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damnation_n but_o as_o the_o cause_n for_o which_o a_o reprobate_n be_v damn_v and_o aquinas_n who_o follower_n the_o dominican_n be_v express_v this_o doctrine_n in_o this_o manner_n and_o that_o more_o scholastical_o and_o accurate_o then_o alvarez_n praescientia_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la aliqua_fw-la ratio_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la paenae_fw-la quae_fw-la praeparatur_fw-la reprobatis_fw-la in_fw-la quantum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la deus_fw-la proponit_fw-la se_fw-la puniturum_fw-la malos_fw-la propter_fw-la peccata_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o ad_fw-la rom._n 9_o sect._n 2._o in_o fine_a that_o be_v prescience_n of_o sin_n may_v be_v some_o reason_n of_o reprobation_n on_o the_o part_n of_o punishment_n to_o wit_n in_o as_o much_o as_o god_n purpose_v to_o punish_v wicked_a man_n for_o their_o sin_n where_o sin_n be_v evident_o make_v the_o cause_n of_o damnation_n and_o that_o by_o virtue_n of_o god_n purpose_n but_o by_o no_o mean_n the_o cause_n 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