No More Learning

ou art
troubled.

[Sidenote: God's foreknowledge seems to me inconsistent with man's
free-will. ]

It seme? q{uo}d I to repugnen {and} to contrarien 4440
gretly ? at god knowe? byforn alle ? inges. {and}
? at ? er is any fredom of liberte.

[Sidenote: For if God foresees all things, and cannot be deceived,
then that which Providence hath foreseen must needs happen. ]

for yif so be ? at god
loke? alle ? inges byforn.
ne god ne may nat ben
desseiuid in no manere. ? an mot it nedes ben ? at alle 4444
? inges bytyden ? e whiche ? at ? e purueaunce of god ha?
sein byforn to comen.

[Sidenote: If God from eternity doth foreknow not only the works,
but the designs and wills of men, there can be no liberty of
will--nor can there be any other action or will than that which a
Divine and infallible Providence hath foreseen. ]

? For whiche yif ? at god
knowe? by-forn nat oonly ? e werkes of men. but also
hir conseils {and} hir willes.