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6._o rom._n 11._o 36._o heb._n 1_o 2_o 3._o john_n â—_o 23._o 1._o quid_fw-la nominis_fw-la 2._o quid_fw-la rei_fw-la rei_fw-la decretum_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la definita_fw-la ejus_fw-la sententia_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la per_fw-la omnipotentiam_fw-la et_fw-la se_fw-la cundum_fw-la consilium_fw-la suum_fw-la efficiendis_fw-la ames_n medulla_n theol._n ephes._n 1._o 11._o 11._o decretum_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la actio_fw-la illius_fw-la interna_fw-la atque_fw-la aeterâ—â—_n quae_fw-la ex_fw-la rebus_fw-la possibilibus_fw-la atque_fw-la indefiniâ—is_fw-la ea_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o sola_fw-la quae_fw-la jam_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o erunt_fw-la secundum_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la suoe_fw-la judicium_fw-la immutabili_fw-la liberrimae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la placito_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la fierent_fw-la ad_fw-la svam_fw-la gloriam_fw-la rectè_fw-la praefinivit_fw-la gomarus_n in_o thesibus_fw-la decretum_fw-la est_fw-la actio_fw-la dei_fw-la ex_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o 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of_o god_n be_v utter_v in_o old_a time_n sundry_a way_n be_v at_o length_n make_v know_v by_o writing_n the_o lord_n stir_v up_o and_o by_o his_o holy_a spirit_n inspire_v his_o servant_n to_o write_v his_o will_n and_o pleasure_n so_o long_o as_o there_o be_v any_o truth_n in_o any_o age_n necessary_a to_o be_v more_o full_o and_o clear_o know_v than_o be_v already_o reveal_v in_o the_o book_n of_o moses_n it_o please_v god_n to_o stir_v up_o holy_a man_n who_o he_o divine_o inspire_v and_o sufficient_o furnish_v to_o make_v the_o truth_n know_v unto_o the_o church_n thus_o after_o moses_n during_o the_o time_n of_o the_o law_n the_o lord_n raise_v up_o prophet_n who_o open_v the_o perfect_a way_n of_o life_n unto_o the_o church_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n more_o clear_o than_o it_o be_v before_o manifest_v in_o the_o book_n of_o moses_n the_o time_n and_o age_n of_o the_o church_n require_v the_o same_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o several_a age_n thereof_o be_v 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