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prius_fw-la without_o end_n for_o both_o these_o be_v equl_o infinite_a inexhaustible_a indeterminate_a in_o potentia_fw-la and_o syncategorematical_a for_o as_o descend_v from_o this_o present_a effect_n a_o there_o shall_v or_o may_v be_v always_o effect_n one_o after_o another_o without_o end_n possible_a so_o ascend_v from_o the_o same_o effect_n a_o there_o may_v have_v be_v cause_n one_o before_o another_o without_o end_n but_o as_o the_o instance_n thus_o state_v conclude_v nothing_o that_o the_o produce_v cause_n have_v de_fw-la facto_fw-la prodeeded_a one_o from_o another_o without_o end_n so_o suppose_v it_o some_o improducible_a cause_n which_o may_v endless_o have_v produce_v cause_n one_o before_o another_o and_o before_o all_o those_o which_o it_o actual_o produce_v or_o if_o we_o turn_v the_o comparison_n another_o way_n it_o shall_v have_v be_v propose_v betwixt_o the_o cause_n which_o have_v have_v actual_a be_v and_o the_o effect_n which_o shall_v have_v actual_a be_v wheresoever_o they_o be_v in_o actual_a possession_n of_o that_o be_v and_o then_o the_o instance_n have_v be_v of_o force_n for_o as_o begin_n from_o the_o cause_n a_o which_o now_o be_v in_o actual_a be_v to_o all_o the_o effect_n hereafter_o possible_a when_o they_o be_v put_v in_o actual_a be_v the_o number_n will_v be_v determinate_a exhaustible_a and_o finite_a so_o begin_v from_o the_o same_o effect_n a_o to_o all_o the_o cause_n which_o have_v have_v actual_a be_v in_o their_o several_a precedence_n the_o number_n will_v be_v exhaustible_a and_o determinate_o finite_a the_o infinity_n therefore_o be_v only_o conceivable_a in_o the_o endless_a succession_n of_o possible_a effect_n whereof_o all_o can_v never_o be_v in_o actual_a possession_n of_o their_o being_n à _fw-la parte_fw-la post_fw-la and_o a_o infinite_a precedency_n of_o possible_a cause_n whereof_o all_o can_v never_o have_v be_v in_o actual_a possession_n of_o their_o being_n à _fw-la parte_fw-la ante_fw-la which_o in_o effect_n be_v nothing_o else_o then_o to_o say_v that_o there_o be_v some_o necessary_a improducible_a cause_n which_o can_v have_v produce_v cause_n one_o in_o time_n before_o another_o without_o end_n and_o can_v produce_v effect_n one_o in_o time_n after_o another_o without_o end_n and_o as_o this_o improducible_a cause_n can_v produce_v nothing_o so_o late_o but_o he_o can_v product_v something_o which_o shall_v exist_v after_o it_o so_o can_v it_o not_o produce_v any_o thing_n so_o soon_o but_o it_o can_v have_v produce_v something_o which_o may_v have_v exi_v before_o it_o whence_o follow_v evident_o that_o there_o must_v be_v always_o a_o first_o and_o a_o last_o a_o beginning_n and_o a_o end_n a_o determinate_a number_n and_o so_o a_o proper_a all_o of_o thing_n which_o either_o have_v have_v or_o ever_o shall_v have_v have_v the_o exercise_n of_o their_o actual_a be_v for_o the_o effect_n which_o be_v actual_a now_o be_v the_o last_o of_o all_o actual_a being_n which_o 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that_o it_o be_v as_o clear_v a_o contradiction_n as_o the_o former_a to_o affirm_v that_o any_o thing_n essential_o annex_v to_o a_o determinate_a space_n of_o time_n shall_v be_v of_o itself_o ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la for_o that_o limit_a eternity_n must_v be_v presuppose_v to_o be_v actual_o before_o you_o suppose_v that_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v actual_o and_o essential_o annex_v to_o it_o see_v the_o actuality_n of_o no_o being_n can_v be_v essential_o annex_v to_o that_o which_o be_v nothing_o actual_o for_o then_o something_o shall_v depend_v of_o nothing_o now_o i_o subsume_v but_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o conceive_v that_o pretend_v not_o beginning_n or_o eternal_a determinate_a time_n design_v in_o the_o objection_n to_o be_v presuppose_v as_o actual_o exist_v before_o that_o be_v commensure_v essential_o to_o that_o forename_a space_n of_o time_n ergo_fw-la this_o minor_a i_o prove_v because_o it_o be_v whole_o impossible_a to_o conceive_v any_o actual_a durance_n of_o time_n whether_o eternal_a or_o not_o eternal_a whether_o infinite_a of_o finite_a before_o we_o conceive_v something_o actual_o existent_a which_o be_v a_o second_o sign_n of_o posteriority_n of_o nature_n we_o conceive_v measure_v by_o such_o a_o determinate_a space_n of_o time_n for_o no_o part_n of_o time_n whatsoever_o can_v have_v any_o other_o proper_a notion_n if_o it_o be_v any_o reality_n distinct_a from_o the_o thing_n which_o dure_v then_o to_o be_v a_o affect_v and_o as_o many_o think_v consequent_o a_o effect_n of_o that_o which_o dure_v by_o it_o both_o which_o suppose_v either_o the_o thing_n effect_v to_o be_v its_o subject_n or_o the_o thing_n effect_v it_o to_o be_v its_o cause_n and_o by_o consequence_n that_o thing_n to_o be_v in_o priority_n and_o this_o in_o posteriority_n of_o nature_n in_o relation_n to_o it_o whence_o it_o follow_v according_a to_o the_o common_a strain_n of_o philosopher_n that_o it_o can_v have_v no_o essential_a dependence_n of_o it_o in_o its_o actual_a be_v for_o what_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v actual_o before_o the_o actual_a be_v of_o another_o thing_n can_v essential_o depend_v in_o its_o actual_a be_v upon_o that_o before_o which_o it_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v actual_o second_o see_v that_o that_o which_o this_o objection_n pretend_v to_o be_v eternal_a or_o ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la must_v have_v a_o essential_a relation_n to_o this_o or_o that_o determinate_a actual_a space_n of_o time_n for_o which_o alone_o and_o for_o no_o other_o it_o have_v a_o necessary_a be_v of_o itself_o and_o that_o end_v cease_v of_o itself_o to_o be_v any_o long_o i_o can_v conceive_v such_o a_o essence_n without_o a_o manifest_a contradiction_n for_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o conceive_v any_o thing_n to_o have_v a_o essential_a relation_n to_o be_v so_o soon_o or_o in_o such_o a_o priority_n of_o time_n that_o no_o time_n can_v be_v conceive_v to_o be_v possible_a before_o it_o if_o it_o continue_v only_o for_o a_o determinate_a space_n of_o successive_a time_n and_o then_o as_o it_o exist_v in_o his_o supposition_n of_o itself_o ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la so_o of_o itself_o it_o cease_v to_o be_v in_o this_o or_o that_o determinate_a instant_n of_o time_n for_o in_o this_o supposition_n that_o determinate_a instant_n will_v terminate_v a_o time_n which_o be_v determinate_o finite_a therefore_o from_o that_o instant_n ascend_v one_o may_v attain_v to_o the_o first_o instant_n of_o that_o time_n and_o so_o that_o time_n will_v have_v a_o final_a and_o last_o instant_n and_o consequent_o be_v finite_a and_o not_o eternal_a wherein_o no_o first_o instant_n be_v to_o be_v find_v see_v therefore_o as_o we_o shall_v see_v hereafter_o successive_a eternity_n be_v but_o a_o mere_a possible_a indetermination_n of_o one_o priority_n conceive_v before_o another_o and_o that_o no_o indeterminate_a thing_n so_o long_o as_o it_o remain_v indeterminate_a or_o as_o such_o can_v possible_o be_v or_o ever_o have_v be_v ens_fw-la actu_fw-la a_o actual_a be_v it_o be_v also_o impossible_a to_o conceive_v such_o a_o indeterminate_a successive_a eternity_n to_o be_v any_o actual_a thing_n in_o itself_o or_o any_o thing_n else_o save_o the_o necessary_a and_o immutable_a power_n of_o some_o cause_n which_o can_v produce_v nothing_o so_o soon_o but_o it_o can_v have_v produce_v something_o which_o may_v have_v be_v before_o whatsoever_o it_o have_v actual_o produce_v and_o if_o it_o have_v produce_v any_o thing_n before_o that_o it_o can_v yet_o have_v produce_v another_o thing_n which_o will_v have_v be_v and_o so_o in_o infinitum_fw-la without_o all_o term_n or_o limit_v the_o six_o proposition_n whatsoever_o be_v a_o actual_a be_v essential_o must_v be_v of_o itself_o that_o be_v independent_a of_o any_o cause_n different_a from_o it_o proof_n this_o proposition_n be_v already_o prove_v for_o the_o essence_n of_o a_o thing_n be_v real_o the_o thing_n itself_o as_o be_v evident_a if_o therefore_o any_o thing_n exist_v actual_o from_o or_o of_o its_o effence_n it_o must_v exist_v actual_o from_o or_o of_o itself_o now_o every_o thing_n which_o be_v essential_o a_o actual_a be_v exist_v actual_o of_o its_o own_o essence_n therefore_o every_o thing_n which_o be_v essential_o a_o actual_a be_v exist_v actual_o of_o itself_o if_o it_o shall_v be_v instance_a that_o suppose_v a_o inevitable_a necessity_n of_o all_o thing_n all_o thing_n will_v essential_o be_v actual_a being_n for_o that_o measure_n of_o time_n wherein_o they_o be_v and_o yet_o they_o will_v not_o be_v of_o themselves_o but_o from_o their_o determinate_a cause_n unavoidable_o produce_v they_o i_o answer_v that_o this_o necessity_n be_v there_o any_o such_o proceed_v not_o from_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o effect_n but_o from_o the_o determination_n of_o the_o cause_n for_o therefore_o only_a the_o effect_n be_v necessary_a because_o the_o cause_n can_v but_o produce_v it_o for_o the_o effect_n be_v pure_o nothing_o before_o it_o be_v produce_v can_v possible_o necessitate_v the_o cause_n to_o produce_v it_o for_o to_o necessitate_v any_o thing_n be_v to_o do_v some_o thing_n but_o nothing_o can_v do_v nothing_o it_o be_v not_o therefore_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o effect_n to_o be_v actual_o in_o such_o a_o space_n of_o time_n but_o rather_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o cause_n to_o produce_v such_o a_o effect_n in_o such_o a_o time_n so_o that_o even_o this_o false_a supposition_n admit_v what_o soever_o be_v a_o actual_a be_v essential_o must_v be_v of_o itself_o for_o the_o suppose_a inevitable_a necessity_n of_o all_o thing_n be_v only_o extrinsical_a from_o the_o cause_n and_o so_o not_o essential_a or_o intrinsical_v to_o the_o thing_n in_o actual_a be_v neither_o indeed_o can_v either_o the_o beginning_n to_o be_v or_o perseverance_n in_o be_v for_o such_o a_o determinate_a time_n only_o be_v essential_a to_o any_o thing_n for_o time_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o measure_n of_o mutability_n or_o rather_o mutability_n itself_o as_o we_o shall_v see_v hereafter_o whatsoever_o be_v essential_o in_o or_o for_o such_o a_o determinate_a space_n of_o time_n will_v be_v in_o time_n and_o not_o in_o time_n for_o that_o whole_a space_n wherein_o it_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v in_o time_n as_o be_v suppose_v and_o yet_o not_o in_o time_n for_o whatsoever_o it_o be_v essential_o it_o be_v immutable_o for_o nothing_o can_v change_v its_o essence_n to_o say_v therefore_o that_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v essential_o for_o or_o in_o such_o a_o determinate_a time_n be_v to_o affirm_v that_o be_v be_v mutable_a whilst_o it_o be_v not_o mutable_a and_o necessary_a whilst_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a which_o be_v a_o plain_a contradiction_n nay_o far_o it_o be_v to_o affirm_v that_o such_o a_o be_v be_v tota_fw-la simul_fw-la because_o it_o can_v but_o be_v for_o such_o a_o time_n and_o yet_o not_o tota_fw-la simul_fw-la but_o by_o succeed_a part_n because_o it_o be_v in_o time_n which_o be_v another_o 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the_o three_o proposition_n there_o have_v always_o be_v something_o in_o actual_a be_v the_o four_o proposition_n there_o shall_v be_v always_o something_o in_o actual_a be_v the_o five_o proposition_n among_o all_o thing_n which_o always_o have_v be_v be_v now_o and_o ever_o shall_v be_v there_o must_v be_v some_o i_o determine_v not_o yet_o whether_o one_o or_o more_o which_o be_v absolute_o and_o essential_o necessary_a and_o not_o produce_v by_o and_o different_a cause_n that_o be_v to_o which_o it_o be_v essential_a to_o be_v in_o actual_a be_v and_o so_o can_v but_o be_v from_o all_o eternity_n to_o all_o eternity_n the_o same_o without_o the_o least_o change_n or_o alteration_n the_o six_o proposition_n whatsoever_o be_v a_o actual_a be_v essential_o must_v be_v of_o itself_o that_o be_v independent_a of_o any_o cause_n different_a from_o it_o the_o seven_o proposition_n no_o actual_a be_v that_o be_v superfluous_a defective_a inordinate_a absurd_a or_o difform_v from_o the_o rule_n of_o right_a reason_n can_v be_v essential_o necessary_a or_o of_o itself_o the_o eight_o proposition_n no_o actual_a be_v which_o be_v abnoxious_a to_o deordination_n and_o absurdity_n can_v be_v essential_o necessary_a or_o of_o itself_o the_o nine_o proposition_n nothing_o can_v be_v a_o actual_a be_v essential_o and_o of_o itself_o which_o be_v not_o endue_v with_o the_o light_n of_o reason_n the_o ten_o proposition_n only_o actual_a reason_n in_o its_o full_a perfection_n and_o latitude_n that_o be_v reason_v itself_o be_v a_o actual_a be_v essential_o necessary_a the_o eleven_o proposition_n only_o actual_a reason_n in_o its_o full_a perfection_n or_o reason_v itself_o be_v essential_o a_o actual_a be_v of_o itself_o the_o twelve_o proposition_n reason_n itself_o be_v essential_o necessary_a and_o of_o itself_o be_v god_n the_o first_o attribute_n the_o unity_n of_o god_n the_o second_o attribute_n god_n indivisibility_n the_o three_o attribute_n the_o spirituality_n of_o 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any_o thing_n possible_o begin_v to_o be_v for_o such_o a_o determinate_a space_n of_o time_n through_o a_o essential_a connexion_n to_o such_o a_o determinate_a time_n as_o we_o shall_v see_v in_o the_o five_o proposition_n the_o four_o proposition_n there_o shall_v always_o be_v something_o in_o actual_a be_v proof_n there_o be_v now_o and_o ever_o have_v be_v something_o as_o be_v prove_v if_o therefore_o it_o can_v ever_o happen_v that_o all_o thing_n shall_v cease_v to_o be_v either_o something_o essential_o necessary_a if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o be_v among_o all_o thing_n must_v cease_v to_o be_v which_o be_v impossible_a for_o if_o it_o be_v essential_o necessary_a it_o can_v but_o be_v for_o every_o thing_n must_v always_o be_v what_o it_o be_v essential_o or_o if_o there_o be_v nothing_o essential_o necessary_a all_o thing_n contingent_a must_v cease_v to_o be_v but_o that_o be_v impossible_a for_o see_v every_o contingent_a thing_n must_v have_v its_o be_v from_o some_o 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