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eye_n in_o that_o text_n hebr._n 4._o 11._o not_o figurative_o but_o literal_o nevertheless_o exclude_v external_a species_n which_o the_o schoolman_n say_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o see_v but_o it_o wot_v well_o do_v to_o exclude_v such_o insignificant_a speech_n upon_o every_o occasion_n whatsoever_o and_o though_o i_o do_v not_o hold_v the_o foreknowledge_n of_o god_n to_o consist_v in_o discourse_n yet_o i_o shall_v be_v never_o drive_v to_o say_v it_o be_v by_o intuition_n as_o long_o as_o i_o know_v that_o even_o a_o man_n have_v foreknowledge_n of_o all_o those_o thing_n which_o he_o intend_v himself_o to_o do_v not_o by_o discourse_n but_o by_o know_v his_o own_o purpose_n save_v that_o man_n have_v a_o superior_a power_n over_o he_o that_o can_v change_v his_o purpose_n which_o god_n have_v not_o and_o whereas_o he_o say_v i_o confound_v this_o aspect_n with_o the_o will_n and_o decree_n of_o godâ—_n â—he_v 〈◊〉_d wrongiful_o for_o how_o can_v i_o so_o confound_v it_o when_o i_o understand_v not_o what_o it_o mean_v e_z second_o he_o charge_v i_o that_o hitherto_o i_o have_v maintain_v that_o liberty_n and_o the_o decree_n of_o god_n be_v irreconcilable_a and_o the_o reason_n why_o i_o do_v so_o be_v because_o he_o maintain_v that_o liberty_n and_o the_o absolute_a necessity_n of_o all_o thing_n be_v irreconcilable_a if_o liberty_n can_v stand_v with_o necessity_n it_o can_v stand_v with_o the_o decree_n of_o god_n of_o which_o decree_n necessity_n be_v a_o consequent_a i_o need_v not_o to_o say_v nor_o do_v say_v that_o necessity_n and_o god_n decree_n be_v all_o one_o though_o if_o i_o have_v say_v it_o it_o have_v not_o be_v without_o authority_n of_o learned_a man_n in_o who_o writing_n be_v often_o find_v this_o sentence_n voluntas_fw-la dei_fw-la necessitas_fw-la rerum_fw-la f_z but_o to_o cut_v his_o argument_n short_a god_n have_v decree_v all_o effect_n which_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o time_n yet_o not_o all_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n but_o according_a to_o the_o distinct_a nature_n capacity_n and_o condition_n of_o his_o creature_n which_o he_o do_v not_o destroy_v by_o his_o decree_n some_o he_o act_v hitherto_o true_a then_o he_o add_v with_o some_o he_o cooperate_v by_o special_a influence_n and_o some_o he_o only_o permit_v yet_o this_o be_v no_o idle_a or_o bare_a permission_n this_o be_v false_a for_o nothing_o operate_v by_o its_o own_o original_a power_n but_o god_n himself_o man_n operate_v not_o but_o by_o special_a power_n i_o say_v special_a power_n not_o special_a influence_n derive_v from_o god_n nor_n be_v it_o by_o god_n permission_n only_o as_o i_o have_v often_o already_o show_v and_o as_o the_o bishop_n here_o contradict_v his_o former_a word_n confess_v for_o to_o permit_v only_o and_o bare_o to_o permit_v signify_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o that_o which_o he_o say_v that_o god_n concur_v by_o way_n of_o general_a influence_n be_v jargon_n for_o every_o concurrence_n be_v one_o singular_a and_o individual_a concurrence_n and_o nothing_o in_o the_o world_n be_v general_a but_o the_o signification_n of_o word_n and_o other_o sign_n g_o three_o he_o charge_v i_o that_o i_o allow_v all_o man_n to_o be_v of_o his_o opinion_n save_o only_a those_o that_o conceive_v in_o their_o mind_n a_o nunc_fw-la stans_fw-la or_o how_o eternity_n be_v a_o indivisible_a point_n rather_o than_o a_o everlasting_a succession_n but_o i_o have_v give_v no_o such_o allowance_n sure_o if_o the_o reason_n wherefore_o my_o opinion_n be_v false_a proceed_v from_o this_o that_o i_o conceive_v not_o eternity_n to_o be_v nunc_fw-la stans_fw-la but_o a_o everlasting_a succession_n i_o be_o allow_v to_o hold_v my_o opinion_n till_o i_o can_v conceive_v eternity_n otherwise_o at_o least_o he_o allow_v man_n not_o till_o then_o to_o be_v of_o his_o