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or_o incongruity_n this_o rule_n i_o have_v always_o propose_v to_o myself_o and_o always_o endeavour_v to_o keep_v close_o to_o it_o but_o some_o inconsiderate_a mind_n make_v every_o departure_n from_o the_o letter_n let_v the_o matter_n or_o cause_n be_v what_o it_o will_v to_o be_v a_o affront_n to_o scripture_n and_o there_o where_o we_o have_v the_o great_a liberty_n i_o mean_v in_o thing_n that_o relate_v to_o the_o natural_a world_n they_o have_v no_o more_o indulgence_n or_o moderation_n than_o if_o it_o be_v a_o entrenchment_n upon_o the_o article_n of_o faith_n in_o this_o particular_a i_o can_v excuse_v the_o present_a animadverter_n yet_o i_o must_v needs_o say_v he_o be_v a_o very_a saint_n in_o comparison_n of_o another_o animadverter_n who_o have_v write_v upon_o the_o same_o subject_n but_o neither_o like_a a_o gentleman_n nor_o like_o a_o christian_a nor_o like_o a_o scholar_n and_o such_o write_n answer_v themselves_o finis_fw-la pag._n 44._o pag._n 45._o eng._n theor._n p._n 65._o eng._n theor._n â—_o 106._o 107._o â—_o 74._o lin_v 18_o 19_o p._n 77_o 78._o 79._o p._n 79._o p._n 80_o 81_o p._n 83._o prin._n ph_n l._n 4._o §._o 84._o meteor_n c._n 1._o §._o 8._o prin._n phil_n l._n 4._o §._o 76._o eng._n theor._n p._n 58_o 59_o p._n 80_o 81._o p._n 81._o 81._o ego_fw-la quidem_fw-la in_o eâ_fw-la sum_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la si_fw-mi in_o harum_fw-la rerum_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la agitur_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la aut_fw-la aliarum_fw-la quarumcunque_fw-la quae_fw-la momenti_fw-la sunt_fw-la visum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la deo_fw-la aut_fw-la naturae_fw-la ut_fw-la pateret_fw-la hominibus_fw-la ratio_fw-la perveniendi_fw-la ratio_fw-la illa_fw-la certa_fw-la est_fw-la &_o in_o aliquâ_fw-la clarâ_fw-la &_o invictâ_fw-la evidentiâ_fw-la fundata_fw-la non_fw-la conjecturalis_fw-la vaga_fw-la &_o dubia_fw-la qualem_fw-la nempe_fw-la two_o qui_fw-la optimè_fw-la utuntur_fw-la libertate_fw-la suâ_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la maximè_fw-la sibi_fw-la cavent_fw-la ab_fw-la erroribus_fw-la nunquam_fw-la amplecterentur_fw-la pag._n 52._o lin_v 17._o lin_v 27._o p._n 78._o p._n 299._o pen._n p._n 86._o 86._o si_fw-mi admittamus_fw-la insuper_fw-la ignem_fw-la centralem_fw-la sive_fw-la massam_n ignis_fw-la in_o centro_fw-la terrae_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la huius_fw-la argumenti_fw-la neque_fw-la partem_fw-la intimam_fw-la chaos_n nisi_fw-la obiter_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la formâ_fw-la consideravi_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la rem_fw-la nostram_fw-la non_fw-la spectet_fw-la vid._n etiam_fw-la p._n 186._o edit_n 2._o eng._n theor._n p._n 324._o p_o 88_o p._n 106._o p._n 114._o p._n 118._o gen._n 1._o 22._o &_o 22._o ch_n 13._o p._n 121._o eph._n 1._o 4._o 1_o pet._n 1._o 20._o apoc._n 13._o 8._o p._n 122._o p._n 121._o 121._o notandum_fw-la verò_fw-la quamvis_fw-la mundi_fw-la veteris_fw-la dissolutionem_fw-la &_o rationes_fw-la diluvii_fw-la secundum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la causarum_fw-la naturalium_fw-la explicemius_fw-la quòd_fw-la eo_fw-la modo_fw-la magis_fw-la clare_v &_o distincte_n intelligantur_fw-la non_fw-la ideo_fw-la in_o poenam_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la ordinatum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la diluvium_fw-la singulisque_fw-la ipsius_fw-la motibus_fw-la praefuisse_fw-la providentiam_fw-la inficiamur_fw-la imo_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la elucet_fw-la maximè_fw-la sapientia_fw-la divina_fw-la quod_fw-la mundum_fw-la naturalem_fw-la morali_fw-la ita_fw-la coaptet_fw-la &_o attemperet_fw-la ut_fw-la huius_fw-la ingenio_fw-la illius_fw-la ordo_fw-la &_o dispositio_fw-la semper_fw-la respondeat_fw-la &_o amborum_fw-la libratis_fw-la momentis_fw-la simul_fw-la concurrant_fw-la &_o unà _fw-la compleantur_fw-la utriusque_fw-la tempora_fw-la &_o vicissitudines_fw-la ipse_fw-la etiam_fw-la apostolus_fw-la petrus_n diluvii_fw-la &_o excidii_fw-la mundani_fw-la causas_fw-la naturales_fw-la assignat_fw-la cum_fw-la ait_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n theor._n p._n 106_o 107_o 108._o ver._n 5_o p._n 137._o theor._n c._n 1._o review_n p._n 29_o etc._n etc._n etc._n eng._n theor_n p._n 86._o p._n 86._o excep_v p._n 140._o p._n 141._o p._n 146._o p._n 148._o p._n 149._o gen._n 1._o 2._o p._n 150._o p._n 143._o p._n 81._o p._n 100_o last_o part_n p._n 154._o p._n 227_o 228._o p._n 244._o p._n 279_o 280._o p._n 288._o p._n 158._o lat._n theor._n li._n 2._o c._n 4._o p._n 159._o p._n 263_o 264_o 265._o eng._n theor._n p._n 286_o 287._o p._n 166._o p._n 168._o p._n 169._o p._n 170._o p._n 1â—1_n eng._n theor._n p._n 99_o p._n 176._o p._n 177._o p._n 178._o p._n 179._o p._n 180._o p._n 181._o p._n 182._o p._n 184._o praep._n evan._n l._n 10._o c._n ult_n p._n 504._o col._n ch_n 14._o p._n 750._o strom._n 2._o p._n 364._o phaed._n p._n 99_o serem_fw-la 2._o p._n 416._o li._n 2._o c._n 10._o p._n 274._o vid._n theor._n lat._n li._n 2._o c._n 10._o in_o fine_a fine_a de_fw-fr grat._n prim._n hom_n c._n 12._o accedit_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la quod_fw-la paradisus_fw-la it_o a_o describitur_fw-la à _fw-it sancto_fw-it basilio_n in_o libro_fw-la de_fw-fr paradiso_n à _fw-fr joan._n damasceno_fw-la libro_fw-la secundo_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la capite_fw-la undecimo_fw-la à _fw-la sancto_fw-la augustino_n libro_fw-la decimo_fw-la quarto_fw-la de_fw-la civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la capit_fw-la 10._o ab_fw-la alchimo_n avito_fw-la &_o claud._n mario_n victore_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la suprà _fw-la citatis_fw-la isidoro_n libro_fw-la decimo_fw-la quarto_fw-la etymolog_fw-la capite_fw-la tertio_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la communiter_fw-la ut_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la ver_fw-la perpetuum_fw-la nulla_fw-la figora_n nulli_fw-la aestus_fw-la nullae_fw-la pluviae_fw-la nives_fw-la grandine_n nullae_fw-la etiam_fw-la nubes_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsum_fw-la significat_fw-la scriptura_fw-la cum_fw-la dicit_fw-la primos_fw-la homines_fw-la in_o paradiso_n fuisse_fw-la nudos_fw-la see_v eng._n theor._n p._n 253._o p._n 185._o p._n 180._o p._n 187._o p._n 188._o p._n 189._o p._n 190._o p._n 186._o p._n 195._o 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