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ourselves_o to_o in_o our_o besolve_n viz._n if_o the_o lord_n will_v we_o will_v do_v this_o or_o that_o if_o man_n will_v to_o do_v this_o or_o that_o 7._o it_o be_v against_o not_o only_a aristotle_n augustine_n aquinas_n and_o the_o thomist_n and_o jansenist_n but_o the_o very_a trent-roman-catechism_n art_n 8._o symb._n n._n 22._o deus_fw-la providentiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la quae_fw-la moventur_fw-la &_o agunt_fw-la aliquid_fw-la intimâ_fw-la virtute_fw-la ad_fw-la motum_fw-la atque_fw-la actionem_fw-la impellit_fw-la god_n by_o his_o providence_n do_v impel_v with_o most_o intimate_a power_n to_o motion_n and_o action_n all_o thing_n that_o be_v move_v and_o act_v any_o thing_n i_o can_v forbear_v add_v as_o to_o the_o description_n of_o grace_n p._n 72._o it_o be_v strength_n and_o assistance_n from_o god_n to_o do_v something_o above_o nature_n these_o man_n think_v it_o enough_o when_o they_o speak_v or_o write_v of_o god_n act_n of_o we_o to_o grant_v that_o he_o aid_n 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