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diabolical_a fascination_n at_o all_o chap._n ix_o of_o divine_a permission_n providence_n and_o presciencé_fw-la there_o be_v no_o one_o thing_n that_o have_v more_o promote_v this_o false_a and_o wicked_a tenent_n of_o a_o kind_n of_o omnipotency_n in_o devil_n and_o the_o exorbitant_a power_n ascribe_v to_o witch_n than_o the_o misunderstanding_n of_o the_o true_a and_o right_a doctrine_n of_o divine_a providence_n and_o the_o admit_v of_o a_o bare_a permission_n in_o god_n as_o different_a and_o distinct_a from_o his_o providence_n from_o whence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o not_o only_o the_o vulgar_a but_o such_o as_o tread_v in_o the_o step_n of_o arminius_n do_v hold_v a_o mere_a bare_a permission_n and_o that_o god_n sit_v as_o a_o quiet_a beholder_n by_o his_o prescience_n from_o the_o event_n of_o thing_n to_o see_v what_o will_v be_v effect_v by_o devil_n and_o wicked_a man_n who_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n run_v and_o rove_v about_o act_v what_o when_o and_o how_o they_o 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