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greg._n naz._n in_o apol._n the_o cause_n of_o write_v this_o general_a discourse_n of_o that_o law_n which_o god_n from_o before_o the_o beginning_n have_v set_v for_o himself_o to_o do_v all_o thing_n by_o john_n 16._o 13_o 14_o 15._o 15._o jupiters_n counsel_n be_v accomplish_v accomplish_v the_o creator_n make_v the_o whole_a world_n not_o with_o hand_n but_o by_o reason_n sub._n in_o ecleg_n phys._n phys._n proceed_v by_o a_o certain_a and_o a_o set_a way_n in_o the_o make_n of_o the_o world_n john_n 5._o 17._o gen._n 2._o 1â—_n sapi._fw-la 8._o 1._o sapi._fw-la 11._o 17._o ephes._n 1._o 7._o phil_n 4._o 19_o col._n 2._o 3._o prov._n 15._o 4._o ephes._n 1._o 11._o rome_n 11_o 23._o prov._n â—_o â—3_n rom._n 11._o 36._o boet._n lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr consol._n philos._n 2_o tim._n 2._o 13._o heb._n â—_o 17._o the_o law_n which_o natural_a agent_n have_v give_v they_o to_o observe_v and_o their_o necessary_a manner_n of_o keep_v it_o it_o id_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la creatis_fw-la sir_n est_fw-la materia_fw-la legis_fw-la aeternae_fw-la th._n l._n 1_o 2._o â—_o 93._o art_n 4,5,6_o nullomondo_n aliquid_fw-la legibus_fw-la summi_fw-la creatoris_fw-la ordinationique_fw-la subtrahitor_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la pax_fw-la univerlitatis_fw-la administratur_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 12._o c._n 22_o immo_n &_o peccaâ—um_fw-la quateniâ—_n à _fw-la deo_fw-la justè_fw-la permirrkur_fw-la cadit_fw-la in_o legem_fw-la aternam_fw-la etiam_fw-la legi_fw-la aterna_fw-la subjicitur_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quateous_a voluntaria_fw-la legis_fw-la transgressio_fw-la paenalâ—_n quoddam_fw-la incommedum_fw-la anime_fw-mi inserit_fw-la juxtaillud_fw-la augustini_fw-la jutinâ—i_fw-la domine_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la poena_fw-la sua_fw-la sihi_fw-la sit_fw-la omnis_fw-la animus_n in_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la confes._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 12._o nec_fw-la male_a scholastics_n quemadmodum_fw-la inquiunt_fw-la videraus_fw-la res_fw-la naturales_fw-la cunningentes_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la sine_fw-la particulari_fw-la svo_fw-la atque_fw-la adâ—o_fw-la à _fw-la lege_fw-la aterna_fw-la exorbiran_fw-la in_fw-la candem_fw-la legem_fw-la arternam_fw-la incidere_fw-la quatenus_fw-la consequuntur_fw-la alium_fw-la â—inem_fw-la à _fw-la lege_fw-la etiam_fw-la aternà _fw-la ipsis_fw-la in_o casu_fw-la particulari_fw-la constiturum_fw-la sic_fw-la verisimile_fw-la est_fw-la homines_fw-la etiam_fw-la cum_fw-la peccant_a &_o desciseunt_fw-la à _fw-la lege_fw-la aeternam_fw-la ut_fw-la praecipiente_fw-la reincidere_fw-la in_o ordinem_fw-la aeternae_fw-la legis_fw-la ut_fw-la punientis_fw-la psal._n 19_o 5._o theophra_v in_o metaph._n arist._n rhet._n 1._o cap._n 35._o this_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act_v 17._o â—â—_o â—â—_o form_n in_o other_o creature_n be_v a_o thing_n proportionable_a nâ—â—_n the_o siâ—ul_fw-la in_o live_a creature_n 5_o asiâ—e_v it_o be_v nor_o nor_o other_o wise_a diâ—ernable_a then_o only_o by_o effect_n according_a to_o the_o diversity_n of_o inward_a form_n thing_n of_o the_o world_n be_v distinguish_v into_o their_o kind_n vide_fw-la yhâ—m_fw-la in_o compend_v theol._n cap._n 9_o oâ—â—ne_fw-la quod_fw-la uâ—oveâ—ur_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquo_fw-la est_fw-la quast_o instrumentum_fw-la quod_fw-la dam_n primi_fw-la moventis_fw-la rideâ—alum_fw-la est_fw-la auâ—m_fw-la eriam_fw-la apud_fw-la inductos_fw-la ponere_fw-la instrumentum_fw-la moverinum_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquo_fw-la principali_fw-la ageme_n the_o law_n which_o angel_n on_o work_n by_o psal._n â—4_n 4._o heb_n 1._o 7._o eph._n 3._o 10._o dan._n 7._o 10._o matth._n 2d_o â—3_n heb._n 12._o 22._o luk._n 2._o 13._o matth._n 6._o 10._o &_o 10._o 10._o psal_n p._n 11._o 12_o luk._n 15._o 9_o heb._n 1._o 14._o acts._n 10._o 9_o dan._n 9_o 23._o matth._n 12._o 10._o dan._n 4._o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist._n metaph._n 12._o cap._n 9_o joâ—_n 38._o 9_o matth._n 18._o 10._o psal._n 148._o 2._o heb._n 1._o 6._o â—ai_fw-fr 6._o 3â—_n th_n be_v intimate_v wheresoever_o we_o find_v they_o term_v the_o son_n of_o god_n as_o job_n 1._o 6._o &_o 38._o 7._o 2_o pet._n 2._o 4._o judas_n vers_fw-la 6._o psal._n 148._o 2._o luk._n 7._o 13._o matth._n 26._o 53._o psal._n 148._o 2._o heb._n 12._o 21._o apoc._n 22._o 9_o joh._n 8._o 4â—_n 1_o pet._n 5._o