrevisset_fw-la suae_fw-la scientiae_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la impossibile_fw-it in_o 1._o lib._n distinct_a 38._o q._n 3._o piaeterea_fw-la declaratur_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la quia_fw-la vel_fw-la deus_fw-la scit_fw-la haec_fw-la contingentia_fw-la quando_fw-la ponuntar_n in_o esse_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la hoc_fw-la posterius_fw-la nemo_fw-la dicit_fw-la quia_fw-la angelus_fw-la vel_fw-la homo_fw-la hoc_fw-la cognoscit_fw-la saltem_fw-la quando_fw-la sunt_fw-la prasentia_fw-la ergo_fw-la multo_fw-la magis_fw-la deus_fw-la si_fw-la autem_fw-la nunc_fw-la illa_fw-la cognoscit_fw-la ergo_fw-la &_o antea_fw-la quia_fw-la scientia_fw-la dei_fw-la augeri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la aliquid_fw-la novum_fw-la sub_fw-la illam_fw-la cadat_fw-la tum_fw-la propter_fw-la immutabilitatem_fw-la tum_fw-la eriam_fw-la quia_fw-la panlatim_fw-la discere_fw-la quocunque_fw-la modo_fw-la siat_a magna_fw-la imperfectio_fw-la est_fw-la confirmatur_fw-la quia_fw-la si_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la aliquid_fw-la de_fw-la novo_fw-la inciperet_fw-la velle_fw-la imperfectionem_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la indicaret_fw-la ergo_fw-la multò_fw-la magis_fw-la â—â—_o aliquid_fw-la de_fw-fr novo_fw-la scire_fw-la inciperet_fw-la lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr scientiaâ—â—turorum_fw-la contingentium_fw-la absoluta_fw-la cap._n 2._o cognitio_fw-la divini_fw-la intellectus_fw-la say_v aâ—uin_n â—â—_o comparatur_fw-la ad_fw-la res_fw-la alius_fw-la sicut_fw-la cognitio_fw-la artificis_fw-la ad_fw-la artificiata_fw-la cum_fw-la per_fw-la svam_fw-la scientiam_fw-la fit_a causa_fw-la rerum_fw-la artisex_n autem_fw-la suae_fw-la artis_fw-la cognition_n etiam_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la nondum_fw-la sunt_fw-la artificiara_fw-it cognoscir_n â—ormâ—_n enim_fw-la artis_fw-la ex_fw-la ejus_fw-la scientiá_fw-la efiluunt_fw-la in_o exteriorem_fw-la materiam_fw-la ad_fw-la artificiatorum_fw-la constiturionem_fw-la unde_fw-la nihil_fw-la prohibet_fw-la in_o scientia_fw-la artificis_fw-la esse_fw-la formas_fw-la quae_fw-la nondum_fw-la exterius_fw-la prodierunt_fw-la sic_fw-la igitur_fw-la nihil_fw-la prohibet_fw-la deum_fw-la corum_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la notitiam_fw-la habere_fw-la lib._n 1._o contra_fw-la gentes_fw-la cap._n 66._o deus_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la omnium_fw-la rerum_fw-la &_o futurorum_fw-la contingentium_fw-la &_o liberorum_fw-la say_v cumel_n in_o primam_fw-la partem_fw-la summ._fw-la q._n 14._o art_n 13._o disp_n 1._o per_fw-la svam_fw-la scientiam_fw-la practicam_fw-la ergo_fw-la prius_fw-la scit_fw-la &_o cognoscit_fw-la futura_fw-la couringentia_fw-la &_o libera_fw-la quam_fw-la producantur_fw-la &_o fiant_fw-la sicut_fw-la artisex_v prius_fw-la haber_n ideam_fw-la artificiati_fw-la &_o cognoscit_fw-la rem_fw-la producendam_fw-la &_o eâ—â—iciendam_fw-la quam_fw-la efficiat_a &_o producat_fw-la posâ—ea_fw-la ad_fw-la extra_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la igitur_fw-la deus_fw-la qui_fw-la artifex_fw-la est_fw-la universorum_fw-la futurorum_fw-la contingentium_fw-la prius_fw-la cognoscit_fw-la futura_fw-la contingentia_fw-la quam_fw-la illa_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la fiant_fw-la deus_fw-la omne_fw-la operatur_fw-la ad_fw-la extra_fw-la ut_fw-la artifex_fw-la verò_fw-la rem_fw-la antequam_fw-la illam_fw-la efficiat_a praecognoscit_fw-la aliter_fw-la enim_fw-la irrationabiliter_fw-la operabitur_fw-la parte_fw-la prima_fw-la controu._n thirty_o pag._n 487._o effectus_fw-la potest_fw-la evidenter_fw-la cognosci_fw-la antequam_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la producatur_fw-la in_o sua_fw-la causâ_fw-la sicut_fw-la eclipse_n evidenter_fw-la cognoscitur_fw-la in_o sua_fw-la causâ_fw-la antequam_fw-la sit_fw-la a_o mathematico_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la astrologo_n sed_fw-la deus_fw-la per_fw-la seipsum_fw-la &_o per_fw-la propriam_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la omnium_fw-la entium_fw-la contingentium_fw-la &_o liberorum_fw-la &_o praedefinit_a illa_fw-la futura_fw-la contingentia_fw-la &_o libera_fw-la ergo_fw-la deus_fw-la per_fw-la seipsum_fw-la &_o per_fw-la propriam_fw-la scientiam_fw-la quam_fw-la habet_fw-la cognoscit_fw-la futura_fw-la contingentia_fw-la &_o libera_fw-la parre_v per_fw-la quandam_fw-la exaggerationem_fw-la locuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la declararent_fw-la perfectionem_fw-la scientiae_fw-la quam_fw-la deus_fw-la habet_fw-la de_fw-la futuris_fw-la nam_fw-la illa_fw-la tam_fw-la clare_v &_o distinctè_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la circumstantiis_fw-la intuetur_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la pra_fw-la sentia_fw-la actu_fw-la jam_fw-la existerent_fw-la ideoq_fw-la scientia_fw-la illa_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la abstractiva_fw-la sed_fw-la propriissima_fw-la intuitio_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la ergo_fw-la significandum_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la illam_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la esse_fw-la dicendam_fw-la praescientiam_fw-la quam_fw-la scientiam_fw-la no_o more_o humano_fw-la loquendo_fw-la quae_fw-la prasciuntur_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la clarè_v &_o distinctè_fw-la cognoscuntur_fw-la nam_fw-la astrologus_fw-la qui_fw-la praescit_fw-la suturam_fw-la esse_fw-la eclipsin_fw-la non_fw-la apprchendit_fw-la &_o cognoscit_fw-la illum_fw-la effectum_fw-la distincte_n prout_fw-la in_o re_fw-la futurn_v est_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la conditionibus_fw-la &_o circumstantiis_fw-la eius_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la de_fw-fr illo_fw-la scientiam_fw-la intuitivam_fw-la sed_fw-la abstractivam_fw-la at_o vero_fw-la deus_fw-la ram_n distincte_n intuetur_fw-la futurum_fw-la antequam_fw-la sit_fw-la sicut_fw-la quando_fw-la est_fw-la tamque_fw-la veram_fw-la scientiam_fw-la intuitivam_fw-la illius_fw-la habet_fw-la quocirca_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la sensu_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la illi_fw-la patres_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la illam_fw-la scientiam_fw-la propriè_fw-la appellare_fw-la praescientiam_fw-la illa_fw-la particula_fw-la prae_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la excludit_fw-la realem_fw-la existentiam_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la praesentiam_fw-la objectivam_fw-la exactam_fw-la &_o omnimodam_fw-la â—ffectus_fw-la tie_n cogniti_fw-la respondeo_fw-la scopus_fw-la augustini_fw-la est_fw-la ostendere_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la talem_fw-la praescientiam_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la qualis_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la est_fw-la nos_fw-la enim_fw-la imperfect_a &_o quasi_fw-la per_fw-la coniecturas_fw-la praescimus_fw-la futura_fw-la at_o praesentia_fw-la clare_v &_o perfect_v cognoscimus_fw-la deus_fw-la autem_fw-la tam_fw-la perfect_v cognoscit_fw-la futura_fw-la quam_fw-la prasentia_fw-la hic_fw-la patet_fw-la discrimen_fw-la inter_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o deum_fw-la 1._o quia_fw-la nostra_fw-la cognitio_fw-la perficitur_fw-la ex_fw-la praesentia_fw-la rerum_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la dei_fw-la cognitio_fw-la 2._o quia_fw-la res_fw-la futurae_fw-la sunt_fw-la deo_fw-la praesentes_fw-la per_fw-la praesentiam_fw-la perfectam_fw-la nobis_fw-la per_fw-la imperfectam_fw-la 3._o quia_fw-la nos_fw-la eandem_fw-la rem_fw-la bis_fw-la cognoscimus_fw-la semel_fw-la imperfect_a quando_fw-la futura_fw-la est_fw-la &_o semel_fw-la perfect_v quando_fw-la praesens_fw-la est_fw-la at_o deus_fw-la semel_fw-la tantum_fw-la quia_fw-la cognitio_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la aeque_fw-la perfecta_fw-la sive_fw-la res_fw-la futura_fw-la sive_fw-la praesens_fw-la sit_fw-la nec_fw-la aliud_fw-la vult_fw-la gregorius_n uterque_fw-la negat_fw-la praescientiam_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la qualis_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la est_fw-la sum._n theolog._n seolast_n part_n 1._o tom._n 1._o cap._n 10._o quest_n 10._o 10._o whereas_o our_o author_n p._n 125._o of_o the_o first_o book_n of_o this_o treatise_n affirm_v that_o every_o thing_n in_o common_a attribute_v to_o god_n and_o man_n be_v much_o more_o equivocal_a than_o the_o word_n canis_n attribute_v to_o a_o star_n to_o a_o fish_n to_o a_o fourfooted_a creature_n on_o the_o earth_n if_o he_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o regard_n not_o of_o this_o physical_a but_o of_o a_o logical_a equivocation_n i_o must_v needs_o confess_v that_o