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â—de_fw-la omne_fw-la genus_fw-la humanum_fw-la moriatur_fw-la neque_fw-la per_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la christi_fw-la omne_fw-la genus_fw-la humanum_fw-la resurgat_fw-la 5._o et_fw-la divites_fw-la baptizatos_fw-la nisi_fw-la omnibus_fw-la abrenuntient_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la boni_fw-la visi_fw-la fuerint_fw-la facere_fw-la non_fw-la reputari_fw-la illis_fw-la nec_fw-la eos_fw-la habere_fw-la posse_fw-la regnum_fw-la dei_fw-la 6._o et_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la atque_fw-la adiutorium_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la singulos_fw-la actus_fw-la dari_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la esse_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la atque_fw-la in_o doctrina_fw-la 7._o et_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiam_fw-la secundum_fw-la merit_n a_o nostra_fw-la dari_fw-la 8._o et_fw-la silios_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la vocari_fw-la nisi_fw-la omnino_fw-la absque_fw-la peccato_fw-la fuerint_fw-la effecti_fw-la 9_o et_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la si_fw-la dei_fw-la 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〈…〉_o &_o quem_fw-la vult_fw-la indurat_fw-la that_o be_v on_o who_o it_o please_v he_o he_o take_v mercy_n &_o who_o he_o lu_v he_o make_v hard_o heart_v i_o know_v the_o common_a answer_n to_o this_o which_o be_v god_n do_v not_o hearden_n the_o heart_n of_o any_o but_o he_o do_v suffer_v they_o to_o harden_v their_o own_o heart_n but_o it_o 〈◊〉_d good_a for_o they_o that_o stand_v upon_o this_o common_a answer_n to_o consider_v what_o s._n austen_n write_v concern_v god_n suffer_v of_o thing_n to_o be_v do_v nec_fw-la dubitandum_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la facere_fw-la benè_fw-la etiam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d fieri_fw-la quaeâ—unâ—_n 96._o fiunt_fw-la 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la enim_fw-la hoc_fw-la nisi_fw-la iusto_fw-la iudicio_fw-la sinit_fw-la et_fw-la profecto_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la iustum_fw-la est_fw-la quamuis_fw-la ergo_fw-la ea_fw-la quâ—â—_n mala_fw-la sunt_fw-la â–ª_o in_fw-la quantum_fw-la mala_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la bona_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la 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the_o other_o but_o he_o teach_v that_o the_o same_o mercy_n that_o we_o see_v execute_v in_o christ_n in_o time_n be_v decree_v in_o the_o eternal_a will_n and_o purpose_n of_o god_n before_o all_o time_n and_o so_o be_v the_o refusal_n of_o they_o who_o heart_n we_o see_v harden_v in_o time_n if_o any_o man_n do_v see_v cause_n to_o judge_v otherwise_o of_o this_o gloze_n i_o be_o well_o please_v that_o the_o same_o use_v his_o own_o judgement_n in_o enterprete_v the_o meaning_n thereof_o and_o if_o i_o may_v perceyve_v any_o man_n judgement_n herein_o to_o be_v sound_a than_o i_o i_o trust_v i_o be_v ready_a to_o condescend_v to_o that_o and_o lest_o any_o man_n shall_v think_v that_o herein_o i_o do_v follow_v my_o own_o fantasy_n without_o example_n of_o any_o thing_n that_o i_o see_v in_o the_o ancient_a father_n i_o will_v set_v down_o the_o word_n of_o s._n austen_n that_o have_v be_v a_o mean_a to_o confirm_v i_o herein_o in_o he_o 14._o book_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la 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 praeteritum_fw-la igitur_fw-la nec_fw-la futurum_fw-la sed_fw-la omne_fw-la praesens_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o
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