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A61471 A discourse of the freedom of the will by Peter Sterry ... Sterry, Peter, 1613-1672. 1675 (1675) Wing S5477; ESTC R15154 286,940 282

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which_o be_v the_o universal_a and_o supreme_a good_a there_o cleave_v to_o and_o become_v one_o with_o that_o bless_a and_o triumphant_a will_n it_o have_v no_o more_o any_o sense_n of_o opposition_n or_o force_n all_o thing_n now_o round_o about_o it_o make_v a_o pleasant_a music_n to_o it_o in_o the_o harmony_n of_o the_o divine_a will_n and_o shine_v upon_o it_o with_o a_o most_o ravish_a and_o heavenly_a lustre_n as_o they_o lie_v together_o in_o the_o divinely-beautiful_a form_n of_o the_o first_o and_o universal_a good_a this_o be_v that_o true_a liberty_n of_o the_o will_n of_o man_n in_o which_o he_o transcend_v all_o other_o creature_n here_o below_o by_o which_o he_o triumph_v over_o all_o chance_n and_o change_n over_o all_o confinement_n and_o com●…lsions_n over_o all_o the_o extremity_n of_o force_n and_o fury_n while_o it_o keep_v these_o wing_n unlime_v uncloged_a unclipt_a by_o the_o filth_n or_o guilt_n of_o fleshly_a lust_n while_o it_o preserve_v itself_o from_o 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