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bishop_n prove_v be_v the_o rather_o because_o it_o will_v much_o confirm_v our_o first_o argument_n for_o predetermination_n of_o all_o action_n as_o such_o proof_n because_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o finite_a and_o create_v be_v which_o do_v not_o depend_v and_o have_v its_o be_v from_o a_o infinite_a and_o uncreated_a be_v viz._n god_n for_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v if_o there_o be_v any_o be_v not_o cause_v by_o god_n that_o that_o be_v be_v independent_a upon_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o consequent_o god_n shall_v not_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n in_o respect_n of_o that_o be_v whence_o follow_v many_o absurdity_n etc._n etc._n whereof_o i_o shall_v only_o take_v the_o sum_n as_o himself_o have_v give_v it_o we_o with_o a_o application_n to_o moral_a evil_n if_o moral_a evil_n i.e._n any_o sin_n or_o breach_n of_o divine_a law_n be_v a_o real_a be_v then_o 1._o god_n shall_v not_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o be_v for_o of_o so_o 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two_o be_v special_o insist_v on_o adam_n eat_v of_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n and_o by_o mr._n howe_n the_o hatred_n of_o god_n be_v in_o themselves_o evil_a answ_n 1._o in_o general_n if_o all_o sin_n subsist_v in_o some_o actual_a motion_n of_o the_o soul_n body_n or_o both_o and_o this_o motion_n abstractive_o consider_v be_v the_o material_a part_n of_o every_o actual_a sin_n and_o have_v god_n for_o the_o prime_a cause_n in_o who_o we_o live_v and_o move_v and_o have_v our_o be_v then_o no_o sin_n can_v be_v assign_v wherein_o this_o material_a part_n may_v not_o be_v find_v so_o the_o learned_a davevant_fw-fr sometime_o bishop_n of_o sarisbury_n animadv_n on_o hoard_n p._n 174_o 175._o answ_n 2._o as_o to_o the_o instance_n the_o first_o in_o eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n the_o material_a part_n of_o the_o sin_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o appetition_n thereof_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o body_n the_o mastication_n chew_v and_o manducation_n eat_v and_o other_o bodily_a act_n separate_a these_o from_o the_o formal_a part_n which_o be_v modus_fw-la appetendi_fw-la the_o manner_n of_o desire_v and_o contain_v a_o repugnancy_n to_o god_n command_n and_o god_n be_v the_o prime_a author_n thereof_o the_o act_n of_o desire_v and_o eat_v must_v of_o necessity_n be_v reduce_v to_o god_n without_o who_o there_o neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v any_o motion_n of_o body_n or_o soul_n but_o the_o disorderly_a manner_n of_o desire_v and_o eat_v contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n this_o be_v reducible_a as_o be_v a_o defect_n only_o to_o the_o defective_a will_n of_o man_n davenant_n ibid._n p._n 175._o as_o to_o the_o second_o instance_n hatred_n of_o god_n that_o the_o act_n terminate_v upon_o that_o object_n in_o complexo_fw-la be_v evil_a and_o can_v be_v otherwise_o we_o deny_v not_o but_o then_o that_o be_v true_a of_o act_n and_o undue_a