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flaccus_n illiricus_fw-la p._n lomb._n li._n 1._o do_v 41._o the_o hebrew_n dialect_n do_v signify_v a_o permission_n and_o not_o a_o action_n verb_n that_o signify_v to_o do_v they_o often_o express_v a_o suffering_n and_o not_o a_o do_v destruit_fw-la cum_fw-la deserit_fw-la 3._o the._n aquin._n â—_o 1_o q._n 23._o arti_fw-la 3._o god_n be_v then_o say_v to_o harden_n when_o he_o do_v forsake_v impios_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la retrabit_fw-la a_o malo_fw-la culpae_fw-la dicitur_fw-la dimittere_fw-la as_o the_o indue_a with_o grace_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o god_n election_n so_o the_o withhold_v of_o his_o grace_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o reprobation_n dei_fw-la includere_fw-la est_fw-la clausis_fw-la non_fw-la aperire_fw-la say_v saint_n gregory_n upon_o the_o 12._o of_o job._n and_o fourteen_o verse_n every_o action_n have_v his_o quality_n from_o the_o root_n of_o the_o affection_n and_o from_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o author_n deus_fw-la autem_fw-la quoad_fw-la peceatum_fw-la 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god_n do_v not_o offer_v it_o unto_o they_o but_o because_o they_o receive_v it_o not_o when_o it_o be_v offer_v for_o example_n one_o of_o we_o be_v sick_a and_o like_a to_o die_v the_o physician_n know_v our_o case_n he_o take_v with_o he_o some_o preservative_n to_o comfort_v we_o and_o come_v to_o the_o door_n and_o knock_n if_o we_o will_v not_o or_o be_v not_o able_a to_o let_v he_o in_o we_o perish_v and_o die_v and_o the_o cause_n be_v not_o in_o the_o physician_n but_o in_o ourselves_o that_o let_v he_o not_o in_o 10._o plato_n de_fw-fr leg_n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sin_n be_v a_o disease_n whereof_o we_o be_v all_o sick_a for_o we_o have_v all_o sin_v roman_n 6.12_o verse_n christ_n he_o be_v the_o physician_n of_o our_o soul_n 9.12_o augâ—in_fw-fr mat._n 9.12_o venit_fw-la de_fw-la coelo_fw-la magnus_fw-la medice_fw-la quia_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la ubique_fw-la iacebit_fw-la aegretus_fw-la christ_n the_o great_a physician_n come_v down_o from_o heaven_n 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