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do_v when_o adam_n perceive_v that_o god_n be_v angry_a with_o he_o he_o run_v away_o and_o hide_v himself_o among_o the_o bush_n genes_n 3._o and_o we_o may_v observe_v that_o even_o horse_n dog_n and_o other_o unreasonable_a creature_n be_v easy_o bring_v to_o come_v to_o such_o as_o feed_v they_o and_o make_v much_o of_o they_o but_o they_o will_v fly_v and_o run_v away_o from_o such_o as_o beat_v they_o therefore_o it_o may_v seem_v that_o affliction_n shall_v rather_o drive_v we_o from_o god_n than_o draw_v we_o to_o he_o resp._n 1_o i_o can_v deny_v but_o must_v grant_v these_o thing_n to_o be_v thus_o in_o nature_n and_o reason_n and_o therefore_o we_o must_v also_o know_v that_o the_o prophet_n here_o be_v endue_v with_o god_n spirit_n speak_v metaphysicè_fw-la above_o the_o reach_n of_o natural_a reason_n for_o these_o thing_n come_v not_o to_o pass_v vi_o tribulationis_fw-la by_o the_o force_n of_o affliction_n which_o have_v no_o power_n in_o their_o own_o nature_n but_o 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1._o mornay_n trunesse_fw-fr of_o christ_n relig._n that_o providence_n in_o god_n be_v immediate_o from_o god_n in_o respect_n whereof_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n lead_v only_o by_o the_o moonlight_n of_o nature_n call_v the_o godhead_n itself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v god_n or_o providence_n because_o the_o one_o can_v be_v imagine_v without_o the_o other_o therefore_o he_o govern_v and_o take_v care_n for_o all_o thing_n immediate_o in_o himself_o and_o without_o mean_n god_n immediate_o by_o himself_o work_v all_o in_o all_o and_o govern_v all_o thing_n by_o a_o certain_a general_a influx_n which_o some_o call_v the_o general_a power_n of_o god_n by_o which_o every_o creature_n be_v preserve_v and_o move_v by_o god_n act_v and_o work_v according_a to_o its_o own_o nature_n thus_o the_o sun_n shine_v fire_n warm_v the_o heaven_n be_v in_o continual_a motion_n live_v creature_n generate_v and_o bring_v forth_o man_n have_v 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may_v not_o distrust_v nor_o be_v too_o much_o cast_v down_o when_o they_o want_v they_o and_o that_o man_n may_v think_v god_n be_v not_o idle_a and_o that_o nothing_o fall_v out_o by_o fortune_n as_o they_o say_v thus_o the_o lord_n rain_v down_o manna_n from_o heaven_n enough_o to_o suffice_v the_o whole_a camp_n of_o israel_n that_o the_o people_n shall_v go_v out_o and_o gather_v that_o which_o be_v sufficient_a for_o every_o day_n exod._n 16.4_o if_o the_o field_n shall_v fail_v and_o the_o whole_a earth_n grow_v barren_a yet_o can_v the_o lord_n nourish_v his_o people_n and_o send_v food_n to_o nourish_v those_o that_o trust_v in_o he_o god_n be_v not_o tie_v to_o ordinary_a mean_n nor_o our_o maintenance_n to_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n he_o find_v meat_n for_o the_o raven_n and_o they_o bring_v bread_n and_o flesh_n morning_n and_o evening_n to_o the_o prophet_n elijah_n by_o the_o brook_n cherith_n 1_o reg._n 17.5_o and_o this_o be_v do_v by_o god_n command_n i_o 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necessity_n arise_v from_o both_o together_o as_o that_o the_o sun_n shine_v be_v from_o its_o own_o nature_n and_o that_o the_o light_n make_v the_o day_n be_v also_o from_o the_o decree_n and_o appointment_n of_o god_n that_o the_o reprobate_n shall_v be_v damn_v arise_v partly_o from_o the_o nature_n of_o sin_n that_o make_v they_o liable_a to_o death_n and_o partly_o from_o the_o decree_n of_o god_n appoint_v they_o to_o destruction_n again_o cause_n be_v some_o definite_a and_o appoint_v to_o set_v purpose_n and_o some_o indefinite_a and_o free_a and_z both_o in_o divers_a respect_n so_o judas_n in_o god_n decree_n be_v the_o definite_a and_o appoint_a cause_n to_o betray_v christ_n in_o his_o own_o indefinite_a he_o may_v either_o have_v do_v it_o impulsa_fw-la cyrus_n naturalitèr_fw-la erat_fw-la causa_fw-la indefinita_fw-la ad_fw-la liberandum_fw-la vel_fw-la nòn_n liberandum_fw-la populum_fw-la judaicum_fw-la sed_fw-la definita_fw-la in_o decreto_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntas_fw-la 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destroy_v it_o sect._n 3_o a_o objection_n against_o the_o immutability_n of_o god_n providence_n answer_v how_o god_n be_v say_v to_o repent_v etc._n etc._n object_n if_o god_n providence_n be_v immutable_a theodoret._n quomodò_fw-la paenitentia_fw-la cadat_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la qui_fw-la sva_fw-la praescientia_fw-la regit_fw-la universa_fw-la theodoret._n how_o be_v it_o then_o say_v that_o he_o repent_v he_o of_o the_o evil_n denounce_v against_o nineveh_n and_o do_v it_o not_o jon._n 3.10_o this_o seem_v a_o harsh_a phrase_n and_o strange_a speech_n that_o god_n shall_v repent_v and_o change_v his_o mind_n who_o be_v immutable_a the_o strength_n of_o israel_n will_v not_o lie_v nor_o repent_v 1_o sam._n 15.19_o for_o he_o be_v not_o as_o a_o man_n that_o he_o shall_v lie_v nor_o as_o the_o son_n of_o man_n that_o he_o shall_v repent_v how_o then_o can_v repentance_n be_v attribute_v to_o he_o who_o by_o his_o foreknowledge_n govern_v all_o thing_n yet_o that_o he_o may_v at_o least_o seem_v to_o repent_v this_o place_n prove_v and_o gen._n 6.6_o moses_n tell_v we_o that_o when_o god_n see_v that_o the_o whole_a frame_n of_o man_n heart_n be_v altogether_o evil_a and_o that_o continual_o it_o even_o repent_v he_o that_o he_o have_v make_v man_n upon_o the_o earth_n and_o grieve_v he_o at_o the_o heart_n and_o so_o concern_v saul_n 15.11_o 1_o sam._n 15.11_o god_n tell_v samuel_n that_o it_o repent_v he_o that_o he_o have_v make_v he_o king_n the_o learned_a say_v bernard_n resp_n haec_fw-la habet_fw-la omne_fw-la deus_fw-la per_fw-la effectum_fw-la non_fw-la per_fw-la naturam_fw-la bernard_n that_o these_o affection_n of_o anger_n and_o grief_n sorrow_n repentance_n etc._n etc._n be_v not_o proper_o in_o god_n of_o their_o own_o nature_n but_o only_o their_o effect_n anger_n proper_o be_v not_o in_o god_n fury_n be_v not_o in_o i_o isa_n 27.4_o but_o revenge_n a_o effect_n of_o anger_n be_v in_o god_n for_o a_o man_n that_o be_v anger_v be_v desirous_a to_o be_v satisfy_v and_o to_o wreak_v himself_o upon_o he_o that_o have_v provoke_v he_o the_o passion_n of_o anger_n be_v not_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n but_o the_o effect_n be_v vengeance_n be_v i_o i_o will_v repay_v it_o say_v the_o lord_n so_o repentance_n be_v not_o proper_o in_o god_n but_o the_o effect_n of_o repentance_n be_v which_o be_v the_o change_n of_o something_o former_o do_v or_o at_o least_o determine_v a_o sudden_a change_n or_o alteration_n of_o that_o which_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v continue_v and_o establish_v as_o for_o that_o place_n gen._n 6._o ult_n subita_fw-la dispensationis_fw-la mutatio_fw-la paenitetnia_fw-la dei_fw-la dicitur_fw-la rerum_fw-la subejus_fw-la potestate_fw-la constiturarum_fw-la hominibus_fw-la inopinata_fw-la mutatio_fw-la immutabili_fw-la praescientia_fw-la manente_fw-la divinâ_fw-la aug._n lib._n 17._o de_fw-la civit._fw-la dei_fw-la haec_fw-la quidem_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la humanitùs_fw-la intelliguntuur_fw-la autem_fw-la ut_fw-la deo_fw-la convenit_fw-la deus_fw-la enim_fw-la ad_fw-la capio_fw-la nostrum_fw-la se_fw-la demittens_fw-la se_fw-la talem_fw-la nobis_fw-la figurat_fw-la non_fw-la qualis_fw-la in_o se_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la qâ—aliâ—_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la sentitur_fw-la buc._n loc_fw-la come_v ut_fw-la intellectus_fw-la noster_fw-la immaterialitèr_fw-la intelligit_fw-la materialia_fw-la ita_fw-la deus_fw-la immutabiliter_fw-la vult_fw-la mutabilia_fw-la lyra._n dictum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la hominem_fw-la quem_fw-la priùs_fw-la creaverat_fw-la delere_fw-la stavit_fw-la tanquam_fw-la si_fw-la paenituisset_fw-la facti_fw-la junius_n ad_fw-la gen._n 6._o maimon_n in_o jesu-dei_a hatrorah_n cap._n 1_o sect._n 11_o 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aristot._n ethic._n nicom_n 7._o cap._n ult_n it_o repent_v i_o to_o have_v make_v man_n the_o meaning_n be_v i_o purpose_v short_o to_o destroy_v he_o and_o it_o repent_v i_o that_o i_o have_v make_v 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