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manicheism_n and_o bardesanism_n with_o two_o say_n of_o the_o right_n reverend_a father_n in_o god_n john_n davenant_n bishop_n of_o salisbury_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o god_n love_n to_o mankind_n the_o one_o pag._n 73._o if_o any_o shall_v go_v about_o to_o set_v man_n will_n at_o liberty_n and_o to_o tie_v up_o short_a the_o decree_a and_o determine_v will_n of_o god_n as_o if_o this_o have_v not_o the_o determine_a stroke_n among_o all_o possible_a evil_a action_n or_o event_n which_o shall_v infallible_o be_v and_o which_o shall_v infallible_o not_o be_v he_o may_v avoid_v the_o suspicion_n of_o stoicism_n or_o manicheism_n but_o he_o will_v hardly_o avoid_v the_o suspicion_n of_o atheism_n for_o the_o great_a number_n of_o man_n action_n be_v wicked_a and_o evil_a if_o these_o come_v into_o act_n without_o god_n determinate_a counsel_n and_o decree_n humane_a affair_n be_v more_o overrule_v by_o man_n will_n than_o by_o go_n the_o other_o pag._n 97._o if_o any_o writer_n among_o 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aright_o of_o god_n and_o his_o attribute_n in_o any_o thing_n than_o that_o in_o some_o thing_n they_o shall_v judge_v amiss_o of_o they_o but_o that_o any_o upon_o who_o the_o light_n of_o the_o gospel_n do_v shine_v shall_v be_v so_o absurd_o impious_a be_v marvellous_a yet_o that_o socinus_n be_v of_o this_o mind_n be_v not_o deny_v by_o any_o his_o word_n be_v plain_a praelec_fw-la cap._n 11._o cum_fw-la igitur_fw-la nulla_fw-la ratio_fw-la nullus_fw-la sacrarum_fw-la literarum_fw-la locus_fw-la sit_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la aperte_fw-la colligi_fw-la possit_fw-la deum_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la fiunt_fw-la scivisse_fw-la antequam_fw-la fierent_fw-la concludendum_fw-la est_fw-la minime_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la asserendam_fw-la esse_fw-la istam_fw-la dei_fw-la praescientiam_fw-la praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la &_o rationes_fw-la non_fw-la paucae_fw-la &_o sacra_fw-la testimonia_fw-la non_fw-la desint_fw-la unde_fw-la eam_fw-la plane_n negandam_fw-la esse_fw-la appareat_fw-la of_o the_o same_o mind_n be_v his_o scholar_n smalcius_n dis._n 12._o de_fw-la causa_fw-la peccati_fw-la in_o thes._n 3._o as_o also_o crellius_n lib._n de_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o attr._n cap._n 24._o pag._n 201_o 204_o 212._o this_o be_v a_o error_n against_o which_o we_o have_v as_o many_o argument_n as_o there_o be_v prophecy_n in_o the_o old_a or_o new_a testament_n and_o have_v we_o no_o prophecy_n yet_o from_o reason_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o prove_v that_o god_n be_v not_o god_n if_o he_o do_v not_o foreknow_v all_o futurity_n confiteri_fw-la esse_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o negare_fw-la praescium_fw-la â—uturorum_fw-la apertissima_fw-la insania_fw-la est_fw-la sai_z s._n augustine_n it_o be_v a_o manifest_a madness_n to_o acknowledge_v a_o god_n and_o to_o deny_v his_o prescience_n so_o manifest_a a_o madness_n that_o the_o remonstrant_n who_o be_v wont_a to_o follow_v socinus_n in_o many_o of_o hâ—s_a error_n do_v forsake_v he_o in_o this_o episcopius_n himself_o though_o he_o profess_v that_o be_v it_o not_o for_o the_o irrefragable_a authority_n of_o divine_a prediction_n he_o shall_v incline_v to_o the_o opinion_n of_o they_o who_o deny_v prescience_n add_v that_o if_o prescience_n of_o humane_a action_n be_v not_o attribute_v to_o god_n we_o may_v the_o more_o easy_o rid_v ourselves_o of_o sundry_a difficulty_n that_o occur_v concern_v the_o divine_a providence_n yet_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o divine_a prediction_n he_o be_v content_a to_o let_v god_n have_v his_o knowledge_n of_o thing_n future_a but_o it_o be_v but_o tantisper_fw-la dum_fw-la res_fw-la clarius_fw-la liqueat_fw-la vid._n beverovicium_fw-la de_fw-la termino_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la pag._n 81._o so_o as_o with_o episcopius_n it_o be_v but_o a_o probationer_n attribute_n and_o shall_v be_v dismiss_v if_o a_o answer_n can_v be_v find_v out_o for_o that_o argument_n draw_v from_o divine_a prediction_n or_o prophecy_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n he_o have_v most_o plain_o determine_v in_o the_o four_o book_n of_o his_o institution_n cap._n 18_o that_o it_o be_v not_o
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