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est_fw-la suapte_v sponte_fw-la &_o voluntate_fw-la nam_fw-la creaturam_fw-la ipse_fw-la condidit_fw-la quae_fw-la antehac_fw-la non_fw-la fuerat_fw-la volens_fw-la eam_fw-la providentia_fw-la sua_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la conservat_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la est_fw-la facit_fw-la quam_fw-la etiam_fw-la instauraturus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o in_o statum_fw-la meliorem_fw-la redacturus_fw-la per_fw-la restitutionem_fw-la sive_fw-la renovationem_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la facturus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la repurget_fw-la cam_fw-la ab_fw-la absurditate_fw-la omni_fw-la ex_fw-la rationalium_fw-la ignavia_fw-la contracta_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la judicii_fw-la considerationem_fw-la &_o deliberationem_fw-la posterius_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la melius_fw-la sit_fw-la invenerit_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la long_o antea_fw-la &_o prius_fw-la quam_fw-la mundum_fw-la condidit_fw-la constitutum_fw-la habuerit_fw-la ut_fw-la faceret_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la possibile_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la notionem_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la potentiam_fw-la deo_fw-la posterius_fw-la quidquam_fw-la accedat_fw-la quod_fw-la prius_fw-la non_fw-la habuerit_fw-la volentem_fw-la autem_fw-la deum_fw-la mundum_fw-la creasse_n illud_fw-la est_fw-la documento_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la deus_fw-la potuerit_fw-la plures_fw-la efficere_fw-la sole_n non_fw-la plures_fw-la sed_fw-la unum_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la effecerit_fw-la nam_fw-la qui_fw-la plures_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la condere_fw-la sole_n neque_fw-la unum_fw-la condere_fw-la potest_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la unum_fw-la solemn_a creare_fw-la potuit_fw-la necessario_fw-la quoque_fw-la plures_fw-la creare_fw-la potuit_fw-la quomodo_fw-la igitur_fw-la quos_fw-la facere_fw-la potuit_fw-la plures_fw-la sole_n deus_fw-la non_fw-la fecit_fw-la nisi_fw-la certe_fw-la quod_fw-la plures_fw-la sole_n facere_fw-la noluit_fw-la sin_n quos_fw-la non_fw-la fecit_fw-la sole_n voluntate_fw-la non_fw-la fecit_fw-la perspicuam_fw-la utique_fw-la fuerit_fw-la cum_fw-la etiam_fw-la quem_fw-la fecit_fw-la voluntate_fw-la fecisse_fw-la et_fw-la veluti_fw-la sol_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o reliquae_fw-la creaturae_fw-la part_n omnes_fw-la quae_fw-la vel_fw-la obnoxiae_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la obnoxiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la corruptibilitati_fw-la ex_fw-la voluntate_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o id_fw-la quod_fw-la sint_fw-la &_o id_fw-la quod_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la sint_fw-la habent_fw-la chap._n 11._o contain_v the_o sum_n of_o what_o we_o be_v to_o believe_v in_o this_o article_n of_o creation_n and_o of_o the_o duty_n whereto_o it_o bind_v we_o with_o a_o introduction_n to_o the_o article_n of_o his_o providence_n to_o believe_v that_o god_n be_v the_o maker_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o of_o all_o thing_n visible_a and_o invisible_a include_v in_o it_o a_o acknowledgement_n not_o only_o of_o the_o six_o day_n work_n but_o that_o he_o still_o make_v all_o thing_n that_o be_v and_o shall_v make_v all_o thing_n which_o hereafter_o 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