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earth_n be_v repute_v as_o nothing_o and_o he_o do_v according_a to_o his_o will_n in_o the_o army_n of_o heaven_n and_o among_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o none_o can_v stay_v his_o hand_n or_o say_v unto_o he_o what_o do_v thou_o vers_fw-la 35._o my_o counsel_n say_v he_o shall_v stand_v and_o i_o will_v do_v all_o my_o pleasure_n isa_n 46._o 10._o i_o have_v purpose_v i_o will_v also_o do_v it_o vers_n 11._o nay_o so_o certain_a be_v he_o of_o accomplish_v all_o his_o purpose_n that_o he_o confirm_v it_o with_o a_o oath_n the_o lord_n of_o host_n have_v swear_v sure_o as_o i_o have_v think_v so_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v and_o as_o i_o have_v purpose_v so_o it_o shall_v stand_v isa_n 14._o 24._o and_o indeed_o it_o be_v a_o very_a strange_a thing_n that_o god_n shall_v intend_v what_o he_o forseeth_a will_v never_o come_v to_o pass_v but_o i_o confess_v this_o argument_n will_v not_o be_v press_v against_o the_o arminian_n who_o question_v that_o prescience_n but_o yet_o will_v they_o also_o will_v observe_v from_o the_o scripture_n that_o the_o fayling_n of_o wicked_a man_n counsel_n and_o intention_n be_v a_o thing_n that_o god_n be_v say_v to_o deride_v in_o heaven_n as_o psal_n 2._o 4._o he_o threaten_v they_o with_o it_o take_v counsel_n say_v he_o together_o and_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o nought_o isa_n 8._o 10._o speak_v the_o word_n and_o it_o shall_v not_o stand_v see_v also_o chap._n 29._o 7_o 8._o and_o shall_v they_o be_v enable_v to_o recriminate_a and_o cast_v the_o like_a aspersion_n on_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n no_o sure_o say_v saint_n 103._o austin_n let_v we_o take_v heed_n we_o be_v not_o compel_v to_o believe_v that_o almighty_a god_n will_v have_v any_o thing_n do_v which_o do_v not_o come_v to_o pass_v to_o which_o truth_n also_o that_o the_o schoolman_n have_v universal_o consent_v be_v show_v by_o alvarez_n disput_n 32._o pro._n 3._o and_o these_o few_o instance_n will_v manifest_v the_o arminian_n opposition_n to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n in_o this_o particular_a s._n s._n our_o god_n be_v in_o heaven_n and_o have_v do_v whatsoever_o please_v he_o psal_n 115._o 3._o i_o will_v do_v all_o my_o pleasure_n isa_n 46._o who_o can_v stay_v his_o hand_n or_o say_v unto_o he_o what_o do_v thou_o dan._n 4._o 35._o i_o have_v purpose_v i_o will_v also_o do_v it_o isa_n 45._o as_o i_o have_v purpose_v so_o it_o shall_v stand_v chap._n 14._o 24._o lib._n arbit_n we_o nothing_o doubt_v but_o many_o thing_n which_o god_n will_v or_o that_o it_o please_v he_o to_o have_v do_v do_v yet_o never_o come_v to_o pass_v corvin_n we_o grant_v that_o some_o of_o god_n desire_n be_v never_o fulfil_v idem_fw-la it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o man_n to_o hinder_v the_o execution_n of_o god_n will_n idem_fw-la it_o be_v ridiculous_a to_o imagine_v that_o god_n do_v not_o serious_o will_v any_o thing_n but_o what_o take_v effect_n episcopius_n it_o may_v be_v object_v that_o god_n fail_v of_o his_o end_n this_o we_o 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fallibilem_fw-la conjecturalem_fw-la 3._o providentiam_fw-la otiosam_fw-la constituentia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d specimen_fw-la primus_fw-la copiarum_fw-la impetus_fw-la in_o campo_n qui_fw-la de_fw-la nomine_fw-la alterius_fw-la ducis_fw-la lib._n arbit_n dicitur_fw-la seu_fw-la humanarum_fw-la actionum_fw-la ditio_fw-la utrinque_fw-la autem_fw-la á_o voluntate_fw-la humana_fw-la remota_fw-la &_o confossa_fw-la jacent_fw-la 1._o coactio_fw-la 2._o necessitas_fw-la absoluta_fw-la interna_fw-la 3._o mera_fw-fr seu_fw-la solitaria_fw-la spontaneitas_fw-la arma_fw-la ad_fw-la legem_fw-la ad_fw-la prophetas_fw-la scrutamini_fw-la scripturas_fw-la johan._n 5._o 39_o 1._o decretum_fw-la absolutum_fw-la immutabile_fw-la 2._o praescientia_fw-la infallibilis_fw-la 3._o providentia_fw-la per_fw-la 1_o sustentationem_fw-la 2._o determinationem_fw-la 3._o gubernationem_fw-la 4._o directionem_fw-la sum_n efficaâ—_n quibus_fw-la omnem_fw-la creaturam_fw-la 1._o essentiam_fw-la 2._o subsistentiam_fw-la 3._o motionem_fw-la 4._o determinationem_fw-la ad_fw-la actum_fw-la 5._o efficientiam_fw-la in_o agendo_fw-la realem_fw-la debere_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la 1._o lib._n arbit_n 2._o integritas_fw-la naturae_fw-la 3._o lumen_fw-la naturale_fw-la 4._o actus_fw-la elicitus_fw-la 5._o faciens_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o se_fw-la est_fw-la 6._o faedus_fw-la novum_fw-la universale_fw-la 7._o vires_fw-la credendi_fw-la per_fw-la lapsum_fw-la non_fw-la amissae_fw-la 8._o potentia_fw-la active_a obedientialis_fw-la ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la morale_fw-la 9_o suasio_fw-la moralis_fw-la lingua_fw-la nostra_fw-la praevaleamus_fw-la labia_fw-la nostra_fw-la penes_fw-la nos_fw-la sunt_fw-la quis_fw-la esset_fw-la nobis_fw-la dominus_fw-la psal_n 12._o his_o tu_fw-la gradibus_fw-la romule_fw-la arpin_n ascendisti_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la dei_fw-la munus_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la vivimus_fw-la nostrum_fw-la vero_fw-la quod_fw-la bene_fw-la sancteque_fw-la vivimus_fw-la fortunam_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la petendam_fw-la à _fw-la seipso_fw-la sumendam_fw-la esse_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la quia_fw-la sibi_fw-la cuique_fw-la virtutem_fw-la aâ—quirit_n nemo_fw-la de_fw-fr sapientibus_fw-la de_fw-fr ea_fw-la gratias_fw-la deo_fw-la egit_fw-la impetus_fw-la copiarum_fw-la secundus_fw-la circa_fw-la gratiam_fw-la &_o naturam_fw-la ubi_fw-la adversis_fw-la frontibus_fw-la &_o cominus_fw-la pugnatur_fw-la campus_n autem_fw-la hic_fw-la status_fw-la naturae_fw-la post_fw-la lapsum_fw-la vocetur_fw-la cujus_fw-la loca_fw-la praecipua_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o mappa_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d delineantur_fw-la sunt_fw-la 1._o reatus_fw-la primi_fw-la peccati_fw-la 2._o corruptio_fw-la naturae_fw-la 3._o mors_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la ubi_fw-la multa_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la sepulchra_fw-la e_fw-la quibus_fw-la resurgente_fw-la christo_fw-la exierunt_fw-la pauci_fw-la 4._o impotentia_fw-la credendi_fw-la 5._o caecitas_fw-la intellectus_fw-la 6._o pravitas_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la 7._o obduratio_fw-la cordis_fw-la 8._o aversio_fw-la à _fw-la bono_fw-mi incommutabili_fw-la 9_o propensio_fw-la ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la commutabile_fw-la 1._o praedestinatio_fw-la gratuita_fw-la 2._o meritum_fw-la christi_fw-la 3_o operatio_fw-la spiritus_fw-la 4._o gratia_n efficax_n 5._o infusio_fw-la habituum_fw-la 6._o vocatio_fw-la secundum_fw-la immutabile_fw-la dei_fw-la propositum_fw-la 7._o evangelium_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la 8._o libre_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la non_fw-la nobis_fw-la domine_fw-la non_fw-la nobis_fw-la sed_fw-la nomini_fw-la tuo_fw-la da_fw-la honorem_fw-la psal_n 114._o nam_fw-la quos_fw-la praescivit_fw-la etiam_fw-la praedestinavit_fw-la conformandos_fw-mi imagini_fw-la silij_fw-la svi_fw-la ut_fw-la be_v sit_fw-la primogenitus_fw-la inter_fw-la multos_fw-la fratres_fw-la quos_fw-la vero_fw-la praedestinavit_fw-la eos_fw-la etiam_fw-la vocavit_fw-la &_o quos_fw-la vocavit_fw-la eos_fw-la etiam_fw-la iustificavit_fw-la &_o quos_fw-la justificavit_fw-la eos_fw-la etiam_fw-la glorificavit_fw-la rom._n 8._o cui_fw-la soli_fw-la sapienti_fw-la gloria_fw-la sit_fw-la per_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la in_fw-la secula_fw-la reader_n some_o sheet_n of_o this_o treatise_n be_v print_v after_o the_o first_o draught_n of_o the_o author_n and_o a_o great_a part_n of_o it_o in_o his_o absence_n make_v it_o require_v thy_o courtesy_n favourable_o to_o correct_v any_o misprint_n or_o great_a oversight_n that_o may_v prejudice_v the_o sense_n thereof_o to_o take_v notice_n also_o of_o these_o follow_n errata_fw-la but_o account_v they_o as_o not_o commit_v because_o correct_v pag._n 17._o l_o 9_o read_v mutability_n p._n 25._o l._n 5_o deal_n and_o p._n 29._o l._n 23._o r._n cap._n p._n 34._o l._n 17._o for_o essence_n r._n esteem_v p._n 36._o l_o 21_o 22._o r._n his_o law_n can_v possible_o aim_v at_o nothing_o p._n 37._o l._n 20._o d._n it_o p._n 40._o l._n 5._o r._n tolerable_a l_o 6._o r._n they_o p._n 42._o l._n 1._o r._n and_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o l._n 2._o d_o yet_o l._n 8._o d_o neither_o l._n 22._o r._n that_o we_o p._n 44._o l_o 18._o or_o no._n in_o p._n 45._o l._n 24._o r._n not_o unneces_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d corrupt_v p._n 53._o l._n 15._o r._n can_v be_v deriv_o p._n 56._o l._n 25._o r._n as_o equal_v a_o as_o p._n 59_o l._n 3_o â—_o r._n lay_v down_o p._n 62._o l._n 25._o us_o first_o p._n 63._o l._n 2._o for_o event_n r_o desert_n p._n 68_o l._n 27._o of_o god_n in_o p._n 78._o l_o 36._o r._n sinner_n deserve_v p._n 116._o l._n 12._o r._n for_o grant_v p._n 119._o l._n 12._o by_o those_o p._n 120._o l._n 25._o r._n his_o will_n and_o heavenly_a instruction_n p._n 128._o l._n 1._o