[Sidenote: Thus may we reason
concerning
Providence and future
events.
Chaucer - Boethius
ou? ?{a}t ?e cause of so?e come? of [?e] syttyng. and
nat of ?e trewe oppiniou{n}. Algates ?itte is ?er comune
necessite in ?at oon {and} in ?at o?er.
[Sidenote: Thus may we reason
concerning
Providence and future
events.
]
? ?us shewe? it
?{a}t I may make semblable skils of ?e p{ur}ueau{n}ce of god 4492
{and} of ?inges to come.
[Sidenote: For allowing things are foreseen because they are to
happen, and that they do not befall because they are foreseen, it
is necessary that future events should be foreseen of God, or if
foreseen that they should happen; and this alone is sufficient to
destroy all idea of _free-will_.]
