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to_o determine_v they_o to_o this_o or_o that_o in_o particular_a according_a as_o he_o please_v the_o preparation_n of_o the_o heart_n in_o man_n and_o the_o answer_n of_o the_o tongue_n be_v from_o the_o lord_n say_v solomon_n prov._n 16._o 1._o which_o jacob_n trust_v and_o rely_v on_o when_o he_o pray_v that_o the_o lord_n will_v grant_v his_o son_n to_o find_v favour_n and_o mercy_n before_o that_o man_n gen._n 43._o 14._o who_o then_o he_o suppose_v to_o be_v some_o atheistical_a egyptian_a whence_o we_o must_v grant_v if_o either_o the_o good_a old_a man_n believe_v that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n to_o incline_v and_o unalterable_o turn_v and_o settle_v the_o heart_n of_o joseph_n to_o favour_v his_o brethren_n or_o else_o his_o prayer_n must_v have_v have_v such_o a_o senseless_a sense_n as_o this_o grant_v o_o lord_n such_o a_o general_a influence_n of_o thy_o providence_n that_o the_o heart_n of_o that_o man_n may_v be_v turn_v to_o good_a towards_o my_o son_n 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utter_o impossible_a to_o reconcile_v some_o place_n of_o scripture_n seem_o repugnant_a in_o the_o 22._o chapter_n of_o genesis_n v._n 2._o god_n command_v abraham_n to_o take_v his_o only_a son_n isaac_n and_o offer_v he_o for_o a_o burn_a offering_n in_o the_o land_n of_o moriah_n here_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v declarative_a of_o some_o will_n of_o god_n unto_o abraham_n who_o know_v it_o ought_v to_o be_v and_o little_a thought_n but_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v perform_v but_o yet_o when_o he_o actual_o address_v himself_o to_o his_o duty_n in_o obedience_n to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n he_o receive_v a_o countermand_n vers_fw-la 12._o that_o he_o shall_v not_o lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o the_o child_n to_o sacrifice_v he_o the_o event_n plain_o manifest_v that_o it_o be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n that_o isaac_n shall_v not_o be_v sacrifice_v and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o command_n abraham_n seem_v before_o bind_v to_o believe_v that_o it_o be_v 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majoris_fw-la vitii_fw-la sit_fw-la non_fw-la videre_fw-la aug._n pelag_n semipelag_n scholastico_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la causa_fw-la non_fw-la judicant_fw-la secundum_fw-la aequitatem_fw-la sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la affectum_fw-la commodi_fw-la svi_fw-la luth._o the_o erv_v arbit_n psal_n 50._o phil_n lib_n quod_fw-la sit_fw-la deus_fw-la immutabilis_fw-la immutabilis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quaedam_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la omnem_fw-la actum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quaedam_fw-la quae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d cap._n 5._o see_v 1._o pag_n 67._o 67._o certum_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la quaedam_fw-la velle_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la velle_fw-la niâ—i_fw-la aliqua_fw-la 〈◊〉_d humana_fw-la antecederet_fw-la aâ—_n min._n antipe_n kâ—p_n 211._o 211._o multa_fw-la tamen_fw-la arbitror_fw-la deum_fw-la velle_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la vellet_fw-la adeoque_fw-la nec_fw-la justâ—_n velle_fw-la posset_n nisi_fw-la aliqua_fw-la actio_fw-la creature_n