seyth, why that witinge ne receiveth nat lesinge of that it wot); for

it bihoveth, by necessitee, that every thing be right as science

comprehendeth it to be. What shal I thanne seyn? In whiche

manere knoweth god biforn the thinges to comen, yif they ne be

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nat certein? For yif that he deme that they ben to comen

uneschewably, and so may be that it is possible that they ne

shollen nat comen, god is deceived. But nat only to trowen that

god is deceived, but for to speke it with mouth, it is a felonous

sinne. But yif that god wot that, right so as thinges ben to