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consilio_fw-la efficere_fw-la to_o work_v by_o nature_n and_o counsel_n be_v cause_n that_o produce_v by_o a_o internal_a and_o innate_a principle_n and_o therefore_o free_a from_o coaction_n and_o violence_n and_o here_o i_o admire_v that_o he_o have_v forget_v his_o logic_n for_o the_o three_o reason_n it_o be_v true_a that_o necessity_n and_o contingencie_n can_v never_o stand_v together_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whole_o and_o simple_o differ_v and_o therefore_o i_o will_v never_o hold_v that_o man_n fall_v necessary_o and_o in_o that_o i_o consent_v with_o arminius_n to_o the_o four_o objection_n that_o reprobation_n be_v a_o punishment_n it_o be_v thus_o answer_v reprobation_n be_v either_o a_o simple_a rejection_n or_o preterition_n or_o else_o damnation_n itself_o the_o first_o be_v opus_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la liberae_fw-la the_o second_o voluntatis_fw-la necessariae_fw-la the_o preterition_n of_o god_n be_v his_o most_o free_a 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