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against_o he_o i_o have_v former_o name_v many_o of_o they_o to_o he_o and_o may_v name_v many_o more_o viz._n corrept_v correct_a p._n 194._o matthew_n eborac_n jacob_n armach_n john_n whitegift_n cantuar_n robert_n abbot_n jos_n exon_n tho._n dunelm_n etc._n etc._n but_o for_o the_o present_a let_v it_o suffice_v to_o set_v down_o the_o judgement_n of_o they_o all_o from_o under_o the_o hand_n of_o that_o most_o judicious_a divine_a dr._n davenant_n late_a bishop_n of_o salisbury_n who_o have_v write_v a_o whoâ—e_a book_n against_o this_o opinion_n in_o which_o he_o speak_v thus_o dau._n animadvers_fw-la p._n 6_o 7._o &_o 55._o etc._n etc._n the_o wisdom_n of_o our_o church_n of_o england_n in_o the_o 17_o article_n lay_v down_o the_o doctrine_n of_o predestination_n and_o do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o in_o one_o word_n meddle_v with_o the_o point_n of_o reprobation_n leave_v man_n to_o conceive_v that_o the_o one_o be_v the_o bare_a negation_n or_o denial_n of_o that_o special_a 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o abyss_n into_o a_o most_o easy_a fordable_a shallow_a 2._o it_o be_v both_o indeed_o and_o in_o termâ—nis_n pelagian_a and_o semi-pelagian_a who_o found_v the_o decree_n both_o of_o election_n and_o reprobation_n upon_o good_a or_o bad_a work_n receperunt_fw-la work_n aug._n the_o praedestinat_a sanct._n l._n 1._o c._n 18_o praescâ—â—bat_fw-la ergo_fw-la aâ—â—_n pâ—lagius_n qui_fw-la futuri_fw-la essent_fw-la sancti_fw-la &_o et_fw-la idâ—o_fw-la eos_fw-la ante_fw-la mundi_fw-la constitutionem_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la sva_fw-la prae_fw-la scientia_fw-la â—â—_o à _fw-fr tale_n futuros_fw-la esse_fw-la praescivit_fw-la elegit_fw-la prosper_n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la aug._n pene_fw-la omnium_fw-la par_fw-fr invenitur_fw-la &_o una_fw-la sententia_fw-la quae_fw-la propositum_fw-la &_o praedestinaâ—ionem_fw-la dei_fw-la secundum_fw-la praescientiam_fw-la receperunt_fw-la 3._o it_o be_v most_o illogical_a and_o absurd_a 1._o it_o be_v against_o mr._n t._n p_n own_o logic_n when_o 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negaverim_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la scripturae_fw-la sacrae_fw-la verba_fw-la quae_fw-la efficientiam_fw-la deo_fw-la tribuere_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la genere_fw-la videntur_fw-la sic_fw-la esse_fw-la interpretanda_fw-la ut_fw-la facere_fw-la dicatur_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la impedit_fw-la quia_fw-la solus_fw-la id_fw-la impedire_fw-la potest_fw-la veluti_fw-la cum_fw-la indurare_fw-la hominum_fw-la cerda_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la emollit_fw-la ut_fw-la hebraicè_fw-la vivificare_fw-la dicitur_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la non_fw-la occidit_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la alicubi_fw-la augustini_fw-la sententia_fw-la at_o ut_fw-la taceamus_fw-la negationem_fw-la illam_fw-la actionis_fw-la quâ_fw-la sola_fw-la indurationem_fw-la impedire_fw-la valuit_fw-la esse_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquo_fw-la justo_n judicio_fw-la plurima_fw-la loca_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la scriptura_fw-la magis_fw-la emphaticè_fw-la loquor_fw-la quà m_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la solam_fw-la permissionem_fw-la revocari_fw-la possint_fw-la scilicet_fw-la cum_fw-la deus_fw-la magnopere_fw-la iratus_fw-la davidi_fw-la fore_fw-la denunciat_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la flagitium_fw-la clanculum_fw-la admisit_fw-la id_fw-la in_o apertâ_fw-la luce_fw-fr adeoque_fw-la in_o conspectu_fw-la solis_fw-la vindicet_fw-la putandumne_n est_fw-la eum_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la sibi_fw-la velle_fw-la quà m_fw-la ut_fw-la absalomi_fw-la nesarios_fw-la coâ—atus_fw-la non_fw-la reprimat_fw-la sinatque_fw-la furere_fw-la intemperanteâ—_n aut_fw-la cum_fw-la joseph_n negate_fw-la alius_fw-la quà m_fw-la dei_fw-la ipsius_fw-la operâ_fw-la factum_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o aegyptum_fw-la descenderet_fw-la nihil_fw-la ne_fw-la significat_fw-la praeterquam_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la impedivit_fw-la quominus_fw-la venderetur_fw-la sonant_fw-la sane_fw-la illa_fw-la verba_fw-la aliquid_fw-la amplius_fw-la istud_fw-la verò_fw-la quod_fw-la nihil_fw-la neque_fw-la judaei_n neque_fw-la judas_n in_o 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