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Metaphysics.
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"Euclides metaphysicus, sive, De principiis sapientiæ stoecheidea E. / Authore Thoma Anglo ex albiis east - saxonum." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A65783.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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Prop. XVI.
Mentes incorporatae pleraque ad
Beatitudinem perveniunt.
a 1.1 CUm enim instrumentum
sit propter actionem seu
effectum propter quem fit, in∣strumentum
illud est substanti∣aliter
malum quòd substanti∣am
sui effectûs non est natum
perficere. Quare, cùm Mundus
sit instrumentum ad perducen∣das
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mentes incorporatas ad
Beatitudinem, nisi hoc efficiat,
erit substantialiter malus; sub∣stantia
autem Beatificandi ge∣nus
humanum clarè est, ut tot
particulares Animae beatificen∣tur
ut quae deficiant non sint
sufficientes ad partem conside∣rabilem
totius multitudinis con∣stituendam.
Quare, neque in∣teger,
id est, finitus jam mundus,
erit instrumentum substantia∣liter
bonum, nisi pleraque a∣nimalia
virtute spiritualia ad
Beatitudinem pertingant.b 1.2 Sed
cùm Deus sit universaliter cog∣noscitivus,
& perfectus seu
bonus,c 1.3 & quae facit propter
bonum creaturarum agat, cla∣rum
est, illum nihil, nedum
Mundum, hoc est, adeò ingen∣tem
terminum operationis suae
fecisse substantialiter malum.
Est ita{que} Mundus substantiali∣ter
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bonus, & plerae{que} mentes
incoporatae ad Beatudinem per∣tingunt.
Notes
a 1.1
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Axio. 4.