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suetonius_n testify_v walk_v out_o after_o supper_n shall_v be_v unexpected_o slay_v by_o the_o way_n these_o and_o such_o like_a thing_n the_o hebrew_n call_v chance_n and_o fortune_n from_o whence_o they_o that_o have_v good_a or_o bad_a fortune_n be_v call_v fortunate_a or_o unfortunate_a hereupon_o r._n judah_n levita_n r._n isaac_n arama_n and_o r._n solomon_n jebet_n have_v divide_v all_o our_o action_n into_o four_o class_n viz._n divine_a natural_a casual_a and_o voluntary_a for_o all_o thing_n that_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o the_o world_n proceed_v either_o from_o god_n providence_n nature_n chance_n or_o man_n freewill_n this_o be_v certain_o a_o very_a accurate_a and_o elegant_a distinction_n the_o hebrew_n likewise_o affirm_v that_o god_n often_o desert_n man_n for_o their_o sin_n and_o iniquity_n and_o then_o they_o be_v expose_v to_o chance_n and_o fortune_n this_o they_o prove_v out_o of_o levit._n chap._n 26.27_o 28._o i_o e._n as_o abravanel_n and_o all_o other_o 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