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bishop_n elect_v of_o bangor_n humphrey_n tyndall_n dean_n of_o ely_n d_o r_o whitaker_n queen_n professor_n in_o cambridge_n and_o other_o be_v assemble_v these_o after_o a_o serious_a debate_n and_o mature_a deliberation_n resolve_v at_o last_o on_o the_o now_o follow_v article_n 1._o deus_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la praedestinavit_fw-la quosdam_fw-la advitam_fw-la quosdam_fw-la reprobavit_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la 2._o causa_fw-la movens_fw-la aut_fw-la efficiens_fw-la praedestinationis_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la praevisio_fw-la fidei_fw-la aut_fw-la perseverantiae_fw-la aut_fw-la bonorum_fw-la operum_fw-la aut_fw-la ullius_fw-la rei_fw-la quae_fw-la insit_fw-la in_o personis_fw-la praedestinatis_fw-la sed_fw-la sola_fw-la voluntas_fw-la beneplaciti_fw-la dei_fw-la 3._o praedestinatorum_fw-la praefinitus_fw-la &_o certus_fw-la est_fw-la numerus_fw-la qui_fw-la nec_fw-la augeri_fw-la nec_fw-la minui_fw-la potest_fw-la 4._o qui_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la praedestinati_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la necessario_fw-la propter_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la damnabuntur_fw-la 5._o vera_fw-la viva_fw-la &_o justificans_fw-la fides_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la dei_fw-la justificantis_fw-la non_fw-la extinguitur_fw-la non_fw-la excidit_fw-la non_fw-la evanescit_fw-la in_o electis_fw-la aut_fw-la finaliter_fw-la aut_fw-la totalitor_fw-la 6._o homo_fw-la veer_fw-la fidelis_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la fidei_fw-la justificante_fw-la praeditus_fw-la certus_fw-la est_fw-la plerophoria_fw-la fidei_fw-la de_fw-la remissione_n peccatorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la &_o salute_v sempiterna_fw-la sva_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la 7._o gratia_n salutaris_fw-la non_fw-la tribuitur_fw-la non_fw-la excommunicatur_fw-la non_fw-la conceditur_fw-la universis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la qua_fw-la seruari_fw-la possint_fw-la si_fw-la velint_fw-la 8._o nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la venire_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la nisi_fw-la datum_fw-la ei_fw-la fuerit_fw-la &_o nisi_fw-la pater_fw-la eum_fw-la traxerit_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la non_fw-la trabuntur_fw-la à _fw-la patre_fw-la ut_fw-la veniant_fw-la ad_fw-la filium_fw-la 9_o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr positum_fw-la in_o arbitrio_fw-la aut_fw-la potestate_fw-la unius_fw-la cujusque_fw-la hominis_fw-la seruari_fw-la 1._o god_n from_o eternity_n have_v predestinate_v certain_a man_n unto_o life_n certain_a man_n he_o have_v reprobate_v 2._o the_o move_a or_o efficient_a cause_n of_o predestination_n unto_o life_n be_v not_o the_o foresight_n of_o faith_n or_o of_o perseverance_n or_o of_o good_a work_n or_o of_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v in_o the_o person_n predestinate_v but_o only_o the_o good_a will_n and_o pleasure_n of_o god_n 3._o there_o be_v predetermine_v a_o certain_a number_n of_o the_o predestinate_a which_o can_v neither_o be_v augment_v or_o diminish_v 4._o those_o who_o be_v not_o predestinate_v to_o salvation_n shall_v be_v necessary_o damn_v for_o their_o sin_n 5._o a_o true_a live_a and_o justify_v 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also_o full_o and_o free_o in_o his_o judgement_n concur_v with_o these_o divine_n as_o may_v appear_v by_o his_o letter_n here_o insert_v accepi_fw-la jam_fw-la pridem_fw-la literas_fw-la tuas_fw-la reverendissime_fw-la praesul_fw-la veteris_fw-la illius_fw-la benevolentiae_fw-la &_o amoris_fw-la erga_fw-la i_o tui_fw-la plenas_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la efflagitas_fw-la opinionem_fw-la meam_fw-la de_fw-la articulis_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la nuper_fw-la cantabrigiae_fw-la agitatis_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la aliqua_fw-la piorum_fw-la offension_n qui_fw-la graviter_fw-la molestéque_fw-la ferunt_fw-la matrem_fw-la academiam_fw-la jam_fw-la multitudine_fw-la liberorum_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la doctissimorum_fw-la florentem_fw-la ca_fw-mi dissentione_fw-la filiorum_fw-la nonnihil_fw-la contristatem_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la ficri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quin_fw-la veniant_fw-la offendicula_fw-la neque_fw-la desinâ—t_fw-la immicus_fw-la homo_fw-la iâ—ter_fw-la triticum_fw-la zizanta_fw-la seminare_fw-la donec_fw-la cum_fw-la dominus_fw-la sub_fw-la pedibus_fw-la contriverit_fw-la legi_fw-la articulos_fw-la &_o relegi_fw-la &_o dum_fw-la parerem_fw-la aliquid_fw-la de_fw-la singulis_fw-la dicerc_n visum_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la multo_fw-la potius_fw-la de_fw-la ipsa_fw-la electione_n &_o repâ—obatione_n unde_fw-la iâ—la_fw-la dissentio_fw-la orta_fw-la esse_fw-la videtur_fw-la meam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la &_o opinionem_fw-la pau_o be_v verbis_fw-la explicare_fw-la quam_fw-la singulis_fw-la sigillatim_fw-la respondens_fw-la sratrum_fw-la forsitan_fw-la quorundum_fw-la animas_fw-la quos_fw-la in_fw-la veritate_fw-la diligo_fw-la exacerbare_fw-la meminisse_fw-la potes_fw-la ornatissime_fw-la antistes_fw-la cum_fw-la cantabrigiae_fw-la unà _fw-la essemus_fw-la et_fw-la sacras_fw-la literas_fw-la in_o scholis_fw-la publicis_fw-la interpretaremur_fw-la eandem_fw-la regulam_fw-la seculieam_fw-la semper_fw-la fuisse_fw-la inter_fw-la nos_fw-la consensionem_fw-la in_o 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