at
p{er}fit
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goode is in hym.
goode is in hym.
Chaucer - Boethius
an
god. it may nat ben douted ? an ? at [he ? {a}t] no ? ing is
bettre. ? at he nys good.
[Sidenote: Reason clearly demonstrates (1) that God is good, and
(2) that the sovereign good exists in him. ]
? Certys resou{n} shewe? ? at
god is so goode ? at it p{ro}ue? by verray force ?
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goode is in hym.
[Sidenote: If it were not so He could not be the Ruler of all
things, for there would be some other being excelling him who
possesses the supreme good and who must have existed before Him. ]
? For yif god ne is swiche. he ne
may nat ben p{r}ince of alle ? inges. for certis som ? ing
possessyng in hy{m} self p{er}fit goode sholde ben more
? an god. {and} [it] sholde seme ? at ? ilke ? ing were first 2492
{and} elder ? an god.
[Sidenote: And we have already shown that the perfect precedes the
imperfect;]
? For we han shewed ap{er}tly ?
god. it may nat ben douted ? an ? at [he ? {a}t] no ? ing is
bettre. ? at he nys good.
[Sidenote: Reason clearly demonstrates (1) that God is good, and
(2) that the sovereign good exists in him. ]
? Certys resou{n} shewe? ? at
god is so goode ? at it p{ro}ue? by verray force ?
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goode is in hym.
[Sidenote: If it were not so He could not be the Ruler of all
things, for there would be some other being excelling him who
possesses the supreme good and who must have existed before Him. ]
? For yif god ne is swiche. he ne
may nat ben p{r}ince of alle ? inges. for certis som ? ing
possessyng in hy{m} self p{er}fit goode sholde ben more
? an god. {and} [it] sholde seme ? at ? ilke ? ing were first 2492
{and} elder ? an god.
[Sidenote: And we have already shown that the perfect precedes the
imperfect;]
? For we han shewed ap{er}tly ?
