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university_n of_o leyden_n the_o seminary_n of_o your_o burch_z who_o in_o scorn_n of_o the_o holy_a word_n of_o god_n have_v after_o his_o own_o fancy_n devise_v a_o new_a sect_n patch_v together_o of_o sener_n all_o piece_n of_o all_o sort_n of_o ancient_a and_o modern_a heresy_n the_o fool_n say_v in_o his_o heart_n there_o be_v no_o god_n but_o he_o that_o with_o open_a mouth_n of_o set_a purpose_n and_o of_o prepense_a malice_n have_v let_v his_o pen_n run_v at_o random_n to_o disgorge_v so_o many_o blasphemy_n against_o the_o sacred_a majesty_n of_o god_n this_o fellow_n shall_v wear_v the_o garland_n of_o all_o that_o ever_o yet_o be_v hear_v of_o since_o by_o the_o mean_n of_o the_o gospel_n the_o light_n of_o christian_a religion_n have_v shine_v unto_o the_o world_n if_o any_o man_n doubt_n of_o it_o for_o a_o proof_n see_v here_o what_o his_o majesty_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n have_v collect_v out_o of_o his_o writing_n out_o of_o his_o annotation_n caeterùm_fw-la nihil_fw-la vetat_fw-la deo_fw-la etiam_fw-la corpus_fw-la ascribere_fw-la 210._o pag_n 210._o si_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la corporis_fw-la in_o significatione_n latiore_fw-la sumamus_fw-la but_o there_o be_v nothing_o forbid_v we_o to_o say_v that_o god_n have_v a_o body_n so_o as_o we_o take_v a_o body_n in_o the_o large_a signification_n non_fw-la satis_fw-la igitur_fw-la circumspectè_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la qui_fw-la deum_fw-la ut_fw-la essentiâ_fw-la 212._o pag._n 212._o sic_fw-la etiam_fw-la volimtate_fw-la prorsus_fw-la immutabilem_fw-la esse_fw-la affirmant_fw-la they_o therefore_o do_v not_o speak_v circumspect_o enough_o who_o say_v that_o god_n be_v altogether_o as_o unchangeable_a in_o his_o will_n as_o he_o be_v in_o his_o essence_n nusquam_fw-la scriptum_fw-la legimus_fw-la dei_fw-la substantiam_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la immensam_fw-la esse_fw-la 232._o pag._n 232._o immò_fw-la non_fw-la pauca_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la contrarium_fw-la sensum_fw-la habere_fw-la videntur_fw-la we_o find_v it_o not_o where_o write_v that_o the_o substance_n of_o god_n be_v simple_o immense_a nay_o there_o be_v many_o place_n which_o seem_v to_o carry_v a_o contrary_a meaning_n magnitudo_fw-la nulla_fw-la actu_fw-la infinita_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la nec_fw-la deus_fw-la 237._o pag._n 237._o no_o magnitude_n be_v actual_o infinite_a and_o therefore_o god_n be_v not_o actual_o infinite_a etsanè_fw-la si_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o singula_fw-la rerum_fw-la eventa_fw-la praecisè_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la definita_fw-la fuissent_fw-la 308._o pag._n 308._o nihil_fw-la opus_fw-la esset_fw-la continua_fw-la rerum_fw-la inspectione_n &_o procuratione_fw-la quae_fw-la tamen_fw-la deo_fw-la passim_fw-la tribuitur_fw-la and_o sure_o if_o all_o and_o every_o event_n of_o thing_n be_v precise_o set_v down_o and_o from_o eternity_n there_o need_v not_o then_o that_o continual_a inspection_n and_o procuration_n which_o nevertheless_o be_v every_o where_o attribute_v unto_o god_n pleniùs_fw-la tamen_fw-la respondere_fw-la videntur_fw-la 441._o pag._n 441._o qui_fw-la certam_fw-la quidem_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la universalem_fw-la dei_fw-la scientiam_fw-la esse_fw-la docent_fw-la sed_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la plures_fw-la certitudinis_fw-la causas_fw-la in_o visione_n praesentium_fw-la ac_fw-la praeteritorum_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o visione_n futurorum_fw-la contingentium_fw-la agnoscant_fw-la they_o therefore_o who_o teach_v that_o there_o be_v in_o god_n a_o certain_a universal_a knowledge_n in_o genere_fw-la do_v seem_v to_o answer_v more_o full_o but_o so_o as_o they_o do_v confess_v likewise_o that_o there_o be_v more_o cause_n of_o certainty_n in_o the_o vision_n of_o thing_n present_a then_o in_o the_o vision_n of_o thing_n future_a contingent_a omnia_fw-la etiam_fw-la decreta_fw-la quae_fw-la semel_fw-la apud_fw-la se_fw-la praecisè_fw-la definivit_fw-la uno_fw-la modo_fw-la &_o actu_fw-la 271._o pag._n 271._o post_fw-la factam_fw-la definitionem_fw-la accuratissimè_fw-la novit_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la alijs_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o fiunt_fw-la seorsim_fw-la &_o per_fw-la se_fw-la consideratis_fw-la hoc_fw-la affirmari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quip_n quae_fw-la non_fw-la modò_fw-la successiuè_fw-fr in_fw-la tempore_fw-la verumetiam_fw-la contingenter_n &_o saepe_fw-la conditionaliter_fw-la existunt_fw-la all_o thing_n which_o god_n have_v once_o decree_v and_o precise_o determine_v uno_fw-la modo_fw-la &_o actu_fw-la he_o do_v after_o such_o his_o determination_n exact_o know_v they_o but_o this_o can_v be_v affirm_v of_o all_o and_o every_o other_o thing_n which_o be_v or_o come_v to_o pass_v be_v consider_v several_o and_o by_o themselves_o because_o they_o have_v their_o existence_n not_o only_o successive_o in_o time_n but_o also_o contingent_o and_o oftentimes_o conditional_o out_o of_o his_o apology_n pater_fw-la peculiarem_fw-la quandam_fw-la entitatem_fw-la 38._o pag._n 38._o seu_fw-la quasi_fw-la limitatam_fw-la &_o restrictam_fw-la essentiam_fw-la habere_fw-la putandus_fw-la est_fw-la it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o the_o father_n have_v a_o certain_a peculiar_a be_v or_o as_o it_o be_v a_o limit_v and_o bound_v essence_n vnde_fw-la porrò_fw-la non_fw-la difficulter_fw-la efficitur_fw-la 43._o pag._n 43._o etiam_fw-la interna_fw-la quaedam_fw-la accidentia_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la ipsâ_fw-la ut_fw-la sic_fw-la dicere_fw-la liceat_fw-la proaereticâ_fw-la dei_fw-la mente_fw-la ac_fw-la voluntate_fw-la reverâ_fw-la existere_fw-la from_o whence_o it_o be_v easy_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v real_o certain_a internal_a accident_n in_o god_n that_o be_v to_o say_v if_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o use_v such_o a_o word_n in_o the_o very_a fore-electing_a mind_n and_o will_n of_o god_n in_o the_o 16._o chapter_n he_o do_v dangerous_o dissent_v from_o the_o receive_a opinion_n of_o divine_n concern_v the_o ubiquity_n 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