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well_o be_v and_o yet_o he_o free_v from_o sin_n and_o no_o way_n the_o author_n of_o evil_a the_o action_n of_o god_n concern_v sin_n may_v be_v refer_v to_o these_o three_o head_n first_o he_o be_v the_o universal_a cause_n of_o all_o thing_n 27.28_o how_o god_n be_v actor_n in_o evil_a act_n 27.28_o he_o sustain_v mankind_n that_o in_o he_o he_o live_v move_v and_o have_v his_o be_v yea_o he_o uphold_v the_o be_v and_o move_v of_o all_o his_o action_n so_o that_o no_o man_n can_v move_v hand_n or_o foot_n to_o any_o action_n be_v he_o not_o sustain_v and_o support_v by_o god_n the_o act_n than_o be_v of_o god_n and_o god_n be_v a_o worker_n in_o every_o sin_n so_o far_o forth_o as_o it_o be_v a_o action_n for_o every_o action_n as_o it_o be_v a_o action_n be_v good_a one_o man_n kill_v another_o the_o very_a move_n of_o the_o body_n in_o the_o do_n of_o this_o villainy_n be_v of_o god_n but_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o action_n be_v from_o man_n and_o the_o devil_n prayer_n 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contrahendo_fw-la licèt_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la author_n tamen_fw-la ordinator_fw-la est_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la ne_fw-la universitatis_fw-la naturam_fw-la turbâ—re_fw-la vel_fw-la turpare_fw-la permittantur_fw-la aug._n contra_fw-la â—austam_fw-la lib._n 22._o cap._n 78._o which_o cause_v they_o to_o run_v into_o all_o evil_a three_o and_o last_o god_n work_v in_o sin_n in_o order_v and_o direct_v of_o it_o as_o it_o please_v he_o sometime_o he_o restrain_v it_o that_o it_o shall_v not_o pass_v nor_o proceed_v further_o than_o he_o appoint_v sometime_o he_o turn_v it_o to_o another_o end_n then_o the_o person_n intend_v that_o practise_v it_o both_o these_o we_o see_v evident_o in_o job_n temptation_n sometime_o he_o make_v way_n for_o sin_n to_o pass_v that_o
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