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all-swaying_a providence_n to_o suffer_v evil_a to_o be_v do_v be_v he_o know_v how_o to_o bring_v good_a out_o of_o it_o then_o to_o permit_v none_o at_o all_o and_o this_o be_v ratify_v from_o the_o word_n of_o s._n augustine_n saluberrimè_fw-la confitemur_fw-la quod_fw-la rectissimè_fw-la 10._o credimus_fw-la deum_fw-la dominúmque_fw-la rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la qui_fw-la creavit_fw-la omne_fw-la bona_fw-la valde_fw-la &_o mala_fw-la ex_fw-la bonis_fw-la exoritura_fw-la esse_fw-la praescivit_fw-la &_o scivit_fw-la magìs_fw-la ad_fw-la svam_fw-la omnipotentissimam_fw-la bonitatem_fw-la pertinere_fw-la etiam_fw-la de_fw-la malis_fw-la benefacere_fw-la quam_fw-la mala_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la sinere_fw-la ut_fw-la ostenderet_fw-la primùm_fw-la quid_fw-la possit_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la deinde_fw-la quid_fw-la possit_fw-la gratiae_fw-la suae_fw-la beneficium_fw-la justitiaeque_fw-la judicium_fw-la