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certô_o &_o infallibiliter_fw-la peccatum_fw-la impediretur_fw-la 157._o which_o if_o it_o be_v true_a certain_o it_o be_v as_o true_a as_o touch_v the_o hinder_v of_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n as_o of_o hinder_v any_o man_n sin_n else_o from_o the_o time_n of_o adam_n fall_n and_o as_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o god_n will_v not_o make_v use_n of_o any_o of_o these_o impediment_n though_o it_o be_v apparent_a these_o impediment_n arminius_n speak_v of_o be_v of_o such_o a_o nature_n as_o whereby_o sin_n will_v be_v hinder_v without_o any_o prejudice_n to_o the_o freedom_n of_o man_n will_n as_o appear_v by_o all_o his_o instance_n follow_v of_o this_o kind_n show_v how_o god_n do_v efficacious_o hinder_v the_o sin_n of_o many_o and_o indeed_o it_o be_v evident_a in_o reason_n and_o such_o as_o can_v be_v deny_v unless_o a_o man_n will_v say_v that_o whatsoever_o course_n have_v be_v take_v by_o god_n to_o preserve_v he_o from_o sin_n without_o prejudice_n to_o the_o freedom_n of_o his_o 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aegrotantibus_fw-la fratribus_fw-la causam_fw-la esse_fw-la dicebat_fw-la in_o syderum_fw-la &_o caeli_fw-la constitutione_n &_o affectione_n non_fw-la tamen_fw-la idcircò_fw-la in_o aliis_fw-la rebus_fw-la fatum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la judicabat_fw-la nay_o he_o profess_v that_o according_a to_o all_o the_o stoic_n fatum_fw-la be_v god_n himself_o and_o nature_n and_o that_o by_o fatum_fw-la they_o understand_v omnem_fw-la naturae_fw-la contagionem_fw-la which_o be_v cicero_n phrase_n as_o indeed_o the_o whole_a frame_n of_o nature_n be_v knit_v together_o per_fw-la contactum_fw-la which_o cicero_n call_v naturae_fw-la contagionem_fw-la and_o he_o prove_v as_o much_o of_o possidonius_fw-la out_o of_o cicero_n de_fw-fr divinatione_fw-la for_o quintus_fw-la therein_o profess_v according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o possidonius_fw-la that_o all_o force_n and_o course_n of_o divination_n be_v derive_v from_o god_n from_o destiny_n and_o from_o nature_n he_o conclude_v therehence_a 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sivis_fw-la ad_fw-la quasdam_fw-la res_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la certè_fw-la non_fw-la valebit_fw-la chrysippum_fw-la enim_fw-la alloquitur_fw-la say_v turnebus_n ut_fw-la vel_fw-la pvero_fw-la notum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la i_o tui_fw-la pudeat_fw-la &_o pigeat_fw-la qui_fw-la possidonium_fw-la intelligis_fw-la thus_o he_o discipline_n ramus_n and_o proceed_v far_o say_v chrysippum_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o astrorum_fw-la constitutione_n &_o affectione_n fatum_fw-la posuisse_fw-la audi_fw-la ex_fw-la cicerone_n si_fw-la quis_fw-la verbi_fw-la causâ_fw-la oriente_fw-la caniculâ_fw-la natus_fw-la est_fw-la be_v in_o mari_fw-fr non_fw-la morietur_fw-la vigila_fw-la chrysippe_n etc._n etc._n nihil_fw-la istud_fw-la argumentum_fw-la thus_o turnebus_n conclude_v herehence_a nisi_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o astris_fw-la fatum_fw-la poneret_fw-la so_o that_o the_o four_o opinion_n concern_v fate_n relate_v by_o ludovicus_n vives_n in_o 4._o lib._n august_n de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 8._o 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