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utique_fw-la fuerit_fw-la cum_fw-la etiam_fw-la quem_fw-la fecit_fw-la voluntate_fw-la fecisse_fw-la et_fw-la veluti_fw-la sol_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o reliquae_fw-la creaturae_fw-la part_n omnes_fw-la quae_fw-la vel_fw-la obnoxiae_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la obnoxiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la corruptibilitati_fw-la ex_fw-la voluntate_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o id_fw-la quod_fw-la sint_fw-la &_o id_fw-la quod_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la sint_fw-la habent_fw-la chap._n 11._o contain_v the_o sum_n of_o what_o we_o be_v to_o believe_v in_o this_o article_n of_o creation_n and_o of_o the_o duty_n whereto_o it_o bind_v we_o with_o a_o introduction_n to_o the_o article_n of_o his_o providence_n to_o believe_v that_o god_n be_v the_o maker_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o of_o all_o thing_n visible_a and_o invisible_a include_v in_o it_o a_o acknowledgement_n not_o only_o of_o the_o six_o day_n work_n but_o that_o he_o still_o make_v all_o thing_n that_o be_v and_o shall_v make_v all_o thing_n which_o hereafter_o 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