but also
hir conseils {and} hir willes.
hir conseils {and} hir willes.
Chaucer - Boethius
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. ? an ne shal ? er be no 4448
liberte of arbitre. ne certys ? er ne may ben noon o? er
dede ne no wille but ? ilke whiche ? e deuyne purueaunce
? at ne may nat ben desseiued ha? feled byforn
[Sidenote: For if things fall out contrary to such foreseeing, and
are wrested another way, the prescience of God in regard to
futurity would not be sure and unerring--it would be nothing but
an uncertain opinion of them: but I take it to be impious and
unlawful to believe this of God. ]
? For
yif ? at ? ei my? ten wry?
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. ? an ne shal ? er be no 4448
liberte of arbitre. ne certys ? er ne may ben noon o? er
dede ne no wille but ? ilke whiche ? e deuyne purueaunce
? at ne may nat ben desseiued ha? feled byforn
[Sidenote: For if things fall out contrary to such foreseeing, and
are wrested another way, the prescience of God in regard to
futurity would not be sure and unerring--it would be nothing but
an uncertain opinion of them: but I take it to be impious and
unlawful to believe this of God. ]
? For
yif ? at ? ei my? ten wry?