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to_o be_v not_o of_o god_n will_n as_o st._n austin_n de_fw-la haeresibus_fw-la affirm_v hermes_n to_o have_v think_v the_o ineffable_a word_n to_o be_v filius_fw-la benedicti_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o bonae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la the_o son_n of_o the_o bless_a god_n and_o his_o good_a will_n upon_o which_o st._n austin_n thus_o flout_v the_o pagan_a quaerebas_fw-la pagane_n conjugem_fw-la dei_fw-la audi_fw-la mercurium_fw-la abjiciatur_fw-la quaeso_fw-la ex_fw-la cord_n tuo_fw-la impura_fw-la pravitas_fw-la conjux_fw-la dei_fw-la bona_fw-la voluntas_fw-la est_fw-la thou_o demand_v of_o what_o wife_n god_n beget_v his_o son_n let_v mercury_n answer_v thou_o cast_v i_o pray_v thou_o impure_a pravity_n out_o of_o thy_o heart_n the_o wife_n of_o god_n be_v his_o own_o good_a will_n of_o that_o he_o beget_v his_o son_n in_o the_o express_n of_o who_o eternal_a generation_n though_o the_o gentile_n speak_v not_o by_o rule_n as_o we_o do_v yet_o they_o blunder_v out_o our_o sense_n and_o 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bosom_n of_o god_n he_o have_v reveal_v he_o hermes_n proceed_v because_o therefore_o he_o produce_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d first_o and_o one_o and_o alone_o and_o because_o he_o be_v please_v in_o his_o sight_n and_o full_a of_o grace_n of_o all_o true_o good_a thing_n he_o sanctify_v he_o and_o love_v he_o exceed_o as_o his_o own_o proper_a son_n upon_o which_o st._n austin_n have_v this_o observation_n quem_fw-la primò_fw-la factum_fw-la dixit_fw-la post_n à _fw-la unigenitum_fw-la appellavit_fw-la augustin_n de_fw-fr 5._o haeresibus_fw-la he_o who_o before_o he_o say_v god_n make_v he_o afterward_o call_v his_o son_n and_o beget_v this_o son_n of_o god_n trismegistus_n as_o he_o be_v there_o quote_v by_o lactantius_n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la religione_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 6._o style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n workman_n and_o sibyl_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n counsellor_n because_o by_o his_o council_n and_o hand_n he_o frame_v the_o world_n these_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v a_o certain_a ineffable_a word_n of_o wisdom_n of_o that_o lord_n of_o all_o of_o who_o we_o have_v preoccupation_n or_o preconception_n which_o to_o expressis_fw-la above_o the_o power_n of_o man_n this_o ineffable_a word_n zeno_n assert_n to_o be_v the_o maker_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n id._n ib._n cap._n 9_o item_n tertual_a apolog_fw-la contragentes_fw-la cap._n 21._o apud_fw-la vestros_fw-la quoque_fw-la sapientes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la sermonem_fw-la atque_fw-la rationem_fw-la constat_fw-la artificem_fw-la videri_fw-la universitatis_fw-la hunc_fw-la enim_fw-la zeno_n determinat_fw-la factorem_fw-la qui_fw-la cuncta_fw-la in_o dispositione_n formaverit_fw-la etc._n etc._n §_o 3._o now_o that_o he_o who_o be_v this_o light_n of_o light_n this_o god-born_a of_o the_o essence_n of_o his_o father_n before_o all_o world_n be_v in_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o wise_a heathen_n to_o become_v man_n for_o 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