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dei_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 11._o chapter_n s._n austen_n write_v thus_o say_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la cuncta_fw-la prescivit_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la hominem_fw-la quoque_fw-la peccaturum_fw-la ignorare_fw-la nòn_n potuit_fw-la secundum_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la praescivit_fw-la itque_fw-la disposuit_fw-la civitatem_fw-la dei_fw-la debemus_fw-la asserere_fw-la nòn_n secundum_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o nostram_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la pervenire_fw-la nòn_n potuit_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la dispositione_n nòn_n fuit_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la homo_fw-la peccato_fw-la svo_fw-la divinum_fw-la potuit_fw-la perturbare_fw-la consilium_fw-la quasi_fw-la deum_fw-la quod_fw-la statuerat_fw-la mutare_fw-la compulerit_fw-la cum_fw-la deus_fw-la praesciendo_fw-la utrumque_fw-la prevenerit_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la quem_fw-la bonum_fw-la ipse_fw-la creavit_fw-la quam_fw-la malus_fw-la esset_fw-la futurus_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la boni_fw-la etiam_fw-la sic_fw-la de_fw-la illo_fw-la esset_fw-la ipse_fw-la facturus_fw-la deus_fw-la enim_fw-la etsi_fw-la dicitur_fw-la statuta_fw-la mutare_fw-la vnde_fw-la tropica_fw-la locutione_n in_o scripture_n sanctis_fw-la etiam_fw-la poenituisse_fw-la legitur_fw-la deum_fw-la iuxta_fw-la id_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quod_fw-la homo_fw-la spera_fw-la 〈…〉_o rat_n vel_fw-la naturalium_fw-la causarum_fw-la ordo_fw-la gestabat_fw-la nòn_n iuxta_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la se_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la facturum_fw-la esse_fw-la praesci_fw-la 〈…〉_o rat_n that_o be_v to_o say_v but_o because_o god_n do_v know_v all_o thing_n before_o hand_n and_o therefore_o can_v not_o be_v ignorant_a that_o man_n shall_v sin_v we_o must_v teach_v that_o the_o holy_a city_n be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o he_o do_v foresee_v and_o appoint_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v not_o such_o as_o we_o can_v not_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o because_o it_o be_v not_o in_o that_o disposition_n or_o order_n that_o god_n make_v neither_o be_v man_n by_o his_o sin_n able_a to_o disorder_v the_o purpose_n of_o god_n as_o though_o he_o shall_v have_v constrain_v god_n to_o change_v the_o thing_n that_o he_o have_v once_o decree_v see_v that_o god_n by_o his_o foresight_n do_v prevent_v both_o that_o be_v to_o say_v both_o how_o the_o evil_a man_n shall_v become_v who_o he_o have_v create_v good_a and_o also_o what_o thing_n he_o will_v make_v of_o he_o even_o when_o he_o shall_v in_o such_o wise_a become_v evil_a for_o although_o it_o be_v say_v that_o god_n do_v change_v his_o purpose_n whereof_o it_o come_v that_o by_o a_o figurative_a speech_n it_o be_v read_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n that_o god_n do_v repent_v the_o same_o be_v speak_v according_a to_o that_o which_o man_n hope_v for_o or_o that_o which_o the_o order_n of_o natural_a cause_n do_v import_v not_o according_a to_o that_o which_o the_o almighty_a do_v know_v before_o hand_n that_o he_o himself_o will_v do_v again_o the_o same_o austen_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr diversis_fw-la questionibus_fw-la 83._o and_o the._n 15._o 16._o 17._o question_n say_v thus_o deus_fw-la omnium_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la autem_fw-la omnium_fw-la rerum_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la svae_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la unquà m_fw-la deus_fw-la sine_fw-la sapientia_fw-la sva_fw-la igitur_fw-la sempiternae_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la svae_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la sempiterna_fw-la nec_fw-la tempore_fw-la prio_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la sva_fw-la sapientia_fw-la deinde_fw-la si_fw-la patrem_fw-la sempiternum_fw-la esse_fw-la inest_fw-la deo_fw-la nec_fw-la suis_fw-la aliquandò_fw-la non_fw-la pater_fw-la nunquam_fw-la sine_fw-la filio_fw-la fuit_fw-la omne_fw-la praeteritum_fw-la iam_fw-la nòn_n est_fw-la omne_fw-la futurum_fw-la nòn_n dùm_fw-la est_fw-la omne_fw-la igitur_fw-la &_o praeteritum_fw-la &_o futur_fw-la 〈…〉_o non_fw-it deest_fw-la apud_fw-la d_o 〈…〉_o m_o autem_fw-la nihil_fw-la deest_fw-la nec_fw-la 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