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all_o these_o premise_n concern_v the_o obscurity_n of_o god_n nature_n and_o the_o work_n of_o providence_n viz._n that_o we_o betake_v ourselves_o to_o the_o infallible_a determination_n of_o the_o roman-church_n i_o shall_v only_o say_v that_o as_o i_o know_v not_o that_o as_o yet_o the_o pope_n have_v undertake_v pontifical_o to_o interpose_v his_o definitive_a sentence_n in_o reference_n to_o these_o philosophical_a digladiation_n he_o glance_v on_o in_o the_o most_o part_n of_o his_o discourse_n so_o i_o have_v but_o little_a reason_n on_o the_o resignation_n require_v to_o expect_v a_o illumination_n from_o that_o obscurity_n about_o the_o deity_n which_o he_o insist_o on_o find_v the_o child_n indeed_o the_o father_n of_o that_o church_n of_o all_o man_n in_o the_o earth_n most_o to_o abound_v in_o contradictory_n dispute_n and_o endless_a quarrel_n about_o the_o very_a nature_n and_o property_n of_o god_n himself_o but_o his_o direct_a improvement_n of_o this_o long_a 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