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that_o the_o soverayne_a god_n be_v full_a of_o right_a soverayne_a good_a b._n in_o which_o manner_n ê™_n i_o p._n ween_v thou_o aught_o ê™_n the_o that_o the_o father_n of_o all_o thing_n have_v take_v thilk_o soverayn_a good_a any_o where_o out_o of_o himself_o of_o which_o soverayne_a good_a man_n prove_v that_o he_o be_v full_a right_o as_o thou_o may_v thinken_fw-mi that_o god_n y_fw-mi it_o have_v blysfulnesse_n in_o himself_o and_o thilk_o blissfulness_n that_o be_v in_o he_o be_v dyvers_a in_o substance_n for_o if_o thou_o ween_v y_z t_o god_n have_v receyve_v thilk_o good_a out_o of_o himself_o thou_o may_v ween_v that_o he_o that_o give_v thilk_o good_a to_o god_n be_v more_o worthy_a than_o god_n but_o i_o be_o beknowe_a and_o confess_v and_o that_o right_a dign_o that_o god_n be_v right_a worthy_a above_o all_o thing_n and_o if_o so_o be_v y_z t_z this_o good_a be_v in_o he_o by_o nature_n but_o that_o be_v dyvers_a from_o he_o by_o wening_a reason_n syn_n we_o speak_v of_o god_n prince_n of_o all_o thing_n fayne_n who_o so_o fain_o may_v who_o be_v he_o that_o conjoin_v these_o thing_n together_o and_o eke_o at_o the_o last_o see_v well_o that_o a_o thing_n that_o be_v dyvers_a from_o any_o thing_n that_o thilk_o thing_n ny_n not_o that_o same_o thing_n for_o which_o it_o be_v understonden_v to_o ben_fw-mi dyvers_a than_o follow_v it_o well_o that_o thilk_o thing_n y_o it_o by_o his_o nature_n be_v dyvers_a from_o soverayne_a good_a that_o thing_n be_v not_o soverayne_a good_a but_o certes_o it_o be_v a_o felonous_a cursednesse_n to_o thynken_a y_fw-mi it_o of_o he_o that_o nothing_o nis_n more_o worth_a for_o always_o of_o all_o thing_n the_o name_n of_o hem_n ne_o may_v not_o be_v better_a than_o her_o begynner_n for_o which_o i_o may_v concluden_v by_o right_a very_a reason_n that_o thilk_o that_o be_v beginning_a of_o all_o thing_n thilk_o same_o thing_n be_v soverayne_a god_n in_o his_o substance_n b._n thou_o have_v say_v ryghtful_o quoth_v i_o philoso_n but_o we_o have_v grant_v quoth_v she_o that_o the_o soverayne_n good_a be_v blysfulnesse_n boece_n that_o be_v sooth_n quoth_v i_o philosophye_n than_o quoth_v she_o we_o moten_a needs_o graunten_a and_o confessen_v that_o thilk_o same_o soverayne_n good_a be_v god_n boece_n certes_o quoth_v i_o i_o ne_v may_v not_o deny_v ne_o withstand_v the_o reason_n purpose_v and_o i_o see_v well_o that_o it_o follow_v by_o strength_n of_o the_o premise_n phylo._n look_v now_o quoth_v she_o if_o this_o be_v prove_v yet_o more_o ferme_o thus_o that_o there_o ne_v mow_v not_o be_v to_o soverayne_a good_n that_o be_v dyvers_a among_o they_o self_n for_o certes_o the_o good_n that_o be_v dyvers_a among_o they_o self_n that_o one_o be_v not_o that_o the_o other_o be_v than_o ne_v mow_v neither_o of_o they_o be_v parfyte_n so_o as_o either_o of_o hem_n lack_v to_o other_o but_o that_o that_o ny_n not_o parfyte_n man_n may_v see_v apert_o that_o it_o ny_n not_o soverayne_a the_o thing_n than_o that_o ben_fw-mi soverayn_o good_a ne_o mow_v by_o no_o way_n be_v dyvers_a but_o i_o have_v well_o conclude_v that_o blysfulnesse_n and_o god_n be_v the_o soverayne_n good_a for_o which_o it_o may_v neade_n bone_n that_o soverayne_a blysfulnesse_n be_v soverayne_a dignity_n boce_fw-la nothing_o quoth_v i_o be_v more_o sothefast_a than_o this_o ne_o more_o farm_n by_o reason_n ne_o a_o more_o worthy_a thing_n than_o god_n may_v not_o be_v conclude_v philosophy_n upon_o these_o thing_n than_o quoth_v she_o right_a as_o these_o geometriciens_fw-la when_o they_o have_v show_v their_o proposition_n be_v wont_a too_o bryngen_fw-mi in_o thing_n that_o they_o clepen_v porrisme_n or_o declaration_n of_o foresaid_a thing_n right_a so_o will_v i_o yeve_v the_o here_o as_o a_o corallarye_a or_o a_o meed_n of_o crown_n for_o why_o for_o as_o moche_v as_o by_o the_o getting_a of_o blysfulnesse_n man_n be_v make_v blysfull_a and_o blysfulnesse_n be_v dignity_n than_o be_v it_o manifest_a and_o open_a that_o by_o the_o getting_a of_o dignity_n man_n be_v make_v blysfull_a right_a as_o by_o the_o getting_a of_o justice_n and_o by_o the_o get_v of_o sapyence_n they_o be_v make_v wise_n right_n so_o needs_o by_o the_o semblable_a reason_n when_o they_o have_v get_v dyvinitie_n they_o be_v make_v god_n than_o be_v everye_o blysfull_a man_n a_o god_n but_o certes_o by_o nature_n there_o ny_n but_o one_o god_n but_o by_o the_o participation_n of_o the_o divynitie_n there_o ne_o let_v ne_o dystourb_v nothing_o that_o there_o ne_fw-mi be_v many_o god_n boece_n this_o be_v quoth_v i_o a_o fair_a thing_n and_o a_o precious_a clepe_v it_o as_o thou_o will_v be_v it_o corollarye_a or_o porrisme_n or_o mede_n of_o crown_n or_o declare_v philosophy_n certes_o quoth_v she_o nothing_o ny_n
with_o her_o go_v or_o with_o her_o foot_n and_o to_o go_v either_o by_o the_o green_a field_n or_o else_o to_o walken_a under_o the_o wood_n and_o all_o be_v it_o so_o that_o thou_o see_v that_o they_o discorden_n by_o dyvers_a form_z algate_n her_o face_n incline_v heavy_v her_o dull_a wytte_n only_o the_o lineage_n of_o man_n heave_v high_a his_o high_a heed_n and_o stand_v light_v with_o his_o upryght_o body_n and_o behold_v the_o erthe_n under_o he_o and_o but_o if_o thou_o erthly_a man_n wax_v yvell_n out_o of_o thy_o wit_n this_o fygure_n amone_v the_o that_o ask_v the_o heaven_n with_o thy_o right_a visage_n and_o have_v areyse_v thy_o forheed_n to_o bearen_v up_o on_o high_a thy_o courage_n so_o that_o thy_o thouÈt_n ne_o be_v not_o hevy_v ne_o put_v low_o under_o foot_n since_o that_o thy_o body_n be_v so_o high_a areyse_v quoniam_fw-la igitur_fw-la uti_fw-la paulo_fw-la ante_fw-la monstratum_fw-la est_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la scitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n therefore_o than_o as_o i_o have_v show_v a_o lytell_a here_o beforn_v y_fw-fr t_o all_o thing_n y_o it_o be_v wist_v ny_n not_o know_v by_o this_o nature_n proper_a but_o by_o y_z e_z nature_n of_o hen_n y_fw-fr t_o comprehenden_fw-ge it_n let_v we_o loken_v now_o in_o as_o much_o as_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o we_o as_o who_o say_v let_v we_o loken_v now_o as_o we_o may_v which_o that_o be_v the_o estate_n of_o the_o divyne_a substance_n so_o that_o we_o may_v well_o know_v eke_o what_o his_o science_n be_v the_o common_a iugement_n of_o all_o creature_n reasonable_v than_o be_v that_o god_n be_v eterne_a let_v we_o consydre_fw-mi than_o what_o be_v eternyte_n for_o certes_o that_o shall_v show_v we_o togyder_v the_o divyne_a nature_n and_o the_o divyne_a science_n eternyte_n than_o be_v perfyte_n possessyon_n and_o all_o togyder_n of_o life_n intermynable_a and_o that_o show_v the_o more_o clere_o by_o the_o comparyson_n or_o collacyon_n of_o temporal_a thing_n for_o all_o thing_n that_o lyve_v in_o time_n it_o be_v present_a and_o procee_v from_o preterytee_n in_o to_o future_n that_o be_v to_o sayne_v from_o time_n pass_v in_o to_o time_n come_n ne_o there_o nys_n nothing_o establyssh_v in_o time_n that_o may_v enbracen_v together_o all_o the_o space_n of_o this_o life_n for_o certes_o yet_o ne_o have_v it_o not_o take_v the_o time_n of_o to_o morrow_n and_o it_o have_v lose_v that_o of_o yesterday_o and_o certes_o in_o the_o life_n of_o this_o day_n you_o ne_v lyven_v nomore_o but_o right_a as_o in_o this_o movable_a and_o transytorye_n moment_n than_o thilk_o thing_n that_o suffer_v temporal_a condytion_n all_o though_o that_o it_o never_o begin_v to_o be_v ne_o though_o it_o never_o cease_v to_o be_v as_o arystoteles_n deem_v of_o the_o world_n &_o although_o the_o life_n of_o it_o be_v stretch_v with_o infynite_a of_o time_n yet_o algate_n ny_n it_o no_o such_o thing_n as_o man_n may_v trowen_v by_o right_a that_o it_o be_v eterne_a for_o all_o thought_n that_o it_o 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wherefore_o some_o man_n trowen_v wrongful_o that_o when_o they_o heren_n that_o it_o seem_v to_o plato_n that_o this_o world_n have_v never_o beginning_n of_o time_n that_o it_o never_o shall_v have_v fail_a they_o ween_v in_o thilk_o manner_n that_o this_o world_n be_v make_v eterne_a with_o his_o maker_n as_o who_o say_v they_o ween_v that_o this_o world_n and_o god_n be_v make_v together_o eterne_a and_o that_o be_v a_o wrongful_a wening_a for_o other_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o be_v lad_n by_o the_o life_n interminable_a as_o plato_n grant_v to_o the_o world_n and_o other_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o embrace_v together_o all_o y_o e_o presence_n of_o the_o life_n that_o be_v intermynable_a which_o thing_n be_v clear_a and_o manifest_a to_o the_o divyne_a thought_n ne_o it_o ne_o shall_v not_o seem_v to_o we_o that_o god_n be_v elder_a than_o thing_n that_o be_v make_v by_o quantyte_n of_o time_n but_o rather_o by_o y_z e_z prosperyte_n of_o his_o simple_a nature_n for_o this_o ylke_n infynyte_n movynge_v of_o temporal_a thing_n follow_v this_o presentary_a estate_n of_o this_o life_n immovable_a &_o so_o as_o it_o ne_o may_v not_o countrefayten_v ne_o fain_v it_o ne_o be_v evenlyke_a to_o it_o for_o y_z e_z immobilyte_n that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o be_v in_o the_o eternyte_n of_o god_n it_o fail_v &_o fall_v in_o to_o move_v fro_o the_o symplicite_a of_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n &_o disencrease_v in_o y_z e_z infynite_a quantyte_n of_o future_a &_o preterite_n and_o so_o as_o it_o may_v not_o have_v together_o all_o the_o plenty_n of_o the_o life_n algate_n yet_o for_o as_o much_o as_o it_o cease_v never_o for_o to_o ben_fw-mi in_o some_o manner_n yet_o it_o seem_v somdele_n to_o we_o that_o it_o follow_v &_o resemble_v thilk_o thing_n that_o it_o ne_fw-mi may_v not_o attain_v to_o ne_fw-fr fulfyllen_a and_o bind_v itself_o to_o some_o manner_n presence_n of_o this_o lytel_a moment_n the_o which_o presence_n of_o this_o lytel_n and_o swift_a moment_n for_o that_o it_o bear_v a_o manner_n image_n or_o likeness_n of_o the_o aye_o dwell_v of_o god_n it_o grant_v to_o such_o manner_n thing_n as_o it_o betyde_v to_o that_o it_o seem_v they_o as_o these_o thing_n have_v be_v and_o be_v and_o for_o that_o the_o presence_n of_o such_o lytell_a moment_n ne_fw-mi may_v not_o dwell_v therefore_o it_o ravysh_v and_o take_v thinfynite_a way_n of_o time_n that_o be_v to_o say_v by_o successyon_n and_o by_o this_o manner_n it_o be_v do_v for_o that_o it_o shall_v continue_v the_o life_n in_o go_v of_o y_z t_z which_o life_n it_o ne_o may_v not_o enbrace_v the_o plenty_n of_o dwell_v and_o for_o thy_o if_o we_o woollen_a put_v worthy_a name_n to_o thing_n that_o folowen_v plato_n let_v we_o say_v than_o sothlye_a that_o god_n be_v eterne_a and_o that_o the_o world_n be_v perpetuell_a than_o since_o every_o iugement_n know_v and_o comprehend_v by_o his_o own_o nature_n thing_n that_o be_v subject_n unto_o he_o there_o be_v to_o god_n always_o a_o 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