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