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excitat_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la minime_fw-la suspicati_fw-la fuerant_fw-la cominaeus_n in_o fine_a lib._n 10._o 10._o componan_n ergo_fw-la illius_fw-la accrbitates_fw-la ac_fw-la dolores_fw-la quos_fw-la pertulit_fw-la ante_fw-la mortem_fw-la â—um_fw-la ijs_fw-la malis_fw-la &_o incommodis_fw-la quibus_fw-la alios_fw-la affecit_fw-la magnitudine_fw-la quidem_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la differunt_fw-la ac_fw-la longè_fw-la aliud_fw-la etiam_fw-la fuit_fw-la ipsius_fw-la munus_fw-la verùm_fw-la quò_fw-la prosperiori_fw-la fuit_fw-la usus_fw-la fortuna_fw-la &_o quò_fw-la major_n extitit_fw-la ejus_fw-la per_fw-la omnem_fw-la europam_fw-la authoritas_fw-la eo_fw-la quoque_fw-la vehementiùs_fw-la fuit_fw-la afâ—ictus_fw-la dum_fw-la praeter_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o naturam_fw-la aliquid_fw-la perferre_fw-la coactus_fw-la est_fw-la ineo_fw-la quem_fw-la diximus_fw-la eremica_fw-la summam_fw-la perpetuò_fw-la spem_fw-la habebat_fw-la ac_fw-la subinde_fw-la missis_fw-la nuncijs_fw-la interpellabat_fw-la eum_fw-la ut_fw-la vitam_fw-la sibi_fw-la produceret_fw-la nam_fw-la etsi_fw-la res_fw-la svas_fw-la quasi_fw-la jam_fw-la moriturus_fw-la constituerat_fw-la tamen_fw-la redintegrato_fw-la animo_fw-la sperabat_fw-la se_fw-la posse_fw-la evadere_fw-la cominaeus_n lib._n 10._o in_o initio_fw-la initio_fw-la medico_n svo_fw-la menstruum_fw-la dabat_fw-la stipendium_fw-la ut_fw-la suprâ—_n quoque_fw-la diximus_fw-la decem_fw-la aureorum_fw-la millia_fw-la nec_fw-la id_fw-la modò_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la ambianensem_fw-la ejus_fw-la nepoti_fw-la &_o munerae_fw-la publica_fw-la multa_fw-la largiebatur_fw-la ejus_fw-la propinquis_fw-la &_o amiciss_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la medice_fw-la tam_fw-la erat_fw-la verbis_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la asper_fw-la &_o durus_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la supra_fw-la valde_fw-la igitur_fw-la eum_fw-la rex_fw-la metuebat_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la suos_fw-la familiares_fw-la de_fw-fr illine_a asperitate_fw-la 〈◊〉_d saepe_fw-la querebatur_fw-la neque_fw-la tamen_fw-la andebat_fw-la eum_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la dimittere_fw-la ibid._n mortem_fw-la nullus_fw-la unquam_fw-la vehâ—mâ—ntius_fw-la exhorruit_fw-la nâ—mo_fw-la etiam_fw-la majori_fw-la study_v &_o ratione_fw-la de_fw-la remediis_fw-la unquam_fw-la cogitavit_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la familiaribus_fw-la suis_fw-la per_fw-la omnem_fw-la vitam_fw-la &_o mihi_fw-la quoque_fw-la saepenumerò_fw-la mandaverat_fw-la sâ—_n quando_fw-la ipsum_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la necessitatate_fw-la positum_fw-la esse_fw-la conspiceremus_fw-la ut_fw-la nulla_fw-la prorsuo_fw-la factâ—_n mentione_n mortis_fw-la ad_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la expiationem_fw-la solummodo_fw-la adhortaremur_fw-la ac_fw-la videbatur_fw-la essenâ—nc_fw-la temporis_fw-la molliori_fw-la animo_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la adeò_fw-la duram_fw-la sententiam_fw-la audiret_fw-la ibidem_fw-la jpse_fw-la dâ—os_fw-la gaâ—â—â—â—_n principes_fw-la dâ—cem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o câ—â—nest_a ablium_n capite_fw-la muâ—ctaverâ—_n &_o quod_fw-la alterum_fw-la nâ—â—usset_a jam_fw-la cum_fw-la esset_fw-la moriturâ—â—_n ipsum_fw-la punituit_fw-la et_fw-la quem_fw-la adâ—â—â—dum_fw-la illis_fw-la per_fw-la homines_fw-la delectos_fw-la denunciatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la supplicium_fw-la paneis_fw-la verbis_fw-la &_o breve_fw-la temporis_fw-la spaâ—ium_fw-la quo_fw-la de_fw-la solu_fw-la to_o sua_fw-la statuerent_fw-la concessum_fw-la ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la plane_n modum_fw-la isti_fw-la nulla_fw-la verborum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d circuitione_n cum_fw-la ei_fw-la praesignificarent_fw-la mortem_fw-la ut_fw-la officio_fw-la nostro_fw-la satisfaciamus_fw-la aiâ—bantâ—res_fw-la ipsa_fw-la postulat_fw-la spem_fw-la nullam_fw-la dâ—inceps_fw-la collocare_fw-la debes_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o eremita_n vel_fw-la in_o quovis_fw-la alio_fw-la nam_fw-la actum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la te_fw-la prorsus_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n carceres_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ravit_fw-la horrendos_fw-la &_o valde_fw-la tetros_fw-la nempe_fw-la caveas_fw-la aliquot_fw-la partim_fw-la ferreas_fw-la partim_fw-la ligneas_fw-la ferreis_n laminibus_fw-la coopertas_fw-la latitudine_fw-la octo_fw-la pedum_fw-la &_o altitudine_fw-la paulo_fw-la majori_fw-la quam_fw-la est_fw-la staturae_fw-la hominis_fw-la excogitâ—verat_fw-la hanc_fw-la rationem_fw-la cardinalis_fw-la baluensis_n &_o in_o kam_n quae_fw-la primum_fw-la perfecta_fw-la fuit_fw-la inclusus_fw-la est_fw-la ipse_fw-la perque_fw-la totos_fw-la quatuordecim_fw-la annos_fw-la detentus_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n et_fw-la sicut_fw-la per_fw-la ipsius_fw-la imperium_fw-la carceres_fw-la illi_fw-la funesti_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la inventi_fw-la ad_fw-la eunden_a plane_n modum_fw-la ipse_fw-la quoque_fw-la ante_fw-la mortem_fw-la consimilibus_fw-la omninâ—_n vinculis_fw-la sese_fw-la induit_fw-la inque_fw-la majori_fw-la versabatur_fw-la metu_fw-la quam_fw-la illi_fw-la quos_fw-la aliquando_fw-la captivos_fw-la detinuerat_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ingrediendum_fw-la erat_fw-la omnibus_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la per_fw-la patentem_fw-la portam_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la parunlun_fw-la ostium_fw-la &_o praeter_fw-la paucos_fw-la aliquot_fw-la familiares_fw-la quorun_v erat_fw-la opera_fw-la necessaria_fw-la nemo_fw-la quisquam_fw-la nisi_fw-la voluntate_fw-la ipsius_fw-la introibat_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la hierocles_n in_o haec_fw-la aurea_fw-la pythagorae_n carmina_fw-la mortales_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la deus_fw-la mittentibus_fw-la angunt_fw-la ut_fw-la tua_fw-la sor_n tulerit_fw-la patiâ—â—â—_n ne_o far_o recust_n nec_fw-la speranda_fw-la medela_fw-la tamen_fw-la sed_fw-la novis_fw-la &_o istud_fw-la parcius_fw-la ista_fw-la viris_fw-la immittere_fw-la numina_fw-la justis_fw-la multos_fw-la ipse_fw-la per_fw-la omnem_fw-la vitam_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la metu_fw-la et_fw-la solicitudine_fw-la excruciaverat_fw-la &_o nunc_fw-la ecce_fw-la videmus_fw-la â—un_v ad_fw-la conâ—imilem_fw-la plane_n modum_fw-la affligi_fw-la cui_fw-la enim_fw-la se_fw-la committat_fw-la qui_fw-la liberis_fw-la etiam_fw-la suis_fw-la &_o genero_fw-la fidem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la haec_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsum_fw-la modò_fw-la pertineat_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la choose_fw-la omnes_fw-la principes_fw-la qui_fw-la metui_fw-la volunt_fw-la qua_fw-la quidem_fw-la in_o re_fw-la quanta_fw-la sit_fw-la servitus_fw-la quum_fw-la ad_fw-la senectuten_v pervenerunt_fw-la tunc_fw-la demum_fw-la aperte_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la quiae_fw-la coguntur_fw-la inuicem_fw-la plurimos_fw-la formidare_fw-la com._n ibid._n ibid._n borbonius_n &_o comes_n dunensis_n legatos_fw-la flandriae_n qui_fw-la nuptius_fw-la deiphâ—â—_n interfueâ—ant_fw-la ambosae_fw-la honoris_fw-la causa_fw-la quod_fw-la fieri_fw-la solet_fw-la deduxerant_fw-la vbi_fw-la plessium_n revertissent_fw-la magno_fw-la cum_fw-la comitatu_fw-la è_fw-la stipatorum_fw-la &_o satellitum_fw-la suorum_fw-la praefectis_fw-la quendam_fw-la accersit_fw-la &_o explorare_fw-la jubet_fw-la a_o essent_fw-la armaâ—isub_fw-la veste_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la dissimulanter_fw-la faceret_fw-la mandat_fw-la intereà _fw-la dum_fw-la familiariter_fw-la cum_fw-la iis_fw-la loquor_fw-la com._n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la exod._n 1._o 15._o etc._n etc._n etc._n 1_o king_n 21._o 19_o 19_o 1_o kin._n 22._o 18._o 18._o 1_o king_n 21._o 8._o 2_o kin._n 9_o 33._o 33._o 2_o king_n 9_o 34._o 34._o ibidem_fw-la vide_fw-la thuanum_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la lib._n 20._o 20._o see_v the_o 1._o king_n 21._o 24._o and_o 2_o king_n 9_o 26._o etc._n etc._n etc._n 2_o sam._n 16._o 21._o 2_o sam._n 12._o 12_o saint_n paul_n acknowledge_v his_o consent_n unto_o saint_n stephen_n death_n either_o as_o express_o give_v by_o he_o or_o as_o include_v in_o his_o willingness_n to_o keep_v the_o garment_n of_o such_o as_o stone_v he_o to_o death_n death_n act_n 14._o 5_o 6._o act_n 22._o 20._o and_o when_o the_o blood_n of_o thy_o martyr_n stephen_n be_v shed_v i_o also_o be_v stand_v by_o and_o consent_v unto_o his_o death_n and_o keep_v the_o raiment_n of_o they_o that_o slay_v he_o he_o vide_fw-la thuanum_fw-la thuanum_fw-la pausanias_n in_o achaic_n lib._n 7._o p._n 425._o 425._o dubravius_n in_o histor_n boem_n boem_n inâ—_n à _fw-la breve_fw-la igitur_fw-la tempus_fw-la vaâ—cuâ—um_fw-la divi_z wenceslai_n compictum_fw-la fuit_fw-la vaticinantis_fw-la â—o_z e_z ut_fw-la à _fw-la discessu_fw-la svo_fw-la aâ—â—â—â—m_fw-la pauli_n presbyteri_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la vacuum_fw-la redderetur_fw-la coâ—â—eptus_fw-la inter_fw-la precipuos_fw-la ad_fw-la supplicium_fw-la podivivus_fw-la quoque_fw-la totum_fw-la biennium_fw-la in_o furcâ_fw-la sub_fw-la dio_fw-mi pendena_fw-la nulla_fw-la tabe_fw-la violati_fw-la nedum_fw-la corrumpi_fw-la consiciâ—ue_fw-la potuit_fw-la donec_fw-la post_fw-la haustam_fw-la terrae_fw-la hiatu_fw-la drahomâ—â—m_fw-la sepeliretur_fw-la nam_fw-la quo_fw-la manifestior_fw-la graviorque_fw-la paena_fw-la appareret_fw-la quae_fw-la merito_fw-la de_fw-la crudelissima_fw-la atque_fw-la impiissima_fw-la muliere_fw-la exigenda_fw-la fuerat_fw-la eo_fw-la loci_fw-la quo_fw-la adhuc_fw-la insepulta_fw-la jacebant_fw-la ossa_fw-la occisorum_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la terra_fw-la sua_fw-la sponte_fw-la dehiscens_fw-la vivam_fw-la dâ—ahomiram_n una_fw-la cum_fw-la curiu_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la simul_fw-la vehebantur_fw-la absorbuit_fw-la auriga_fw-la solo_fw-la incolumi_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la aran_a juxta_fw-la sitam_fw-la nune_fw-la haud_fw-la extat_fw-la equo_fw-la desiliens_fw-la accurrit_fw-la eum_fw-la sort_n tintinnabulum_fw-la tinnire_fw-la audisset_fw-la ut_fw-la corpus_fw-la domini_fw-la adoraret_fw-la execrante_fw-la illum_fw-la drahomira_n on_o nibus_fw-la maledictis_fw-la quare_fw-la locum_fw-la eum_fw-la etiamnum_fw-la ut_fw-la execratum_fw-la funeslumâ—ue_fw-la declinant_fw-la viatores_fw-la qui_fw-la arcem_fw-la pragensem_fw-la ab_fw-la occidentali_fw-la plaga_fw-la petunt_fw-la quar_fw-la quam_fw-la terra_fw-la eodem_fw-la loci_fw-la in_o statum_fw-la pristinum_fw-la cohaeserit_fw-la puniti_fw-la &_o illi_fw-la divinitus_fw-la qui_fw-la boleslaum_n assectati_fw-la gladios_fw-la etiam_fw-la suos_fw-la adversus_fw-la divum_fw-la wenceslaum_fw-la strinxerunt_fw-la pars_fw-la enim_fw-la eorum_fw-la ment_fw-la alienata_fw-la in_fw-la rabiemâ—ue_fw-la versa_fw-la praecipites_fw-la ex_fw-la alto_fw-mi deorsum_fw-la se_fw-la dabant_fw-la quidam_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la gladios_fw-la quos_fw-la nudaverant_fw-la incubuere_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la templi_fw-la paries_fw-la quem_fw-la prâ—pe_fw-la occisus_fw-la fuit_fw-la divus_o wenceslaus_n velut_fw-la caedis_fw-la ipse_fw-la quoque_fw-la conscius_fw-la aut_fw-la potius_fw-la ut_fw-la testis_fw-la foret_fw-la sceletis_fw-la sempiterni_fw-la nulla_fw-la ullius_fw-la opera_fw-la abstergi_fw-la eluiâ—ue_fw-la potuit_fw-la à _fw-la cruore_fw-la quo_fw-la respersus_fw-la ex_fw-la corpore_fw-la divi_z wenceslai_n fuerat_fw-la haec_fw-la tandem_fw-la tot_fw-la prodigia_fw-la tamâ—ue_fw-la varia_fw-la supplicia_fw-la boleslaum_n exterruerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la mitius_fw-la deinceps_fw-la cum_fw-la christianis_fw-la agere_fw-la saevitiamâ—ue_fw-la svam_fw-la adversus_fw-la illos_fw-la remittere_fw-la inciperet_fw-la dubravin_n in_o histor_n boem_n lib._n 5._o p._n 40._o 40._o see_v the_o treatise_n of_o the_o original_n of_o atheism_n &_o idolatry_n chap._n 17._o parag_n 10._o 10._o chap._n 26._o 26._o 2_o king_n 18._o 15_o &_o 17_o isaiah_n 36._o 2._o isaiah_n 37._o 33_o 33_o 1_o king_n 14._o 1_o 2._o 2._o vers_fw-la 5._o etc._n etc._n etc._n verse_n 17._o 17._o hac_fw-la vero_fw-la arte_fw-la conjurati_fw-la in_o georgij_fw-la cubiculum_fw-la irruperunt_fw-la marcus_n antonius_n ferrarius_fw-la castal_n do_v ab_fw-la epistolis_fw-la homo_fw-la prostitutae_fw-la audacia_fw-la jam_fw-la abaliquo_fw-la tempore_fw-la tantam_fw-la cum_fw-la georgio_n familiaritatem_fw-la contraxerat_fw-la dum_fw-la se_fw-la berum_fw-la prodâ—re_fw-la simulat_fw-la ut_fw-la cubiculorijs_fw-la ejus_fw-la proptereà _fw-la factus_fw-la notiâ—r_fw-la quavis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la ipsum_fw-la admiteretur_fw-la thuanus_n lib._n 9_o 9_o and_o so_o this_o assembly_n be_v discomfit_v every_o man_n take_v his_o near_a &_o safe_a way_n leave_v their_o master_n dead_a body_n to_o be_v a_o prey_n and_o spoil_v unbury_v it_o remain_v there_o many_o day_n above_o ground_n naked_a and_o without_o light_n there_o be_v not_o any_o who_o respect_v to_o cover_v or_o bury_v he_o be_v so_o stiff_o with_o cold_a that_o he_o seem_v as_o a_o man_n make_v out_o of_o marble_n have_v in_o his_o head_n breast_n and_o arm_n many_o wound_n upon_o which_o be_v yet_o remain_v the_o blood_n all_o freeze_v which_o to_o say_v true_o be_v a_o object_n worthy_a of_o compassion_n and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n it_o be_v execrable_a and_o enormous_a to_o see_v so_o great_a a_o personage_n so_o vild_o lest_o without_o burial_n by_o those_o who_o god_n know_v for_o what_o cause_n have_v practise_v his_o death_n martin_n fuâ—ee_v in_o his_o history_n of_o hungary_n book_n 4._o 4._o si_fw-mi natura_fw-la negat_fw-la facit_fw-la indignatio_fw-la versum_fw-la versum_fw-la behold_v now_o the_o end_n of_o the_o proud_a and_o insolent_a man_n in_o the_o world_n and_o the_o great_a and_o close_a tyrant_n that_o ever_o live_v god_n permit_v that_o he_o shall_v in_o that_o very_a place_n end_v his_o day_n which_o he_o have_v cause_v to_o be_v build_v upon_o the_o foundation_n of_o a_o ancient_a church_n and_o monastery_n of_o religious_a person_n which_o for_o that_o occasion_n he_o cause_v to_o be_v deface_v and_o pull_v down_o and_o for_o the_o ruin_n whereof_o his_o death_n be_v foretell_v unto_o he_o by_o the_o abbot_n of_o that_o place_n see_v the_o history_n of_o hungary_n in_o the_o place_n before_o cite_v see_v thuanus_n lib._n 9_o 9_o certain_o percusseres_fw-la georgij_fw-la post_fw-la ejus_fw-la necem_fw-la ad_fw-la unum_fw-la omnes_fw-la pâ—nas_fw-la dedisse_fw-la plerique_fw-la scripserunt_fw-la ac_fw-la sfortiam_fw-la quidem_fw-la diuturna_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la pejore_fw-la apud_fw-la turcos_n captivitate_fw-la moninum_fw-la vero_fw-la insubalpiâ—a_fw-la region_fw-la ad_fw-la germani_n fanum_fw-la cervice_fw-la abscissa_fw-la ferrarium_fw-la denique_fw-la qui_fw-la alexandria_n quae_fw-la ipsa_fw-la patria_fw-la erat_fw-la cardinalis_fw-la tridentini_n â—â—ssu_fw-la sexennio_fw-la post_fw-la securi_fw-la percussus_fw-la est_fw-la postremo_fw-la equitem_fw-la compegium_fw-la qui_fw-la huius_fw-la saeculi_fw-la anno_fw-la 62_o inter_fw-la venandum_fw-la in_o ferdinandi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la conspectu_fw-la apri_fw-la fulminio_fw-la dente_fw-la in_o bohemia_n discerptus_fw-la est_fw-la honestiori_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la minus_fw-la infortunata_fw-la morte_fw-la thuanus_n lib._n 9_o 9_o quidex_fw-la eo_fw-la sperandum_fw-la sit_fw-la satis_fw-la eum_fw-la docent_fw-la superiorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la exempla_fw-la acceptae_fw-la ad_fw-la nicopoliâ—_n &_o ad_fw-la varnam_n clades_fw-la absentesque_fw-la adhuc_fw-la â—â—â—ibus_fw-la caeserun_v christianorum_fw-la ad_fw-la 〈…〉_z busbeq_fw-fr epist_n 4._o
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issue_n of_o every_o possible_a change_n without_o any_o shadow_n of_o change_n or_o alteration_n in_o his_o thought_n or_o resolution_n which_o in_o he_o be_v not_o many_o but_o more_o true_o one_o infinity_n than_o any_o one_o think_v in_o we_o be_v one_o this_o disparity_n between_o the_o identity_n of_o his_o eternal_a knowledge_n and_o of_o his_o immutable_a freedom_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o our_o understanding_n or_o intellectual_a choice_n i_o can_v yet_o better_v represent_v than_o by_o the_o etc._n former_a disparity_n between_o the_o circle_n and_o many_o side_v figure_n man_n pure_a intellectual_a thought_n or_o actual_a choice_n be_v in_o the_o contemplative_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o angle_n be_v in_o many_o side_v figure_n all_o as_o different_a each_o from_o other_o as_o one_o angle_n be_v from_o another_o in_o a_o quadrangle_n and_o every_o one_o be_v as_o distinct_a from_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o soul_n wherein_o they_o be_v as_o angle_n in_o a_o 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or_o success_n be_v as_o immediate_o ascribe_v to_o the_o creator_n by_o the_o prophet_n as_o the_o first_o creation_n of_o all_o thing_n with_o the_o reason_n why_o they_o be_v so_o ascribe_v 1_o from_o the_o forementioned_a hundred_o and_o four_o psalm_n which_o be_v no_o other_o than_o a_o sweet_a paraphrase_n upon_o the_o six_o day_n work_n of_o creation_n and_o from_o the_o like_o prophetical_a emblazon_v of_o god_n glory_n which_o amount_v from_o consideration_n of_o his_o work_n the_o intelligent_a reader_n will_v inform_v himself_o that_o the_o continual_a rise_n and_o set_v of_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n their_o incessant_a diffusion_n of_o light_n through_o this_o visible_a world_n the_o perpetual_a ascent_n of_o spring_a water_n into_o the_o hill_n their_o continual_a decursion_n from_o they_o into_o the_o sea_n the_o limitation_n of_o the_o sea_n ebb_v and_o flow_v the_o daily_a growth_n of_o plant_n and_o vegetable_n the_o motion_n of_o live_a thing_n on_o
necessity_n be_v do_v and_o no_o man_n can_v do_v it_o by_o do_v evil_a see_v it_o be_v set_v only_o on_o that_o which_o be_v true_o good_a the_o punishment_n of_o such_o as_o continue_v to_o do_v evil_a be_v absolute_o necessary_a that_o be_v altogether_o as_o unavoidable_a as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v appoint_v to_o it_o from_o all_o eternity_n or_o create_v to_o no_o other_o end_n then_o that_o they_o may_v be_v punish_v for_o the_o punishment_n of_o evil_n be_v good_a and_o be_v for_o this_o reason_n a_o part_n of_o god_n will_n or_o rather_o a_o part_n of_o the_o object_n of_o his_o irresistible_a will_n or_o inviolable_a decree_n yet_o may_v we_o not_o say_v that_o god_n 1._o simple_o will_v evil_a or_o delight_v in_o punitive_a justice_n which_o he_o never_o will_v but_o upon_o supposal_n of_o evil_a desert_n in_o the_o creature_n as_o for_o the_o evil_n itself_o which_o deserve_v punishment_n that_o god_n be_v not_o say_v in_o true_a divinity_n to_o will_n at_o all_o either_o voluntate_fw-la signi_fw-la or_o beneplaciti_fw-la either_o by_o his_o secret_a or_o reveal_v or_o by_o his_o antecedent_n or_o consequent_a will_n for_o nothing_o be_v evil_a but_o that_o which_o swarve_v from_o or_o be_v contrary_n to_o the_o rule_n of_o goodness_n and_o other_o rule_n of_o goodness_n there_o be_v none_o beside_o god_n goodness_n nor_o do_v he_o will_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o consonant_a to_o his_o goodness_n so_o be_v not_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v true_o evil_a they_o which_o otherwise_o teach_v that_o god_n in_o any_o sort_n can_v will_v that_o which_o be_v moral_o evil_a have_v mighty_o forget_v the_o rule_n of_o logic_n for_o if_o nothing_o be_v evil_a but_o that_o which_o god_n will_v not_o have_v do_v than_o nothing_o which_o god_n will_v have_v do_v can_v be_v evil_a chap._n 18._o of_o the_o distinction_n of_o god_n will_v into_o antecedent_n and_o consequent_a of_o the_o explication_n and_o use_n of_o it_o 1_o god_n will_v be_v as_o all_o confess_v indivisible_a some_o there_o be_v which_o hold_v all_o distinction_n concern_v it_o no_o less_o unfitting_a than_o the_o division_n of_o christ_n seamlesse_a coat_n other_o mislike_v that_o distinction_n of_o his_o antecedent_n and_o consequent_a will_n and_o yet_o be_v content_a to_o distinguish_v his_o will_n into_o reveal_v and_o secret_a or_o into_o voluntatem_fw-la signi_fw-la &_o beneplaciti_fw-la the_o use_n notwithstanding_o of_o the_o first_o distinction_n of_o his_o antecedent_n and_o consequent_a will_n be_v most_o ancient_a warrant_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o chrysostom_n and_o well_o exemplify_v by_o damascene_fw-la and_o of_o this_o distinction_n i_o have_v make_v choice_n in_o other_o meditation_n as_o most_o commodious_a to_o my_o apprehension_n for_o resolve_v many_o problem_n arise_v out_o of_o prophetical_a and_o evangelicall_a passage_n concern_v the_o fulfil_n of_o god_n will_v in_o his_o threat_n or_o promise_n the_o ingenuous_a reader_n will_v not_o be_v so_o uncharitable_a or_o injurious_a towards_o chrysostom_n or_o damascene_fw-la as_o to_o suspect_v that_o either_o of_o they_o imagine_v two_o will_n in_o god_n unto_o which_o imputation_n they_o be_v more_o just_o liable_a which_o affect_v the_o distinction_n of_o god_n secret_a and_o reveal_v will_n or_o of_o voluntatis_fw-la signi_fw-la &_o beneplaciti_fw-la for_o every_o distinction_n of_o god_n will_n must_v be_v frame_v ex_fw-la parte_fw-la volitorum_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la volentis_fw-la in_o respect_n of_o the_o thing_n will_v not_o in_o respect_n of_o he_o that_o will_v they_o we_o must_v in_o charity_n and_o good_a manner_n permit_v chrysostom_n and_o damascene_fw-la that_o liberty_n of_o speech_n which_o we_o take_v ourselves_o now_o it_o be_v usual_a with_o all_o of_o we_o to_o attribute_v that_o verbo_fw-la tenus_fw-la unto_o the_o cause_n which_o real_o and_o proper_o belong_v only_o unto_o the_o effect_n or_o to_o denominate_v the_o intellectual_a faculty_n from_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o object_n to_o which_o it_o have_v reference_n as_o when_o we_o say_v the_o sun_n be_v hot_a the_o understanding_n be_v practic_a etc._n etc._n the_o meaning_n of_o those_o two_o good_a author_n who_o we_o follow_v in_o the_o use_n of_o the_o distinction_n of_o god_n antecedent_n or_o consequent_a will_n be_v this_o or_o the_o like_a that_o god_n by_o one_o and_o the_o same_o indivisible_a will_n may_v different_o affect_v or_o approve_v divers_a object_n according_a to_o the_o nature_n quality_n or_o degree_n of_o goodness_n contain_v in_o they_o and_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o the_o immensity_n or_o greatness_n of_o our_o god_n do_v not_o make_v his_o power_n or_o will_v to_o be_v unwieldy_a though_o he_o be_v in_o power_n true_o infinite_a yet_o he_o always_o work_v not_o according_a to_o the_o infinity_n of_o his_o power_n but_o ofttimes_o more_o gentle_o and_o placid_o than_o the_o weak_a or_o soft_a spirit_v of_o his_o reasonable_a creature_n can_v do_v though_o his_o will_n likewise_o be_v always_o irresistible_a yet_o be_v it_o not_o always_o so_o peremptory_o set_v on_o this_o or_o that_o particular_a object_n will_v by_o he_o as_o man_n will_n for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v the_o variety_n of_o particular_a object_n which_o he_o true_o will_v in_o different_a measure_n be_v much_o great_a than_o the_o wit_n of_o man_n can_v comprehend_v so_o be_v the_o liberty_n or_o variety_n of_o choice_n which_o he_o allow_v unto_o his_o creature_n much_o great_a than_o we_o can_v without_o grudge_v afford_v to_o such_o as_o have_v dependence_n on_o we_o some_o thing_n he_o will_v in_o the_o first_o place_n and_o direct_o though_o not_o so_o peremptory_o but_o that_o thing_n less_o will_v by_o he_o or_o contrary_a evil_n which_o he_o will_v not_o may_v get_v the_o start_n or_o take_v place_n of_o they_o in_o humane_a choice_n other_o thing_n he_o will_v in_o the_o second_o place_n or_o by_o consequence_n as_o in_o case_n that_o which_o in_o the_o first_o place_n he_o will_v be_v by_o abuse_n of_o man_n free_a will_n reject_v the_o former_a he_o be_v say_v to_o will_n by_o his_o antecedent_n will_v because_o the_o object_n will_v by_o he_o have_v antecedence_n or_o preeminence_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o beneplacitum_fw-la or_o acceptance_n the_o latter_a he_o be_v say_v to_o will_n by_o his_o consequent_a will_n that_o be_v not_o in_o the_o first_o place_n or_o direct_o but_o by_o consequent_a as_o suppose_v those_o object_n which_o he_o better_o approve_v to_o be_v neglect_v whatsoever_o be_v good_a in_o itself_o and_o good_a withal_o for_o a_o reasonable_a creature_n to_o make_v choice_n of_o that_o god_n be_v say_v to_o will_n by_o his_o antecedent_n will_v as_o the_o repentance_n of_o a_o sinner_n and_o the_o joyful_a fruit_n which_o the_o sinner_n shall_v reap_v by_o his_o penitency_n whatsoever_o in_o itself_o be_v not_o evil_a or_o contrary_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o goodness_n but_o evil_a to_o the_o reasonable_a creature_n which_o must_v suffer_v it_o as_o sickness_n death_n all_o kind_n of_o torture_n or_o calamity_n that_o god_n will_v only_o by_o his_o consequent_a will_n we_o may_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o he_o true_o will_v the_o death_n of_o obstinate_a sinner_n yet_o this_o he_o will_v by_o his_o consequent_a will_n their_o obstinacy_n in_o sin_n he_o will_v not_o at_o all_o for_o if_o he_o do_v he_o will_v not_o punish_v it_o for_o punishment_n be_v the_o necessary_a consequent_a of_o his_o will_n neglect_v both_o these_o branch_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o will_v which_o from_o the_o reference_n only_o which_o they_o have_v unto_o their_o different_a object_n we_o conceive_v to_o be_v two_o or_o divers_a be_v subordinate_a to_o his_o absolute_a and_o peremptory_a will_n which_o be_v that_o man_n shall_v have_v a_o liberty_n of_o do_v and_o not_o do_v those_o thing_n which_o in_o the_o first_o place_n he_o will_v or_o like_v better_a but_o be_v not_o this_o liberty_n of_o man_n a_o imperfection_n 2_o a_o issue_n though_o a_o blemish_n to_o youth_n and_o livelihood_n be_v ofttimes_o a_o good_a mean_a or_o principal_a cause_n of_o health_n to_o a_o unsound_a and_o crazy_a body_n so_o possibility_n of_o decline_v to_o evil_n albeit_o in_o itself_o a_o imperfection_n and_o not_o possible_o incident_a to_o eternal_a and_o immutable_a goodness_n be_v no_o way_n contrary_a to_o the_o participate_v actual_a goodness_n of_o the_o reasonable_a creature_n whereof_o it_o be_v a_o essential_a or_o constitutive_a part_n at_o the_o least_o a_o necessary_a ingredient_n or_o condition_n precedent_n to_o the_o constitution_n of_o it_o and_o imperfection_n with_o reference_n to_o this_o end_n may_v be_v the_o object_n of_o god_n antecedent_n will_v or_o part_n of_o that_o which_o in_o the_o first_o place_n he_o will_v and_o principal_o intend_v but_o inasmuch_o as_o actual_a evil_n be_v formal_o dissonant_n to_o
assure_o go_v forth_o unto_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n prince_n than_o thy_o soul_n shall_v live_v and_o this_o city_n shall_v not_o be_v burn_v with_o fire_n and_o thou_o shall_v live_v and_o thy_o house_n but_o if_o thou_o will_v not_o go_v forth_o to_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n prince_n then_o shall_v this_o city_n be_v give_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o chaldean_n and_o they_o shall_v burn_v it_o with_o fire_n and_o thou_o shall_v not_o escape_v out_o of_o their_o hand_n jer._n 38._o ver_fw-la 17_o 18_o and_o zedekiah_n the_o king_n say_v unto_o jeremiah_n i_o be_o afraid_a of_o the_o jew_n that_o be_v fall_v to_o the_o chaldean_n lest_o they_o deliver_v i_o into_o their_o hand_n and_o they_o mock_v i_o but_o jeremiah_n say_v they_o shall_v not_o deliver_v thou_o obey_v i_o beseech_v thou_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o i_o speak_v unto_o thou_o so_o it_o shall_v be_v well_o unto_o thou_o and_o thy_o soul_n shall_v live_v but_o if_o thou_o refuse_v to_o go_v forth_o this_o be_v the_o word_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v show_v i_o and_o behold_v all_o the_o woman_n that_o be_v leave_v in_o the_o king_n of_o judahs_n house_n shall_v be_v bring_v forth_o unto_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n prince_n and_o those_o woman_n shall_v say_v thy_o friend_n have_v set_v thou_o on_o and_o have_v prevail_v against_o thou_o thy_o foot_n be_v sink_v in_o the_o mire_n and_o they_o be_v turn_v away_o back_o so_o they_o shall_v bring_v out_o all_o thy_o wife_n and_o thy_o child_n to_o the_o chaldean_n and_o thou_o shall_v not_o escape_v out_o of_o their_o hand_n but_o shall_v be_v take_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n and_o thou_o shall_v cause_v this_o city_n to_o be_v burn_v with_o fire_n etc._n etc._n vers_fw-la 19_o 20_o 21_o 22_o 23._o 11_o this_o last_o neglect_n of_o god_n antecedent_n will_v so_o often_o reveal_v for_o his_o good_a procure_v the_o speedy_a execution_n of_o his_o consequent_a will_n without_o all_o possibility_n to_o avoid_v it_o not_o a_o title_n of_o jeremies_n or_o ezekiels_n pprophecy_n which_o his_o zedekiah_n politician_n seek_v to_o set_v at_o variance_n but_o be_v exact_o fulfil_v upon_o he_o and_o so_o be_v micahs_n pprophecy_n upon_o this_o city_n the_o manner_n how_o jeremies_n and_o ezekiels_n pprophecy_n which_o seem_v to_o contradict_v each_o other_o be_v both_o fulfil_v be_v admirable_a and_o may_v well_o move_v a_o man_n not_o well_o acquaint_v with_o the_o nature_n of_o prophecy_n and_o god_n special_a providence_n to_o think_v the_o fate_n have_v plot_v his_o ruin_n but_o this_o particular_a argument_n be_v prosecute_v elsewhere_o more_o at_o large_a 12_o to_o recapitulate_v the_o sum_n of_o many_o argument_n to_o like_a purpose_n unto_o every_o possible_a choice_n or_o resolution_n make_v by_o man_n whether_o concern_v matter_n private_a or_o public_a there_o be_v a_o distinct_a correspondent_a success_n allot_v by_o the_o omnipotent_a and_o immutable_a decree_n every_o actual_a choice_n or_o resolution_n be_v as_o the_o draw_n of_o a_o new_a lot_n who_o just_a price_n or_o recompense_n be_v it_o good_a or_o bad_a be_v enstamp_v upon_o it_o from_o eternity_n and_o for_o the_o award_v or_o payment_n of_o it_o in_o due_a time_n the_o whole_a host_n of_o god_n creature_n stand_v bind_v by_o the_o very_a tenor_n of_o their_o be_v or_o dependency_n upon_o their_o maker_n see_v all_o of_o they_o be_v make_v by_o his_o word_n and_o be_v continue_v by_o his_o mere_a will_n and_o pleasure_n soon_o shall_v they_o forfeit_v their_o very_a be_v and_o be_v resolve_v into_o nothing_o than_o the_o least_o tittle_n of_o god_n will_n concern_v any_o creature_n shall_v not_o be_v fulfil_v or_o that_o success_n be_v it_o good_a or_o bad_a shall_v not_o be_v award_v to_o private_a man_n or_o public_a state_n in_o that_o exact_a degree_n and_o measure_n which_o god_n from_o eternity_n have_v appoint_v from_o ignorance_n of_o this_o essential_a subordination_n which_o fate_n or_o conspiracy_n of_o second_o cause_n have_v unto_o god_n irresistible_a providence_n who_o by_o his_o infinite_a creative_a power_n can_v at_o all_o time_n dissolve_v their_o combination_n or_o compose_v they_o anew_o by_o way_n to_o man_n for_o number_v incomprehensible_a as_o please_v he_o the_o wise_a among_o state_n wizard_n have_v err_v and_o do_v err_v more_o gross_o in_o assign_v the_o cause_n of_o kingdom_n ruin_n or_o erection_n or_o in_o prognosticate_a the_o success_n of_o politic_a skill_n than_o a_o vulgar_a astronomer_n shall_v do_v which_o will_v take_v upon_o he_o to_o foretell_v the_o peculiar_a disposition_n of_o the_o air_n or_o weather_n in_o every_o place_n throughout_o this_o island_n for_o every_o hour_n of_o the_o year_n follow_v the_o observation_n which_o many_o of_o they_o gather_v from_o the_o inspection_n of_o time_n present_a or_o past_a be_v of_o as_o little_a use_n for_o future_a age_n as_o a_o almanac_n of_o this_o year_n be_v for_o the_o year_n follow_v 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