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which_o if_o i_o have_v fail_v to_o perform_v i_o have_v fail_v in_o my_o duty_n both_o towards_o the_o service_n of_o god_n which_o be_v now_o in_o question_n as_o also_o towards_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o king_n my_o master_n who_o will_v always_o be_v ready_a to_o maintain_v the_o purity_n of_o the_o reform_a religion_n though_o it_o be_v with_o the_o profusion_n of_o his_o own_o blood_n the_o blood_n of_o his_o child_n and_o subject_n this_o protestation_n be_v make_v the_o state_n after_o some_o deliberation_n frame_v we_o a_o answer_n in_o these_o term_n that_o howsoever_o his_o majesty_n of_o great_a britain_n have_v not_o yet_o receive_v that_o contentment_n which_o he_o may_v expect_v in_o this_o business_n of_o vorstius_n nevertheless_o they_o do_v not_o doubt_v but_o that_o at_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o state_n of_o holland_n in_o february_n next_o his_o majesty_n shall_v receive_v entire_a satisfaction_n which_o answer_n give_v some_o life_n to_o our_o hope_n that_o 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a_o certain_a and_o definite_a essence_n which_o may_v be_v apply_v in_o some_o kind_n unto_o god_n that_o god_n can_v right_o in_o every_o sense_n be_v say_v to_o be_v infinite_a see_v that_o infiniteness_n which_o be_v opposite_a to_o certain_a definitenesse_n can_v indeed_o be_v attribute_v unto_o god_n ¶_o 4._o estne_v deus_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la loco_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la 23._o non_fw-la pag._n 3._o l._n 22_o 23._o physico_fw-la verùm_fw-la in_o spatio_fw-la abstractissimè_fw-la sumpto_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la svo_fw-la divino_fw-la modo_fw-la adimplet_fw-la be_v god_n in_o a_o place_n he_o be_v but_o not_o in_o a_o natural_a place_n but_o in_o spatio_fw-la abstractissimè_fw-la sumpto_fw-la which_o god_n after_o his_o divine_a manner_n do_v fill_v ¶_o 5._o estne_v deus_fw-la corporeus_fw-la 34._o corporeus_fw-la pag._n 3._o l._n 34._o propriè_fw-la loquendo_fw-la minimè_fw-la corporeus_fw-la est_fw-la 6._o est_fw-la pag._n 15._o l._n 6._o sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la nihil_fw-la absurdi_fw-la erit_fw-la si_fw-la deo_fw-la impropriè_fw-la loquendo_fw-la corpus_fw-la ascribamus_fw-la 3._o ascribamus_fw-la pag._n 4._o l._n 3._o nempè_fw-la quatenus_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la corporis_fw-la impropriè_fw-la &_o latissimè_fw-la pro_fw-la verâ_fw-la substantiâ_fw-la 14._o substantiâ_fw-la pag._n 15._o l._n 14._o non_fw-la prorsus_fw-la absurdè_fw-la sumitur_fw-la 3_o sumitur_fw-la pag._n 15._o l._n 10._o &_o 3_o iuxta_fw-la latam_fw-la significationem_fw-la quae_fw-la figurata_fw-la &_o impropria_fw-la seu_fw-la mavis_fw-la catachrestica_fw-la est_fw-la have_v god_n a_o body_n if_o we_o will_v speak_v proper_o he_o have_v none_o yet_o be_v it_o no_o absurdity_n speak_v improper_o to_o ascribe_v a_o body_n unto_o god_n that_o be_v to_o say_v as_o the_o word_n body_n be_v take_v improper_o and_o general_o and_o yet_o not_o very_o absurd_o for_o a_o true_a substance_n in_o a_o large_a signification_n which_o be_v figurative_a and_o improper_a or_o if_o you_o will_v abusive_a ¶_o 6._o estne_v deus_fw-la compositus_fw-la è_fw-la materiâ_fw-la &_o formâ_fw-la 3._o formâ_fw-la pag._n 5._o l._n 3._o nullo_fw-la modo_fw-la propriè_fw-la loquendo_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o sensu_fw-la quodam_fw-la improprio_fw-la vel_fw-la si_fw-la mavis_fw-la per_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quandam_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la corporis_fw-la item_n quasi_fw-la materiae_fw-la &_o formae_fw-la seu_fw-la quasi_fw-la compositionis_fw-la ex_fw-la genere_fw-la &_o differentiâ_fw-la aliquando_fw-la eidem_fw-la attribui_fw-la posse_fw-la non_fw-la immeritò_fw-la alicui_fw-la videatur_fw-la be_v god_n compound_v of_o matter_n and_o form_n by_o no_o mean_n speak_v proper_o although_o it_o be_v true_a in_o a_o certain_a improper_a sense_n or_o if_o you_o please_v by_o a_o certain_a catachresis_fw-la by_o the_o which_o the_o word_n body_n and_o as_o it_o be_v materia_fw-la &_o forma_fw-la or_o as_o it_o be_v a_o composition_n ex_fw-la genere_fw-la &_o differentia_fw-la may_v sometime_o seem_v to_o some_o and_o not_o without_o cause_n to_o be_v fit_o attribute_v to_o god_n ¶_o 7._o estne_v deus_fw-la immutabilis_fw-la ut_fw-la essentiâ_fw-la sic_fw-la voluntate_fw-la non_fw-fr est_fw-fr 15._o est_fw-fr pag._n 15._o l._n 15._o ut_fw-la essentiâ_fw-la sic_fw-la voluntate_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la aequaliter_fw-la be_v god_n unchangeable_a in_o his_o will_n as_o he_o be_v in_o his_o essence_n he_o be_v not_o unchangeable_a in_o his_o will_n as_o he_o be_v in_o his_o essence_n that_o be_v not_o alike_o unchangeable_a in_o the_o one_o as_o he_o be_v in_o the_o other_o ¶_o 8._o estne_v deus_fw-la subiectus_fw-la accidentibus_fw-la 8._o accidentibus_fw-la pag_n 7._o l._n 8._o non_fw-la ullis_fw-la veris._n 9_o veris._n pag._n 7._o l._n 9_o tametsi_fw-la per_fw-la liberam_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la quaedam_fw-la accidentia_fw-la latissimè_fw-la sic_fw-la dicta_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la tum_fw-la in_o se_fw-la recipit_fw-la deus_fw-la be_v god_n subject_a to_o accident_n not_o to_o any_o true_a accident_n although_o god_n do_v by_o his_o free_a will_v take_v to_o himself_o and_o into_o himself_o certain_a accident_n so_o call_v in_o the_o large_a sense_n ¶_o 9_o an_fw-mi deus_fw-la per_fw-la discursum_fw-la conijcit_fw-la de_fw-la futuris_fw-la interdum_fw-la 24._o interdum_fw-la pag._n 7._o l._n 24._o aliquatenus_fw-la 9_o aliquatenus_fw-la pag._n 8._o l._n 9_o discursum_fw-la quendam_fw-la instituit_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la de_fw-la incertis_fw-la conijcit_fw-la 22._o conijcit_fw-la pag._n 7._o l._n 22._o sed_fw-la impropriè_fw-la &_o metaphoricè_fw-la citraque_fw-la omnem_fw-la imperfectionem_fw-la 2._o imperfectionem_fw-la 4_o pag._n 8._o l._n 2._o conijcit_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la coniecturâ_fw-la qualis_fw-la hominum_fw-la esse_fw-la solet_fw-la sed_fw-la planè_fw-la divinâ_fw-la do_v god_n conjecture_v of_o thing_n to_o come_v by_o discourse_n sometime_o in_o some_o sort_n he_o frame_v to_o himself_o a_o certain_a discourse_n and_o do_v as_o it_o be_v conjecture_v of_o thing_n uncertain_a but_o improper_o and_o metaphorical_o and_o without_o all_o imperfection_n and_o he_o do_v conjecture_v not_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o man_n do_v but_o after_o a_o mere_o divine_a manner_n ¶_o 10._o affectus_fw-la amoris_fw-la odij_fw-la etc._n etc._n deone_fw-mi propriè_fw-la attribuuntur_fw-la propriè_fw-la sed_fw-la 16._o sed_fw-la pag._n 8._o l._n 16._o ut_fw-la pro_fw-la veritate_fw-la potiùs_fw-la quà m_fw-la pro_fw-la usitatâ_fw-la nobisque_fw-la notâ_fw-la proprietate_fw-la accipiendum_fw-la sit_fw-la 1._o sit_fw-la pag._n 9_o l._n 1._o nulli_fw-la affectus_fw-la cum_fw-la humanâ_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la coniuncti_fw-la propriè_fw-la deo_fw-la attribuuntur_fw-la verè_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o svo_fw-la modo_fw-la propriè_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la suae_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la naturae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la proprietate_fw-la the_o affection_n of_o love_n hatred_n etc._n etc._n be_v they_o proper_o attribute_v unto_o god_n or_o not_o yes_o but_o so_o as_o you_o take_v it_o rather_o for_o a_o verity_n then_o for_o that_o property_n which_o be_v vulgar_o understand_v and_o know_v unto_o us._n no_o affection_n accompany_v with_o humane_a infirmity_n be_v proper_o attribute_v unto_o god_n yet_o true_o and_o in_o his_o own_o kind_n proper_o that_o be_v to_o say_v as_o they_o be_v proper_a to_o his_o nature_n and_o not_o to_o we_o ¶_o 11._o pater_fw-la habetne_n peculiarem_fw-la quandam_fw-la seu_fw-la quasi_fw-la restrictam_fw-la essentiam_fw-la 13._o essentiam_fw-la pag._n 21._o l._n 13._o vox_fw-la essentiae_fw-la perinde_v ut_fw-la entis_fw-la amplissimam_fw-la significationem_fw-la habet_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la nihil_fw-la omninò_fw-la vetat_fw-la utramque_fw-la non_fw-la minùs_fw-la ad_fw-la personas_fw-la divinas_fw-la quà m_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsam_fw-la deitatis_fw-la naturam_fw-la in_o sano_fw-la sensu_fw-la referri_fw-la have_v the_o father_n a_o certain_a peculiar_a or_o as_o it_o be_v limit_v essence_n the_o word_n essence_n as_o well_o as_o ens_fw-la have_v a_o very_a large_a signification_n and_o we_o may_v apply_v both_o of_o they_o safe_o in_o a_o good_a sense_n as_o well_o to_o the_o divine_a person_n as_o to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o deity_n itself_o ¶_o 12._o suntne_n patrum_fw-la argumenta_fw-la frivola_fw-la pro_fw-la aeternâ_fw-la christi_fw-la generatione_n siquidem_fw-la 3._o siquidem_fw-la pag._n 14._o l._n 3._o unica_fw-la vox_fw-la quaedam_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la inseratur_fw-la argumenta_fw-la à _fw-la patribus_fw-la hactenùs_fw-la aptata_fw-la aut_fw-la fallacia_fw-la aut_fw-la frivola_fw-la sunt_fw-la be_v those_o argument_n which_o the_o father_n have_v use_v to_o prove_v the_o eternal_a generation_n of_o christ_n frivolous_a or_o no_o if_o this_o one_o word_n quaedam_fw-la some_o be_v add_v to_o the_o begin_n of_o that_o position_n it_o be_v then_o true_a that_o the_o argument_n which_o 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