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say_v what_o his_o covenant_n promise_n mercy_n justice_n equity_n wisdom_n oblige_v he_o to_o do_v or_o what_o be_v reconcileable_a with_o all_o these_o without_o intere_v his_o absolute_a power_n or_o omnipotence_n in_o it_o and_o that_o obstinate_a sinner_n do_v actual_o resist_v and_o frustrate_v all_o the_o method_n that_o be_v use_v by_o he_o §_o 73._o of_o the_o manner_n of_o s._n augustine_n assert_v prescience_n i_o need_v not_o far_o insist_v then_o that_o by_o prescience_n the_o express_a word_n of_o that_o period_n i_o produce_v he_o will_v have_v it_o reconcile_v with_o the_o free_a will_n of_o man_n which_o if_o all_o will_v do_v there_o be_v little_o more_o to_o be_v require_v of_o they_o yet_o because_o you_o have_v endeavour_v to_o take_v off_o the_o force_n of_o s._n augustine_n word_n and_o from_o vives_n word_n on_o chapter_n ix_o quod_fw-la si_fw-la indignum_fw-la etc._n etc._n dicamus_fw-la à _fw-la providentia_fw-la voluntateque_fw-la dei_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la prosicisci_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la statuere_fw-la quod_fw-la futurum_fw-la sit_fw-la scientiam_fw-la quod_fw-la volunt_fw-la as_o statuerit_fw-la nosse_fw-la to_o draw_v he_o to_o calvin_n sense_n i_o shall_v read_v over_o that_o ix_o chapter_n both_o text_n and_o comment_n and_o give_v you_o some_o passage_n out_o of_o it_o in_o the_o text_n 1._o that_o they_o be_v much_o more_o tolerable_a that_o bring_v in_o syderea_fw-la fata_fw-la a_o fatality_n depend_v on_o the_o star_n than_o they_o which_o take_v away_o praescientiam_fw-la futurorum_fw-la foreknowledge_n of_o future_n and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o most_o open_a madness_n confiteri_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o negare_fw-la praescium_fw-la futurorum_fw-la to_o confess_v god_n and_o to_o deny_v his_o prescience_n 2._o nos_fw-la ut_fw-la confitemur_fw-la summum_fw-la &_o verum_fw-la deum_fw-la it_o a_o voluntatem_fw-la summamque_fw-la potestatem_fw-la &_o praescientiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la consitemur_fw-la nec_fw-la timemus_fw-la ne_fw-la ideò_fw-la voluntate_fw-la non_fw-la faciamus_fw-la quod_fw-la voluntate_fw-la facimus_fw-la quia_fw-la id_fw-la nos_fw-la facturos_fw-la esse_fw-la praescivit_fw-la cujus_fw-la praescientia_fw-la falli_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la as_o we_o confess_v the_o supreme_a and_o true_a god_n so_o we_o confess_v his_o will_n and_o supreme_a power_n and_o prescience_n neither_o do_v we_o scare_v lest_o we_o shall_v not_o do_v voluntary_o what_o we_o do_v voluntary_o because_o he_o foresee_v it_o who_o prescience_n can_v be_v deceive_v make_v it_o the_o heathen_a fear_n of_o cicero_n which_o now_o be_v you_o lest_o the_o infallibility_n of_o the_o prescience_n shall_v impose_v necessity_n and_o frustrate_a law_n exhortation_n etc._n etc._n 3._o nos_fw-la adversus_fw-la sacrilegos_fw-la ausus_fw-la &_o deum_fw-la dicimus_fw-la omne_fw-la scire_fw-la antequam_fw-la fiant_fw-la mark_v omne_fw-la &_o voluntate_fw-la nos_fw-la facere_fw-la etc._n etc._n contrary_n to_o the_o dare_n of_o 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tantum_fw-la valent_fw-la quantum_fw-la deus_fw-la eas_fw-la
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