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that_o whether_o thou_o sin_v or_o sin_v not_o it_o will_v be_v without_o necessity_n because_o god_n foreknow_v it_o to_o be_v future_a without_o necessity_n and_o so_o it_o must_v be_v god_n foreknowledge_n therefore_o do_v not_o oppose_v or_o take_v away_o contingency_n or_o liberty_n from_o second_o cause_n but_o establish_v they_o it_o do_v not_o press_v upon_o the_o will_v a_o necessity_n of_o future_a act_n but_o only_o extend_v its_o notice_n to_o all_o her_o future_a motion_n which_o be_v free_a and_o it_o suppose_v they_o to_o be_v such_o and_o therefore_o although_o the_o futurition_n of_o thing_n be_v necessary_a upon_o god_n foreknowledge_n yet_o that_o necessity_n be_v not_o effective_a but_o only_o illative_a the_o thing_n foreknow_v be_v suppose_v to_o have_v a_o be_v before_o and_o not_o to_o derive_v their_o be_v from_o that_o foreknowledge_n ideo_fw-la enim_fw-la quia_fw-la ponuntur_fw-la res_fw-la esse_fw-la anselm_n ibid._n anselm_n dicuntur_fw-la ex_fw-la 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