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in_o non-quoting_a or_o in_o quote_v nonens_a but_o to_o clear_v my_o integrity_n to_o the_o reader_n it_o be_v in_o aquinas_n 2_o a._n 2_o ae_z qu._n 95._o where_o aquinas_n put_v the_o question_n whether_o the_o divination_n that_o be_v make_v by_o the_o star_n be_v unlawful_a 1._o he_o say_v sed_fw-la contraest_n quod_fw-la augustinus_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v that_o of_o austin_n be_v against_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o divination_n by_o star_n damnat_fw-la illos_fw-la planetarios_fw-la quos_fw-la mathematicos_fw-la vocant_fw-la consulere_fw-la non_fw-la desidebam_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la tamen_fw-la christiana_n &_o vera_fw-la pietas_fw-la expellit_fw-la &_o damnat_fw-la in_o 4._o confess_v i_o do_v not_o say_v austin_n desist_v consult_v with_o the_o planetary_n who_o they_o call_v mathematician_n etc._n etc._n which_o thing_n nevertheless_o christian_n and_o true_a piety_n expel_v est_fw-la conclusio_fw-la contingentium_fw-la &_o casualium_fw-la per_fw-la certitudinem_fw-la 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ut_fw-la semper_fw-la &_o coâ—em_fw-la modo_fw-la proveniant_fw-la hâ—â—c_fw-la autem_fw-la secundùm_fw-la rationem_fw-la contingentiae_fw-la ut_fw-la variabiliter_fw-la contingant_fw-la unde_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la quòd_fw-la ex_fw-la inspectione_n syderum_fw-la accipiatur_fw-la praecognitio_fw-la futurorum_fw-la nisi_fw-la sinut_n ex_fw-la causis_fw-la praecognoscuntur_fw-la effectur_n duplices_fw-la autem_fw-la effectus_fw-la subtrahuntur_fw-la causalitati_fw-la coelestium_fw-la corporum_fw-la 1._o quidem_fw-la omnes_fw-la effectus_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la contingentes_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la humanis_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la naturalibus_fw-la quia_fw-la ut_fw-la probatur_fw-la 6._o metaphens_n per_fw-la accidens_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la causam_fw-la &_o praecipuè_fw-la natualem_fw-la cujusmodi_fw-la est_fw-la viâ—tus_fw-la coelestium_fw-la corporum_fw-la quia_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la fit_a neque_fw-la est_fw-la ens_fw-la propriè_fw-la neque_fw-la unum_fw-la sieut_n quòd_fw-la lapide_fw-la cadente_fw-la fiat_fw-la terraemotus_fw-la haec_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o hujusmodi_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la unum_fw-la sed_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la multa_fw-la operatio_fw-la autem_fw-la naturae_fw-la semper_fw-la terminatur_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquid_fw-la unum_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o procedit_fw-la ab_fw-la uno_fw-la principio_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la forma_fw-la rei_fw-la naturalis_fw-la 2._o autem_fw-la subtrahuntur_fw-la causalitati_fw-la coelestium_fw-la corporum_fw-la actus_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la facultas_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la &_o rationis_fw-la intellectus_fw-la enim_fw-la sive_fw-la ratio_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la corpus_fw-la nee_n actus_fw-la corporis_fw-la organici_fw-la &_o per_fw-la consequens_fw-la nec_fw-la voluntas_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la in_o ratione_fw-la 〈◊〉_d patet_fw-la per_fw-la philosophum_fw-la in_o 3._o de_fw-la anim_fw-la nullum_fw-la 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