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thing_n but_o quality_n aristotle_n pronounce_v heaven_n incorruptible_a and_o so_o it_o be_v indeed_o as_o to_o its_o fitness_n for_o duration_n which_o the_o school_n call_v its_o internal_o but_o not_o as_o to_o its_o power_n abstract_v from_o divine_a disposure_n 102.19_o disposure_n ab_fw-la intrirseco_fw-la coelos_n esse_fw-la incorruptibtlâ—s_fw-la communis_fw-la scholasticorum_fw-la est_fw-la opinio_fw-la i_o e._n secundum_fw-la sabstantiam_fw-la &_o aptitudinem_fw-la non_fw-la dispositionem_fw-la divinam_fw-la &_o actum_fw-la loâ—_n in_o psal_n 102.19_o for_o whatsoever_o at_o first_o result_v from_o nothing_o by_o the_o same_o virtue_n may_v relapse_n into_o nothing_o or_o as_o the_o cause_n of_o its_o first_o be_v please_v be_v vary_v from_o its_o present_a be_v therefore_o thou_o shall_v change_v they_o 102.26_o they_o psal_n 102.26_o by_o which_o change_n say_v lorinus_n ibid._n lorinus_n de_fw-fr sola_fw-la nonnulla_fw-la renovatione_fw-la per_fw-la vacationem_fw-la à _fw-la moâ—u_fw-la &_o actu_fw-la &_o ministerio_fw-la in_o res_fw-la sublunare_n hominemque_fw-la vitam_fw-la ducentem_fw-la mortalem_fw-la ibid._n be_v mean_v some_o kind_n of_o renew_v by_o a_o vacation_n from_o motion_n and_o action_n and_o influence_n on_o sublunary_n and_o on_o man_n lead_v a_o mortal_a life_n and_o thus_o be_v alter_v they_o will_v better_v suit_n with_o the_o condition_n of_o renew_v mankind_n in_o which_o st_n austin_n tell_v we_o that_o at_o the_o general_a conflagration_n those_o quality_n of_o the_o corruptible_a element_n which_o agree_v well_o enough_o with_o our_o corruptible_a body_n shall_v utter_o perish_v by_o combustion_n and_o the_o same_o substance_n shall_v by_o miraculous_a change_n acquire_v quality_n convenient_a for_o immortal_a body_n to_o the_o end_n that_o the_o world_n be_v renew_v for_o the_o better_a may_v the_o better_a suit_n with_o man_n renew_v for_o the_o better_a in_o their_o flesh_n 16._o flesh_n conflagratione_fw-la