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furnace_n and_o yet_o not_o burn_v god_n command_v and_o order_v thing_n so_o that_o the_o fire_n shall_v not_o burn_v they_o now_o our_o question_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v chief_o of_o the_o intrinsical_a contingency_n namely_o about_o the_o motion_n act_n and_o property_n of_o the_o free_a will_n to_o this_o therefore_o our_o position_n come_v that_o the_o divine_a prescience_n do_v not_o take_v away_o contingency_n seu_fw-la possibilitatem_fw-la aliter_fw-la se_fw-la habendi_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o divine_a prescience_n do_v not_o change_n determine_v or_o necessitate_v the_o object_n know_v and_o here_o we_o assert_v these_o two_o thesis_n first_o that_o god_n know_v future_a contingency_n second_o that_o this_o knowledge_n do_v not_o take_v away_o the_o contingency_n of_o thing_n first_o that_o god_n know_v future_a contingency_n and_o that_o this_o be_v so_o none_o can_v doubt_v who_o believe_v the_o scripture_n see_v matt._n 1_o 21_o 22_o 23._o the_o angel_n 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ens_fw-la perfectissimum_fw-la can_v be_v deceive_v and_o then_o it_o be_v foretell_v that_o not_o a_o bone_n of_o christ_n shall_v be_v break_v on_o the_o cross_n and_o many_o circumstance_n be_v verify_v according_a to_o the_o prophecy_n of_o old_a therein_o this_o foreknowledge_n in_o scripture_n god_n assume_v to_o himself_o and_o upbraid_v the_o false_a god_n because_o they_o do_v not_o know_v thing_n to_o come_v isa_n 44._o dan._n 2._o now_o this_o truth_n in_o all_o age_n have_v have_v its_o enemy_n god_n providence_n and_o prescience_n of_o future_a thing_n be_v flat_o deny_v by_o epicurus_n and_o cicero_n concur_v with_o he_o and_o of_o late_a the_o socinian_o have_v deny_v it_o they_o do_v not_o deny_v god_n omnisciency_n but_o do_v thus_o argue_v futura_fw-la contingentia_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la omninò_fw-la cognoscibilia_fw-la ergo_fw-la nec_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la sunt_fw-la cognita_fw-la neither_o do_v they_o think_v that_o any_o prejudice_n be_v hereby_o do_v to_o the_o 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petri_n bertii_fw-la guil._n twissi_n thom._n jacksonii_n etc._n etc._n scripta_fw-la quibus_fw-la penè_fw-la omnibus_fw-la de_fw-la questionibus_fw-la praedictis_fw-la earumve_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la hommius_n &_o twissus_n contra_fw-la reliqui_fw-la pro_fw-la arminio_n fuse_v disputant_n 22._o animadversion_n on_o a_o treatise_n entitle_v god_n love_n to_o mankind_n by_o john_n davenant_n bishop_n of_o salisbury_n cambridge_n 1641._o 23._o determinatio_fw-la quaestionum_fw-la per_fw-la eundem_fw-la fol._n ubi_fw-la variâ—_n arminianorum_n placita_fw-la solid_a more_o svo_fw-la ventilat_fw-la erat_fw-la enim_fw-la ingenii_fw-la scholastici_fw-la vir_fw-la judicii_fw-la subacti_fw-la &_o perspicui_fw-la synodo_fw-la doâ—_n dracenae_fw-la praesens_fw-la interfuit_fw-la controversiis_fw-la hâ—sâ—â—_n verâ—atissimus_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la inter_fw-la nostrate_v superioress_n nullum_fw-la habuit_fw-la forte_fw-fr nec_fw-la aequalem_fw-la 24._o examen_fw-la thesium_fw-la franc._n gomari_fw-la de_fw-la predâ—â—â—atione_fw-la per_fw-la jac._n arminium_n anno_fw-la 1645._o octâ—â—â—_n 25._o andreae_n riveti_n epistolae_fw-la apologeticae_fw-la contra_fw-la mos_fw-la amyraldum_n de_fw-fr gratiâ_fw-la universali_fw-la 1648._o octavo_fw-la 26._o frederici_fw-la spanhemii_fw-la epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la cattierium_n de_fw-la gratia_fw-la vniversali_fw-la 1648._o 27._o mosis_fw-la amyraldi_n specimen_fw-la animadversionum_fw-la adversus_fw-la spanhemium_fw-la de_fw-fr gratia_n universali_fw-la 28._o georg._n vellei_fw-mi ad_fw-la pamphilium_fw-la continium_n de_fw-la specimine_fw-la animadversionum_fw-la mosis_fw-la amyraldi_n judicium_fw-la 1649._o octavo_fw-la 29._o johan_n dallaei_n apologia_fw-la pro_fw-la duabus_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la in_o gallia_n protestantium_fw-la synodis_fw-la nationalibus_fw-la adversus_fw-la fred._n spanhemii_fw-la exercitationes_fw-la de_fw-la gratia_n vniversali_fw-la 1655._o octavo_fw-la 30._o fidei_fw-la mosis_fw-la amyraldi_n circa_fw-la 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