mowen, which that the estat is of the devyne substaunce; so that

we mowen eek knowen what his science is. The commune Iugement

of alle creatures resonables thanne is this: that god is eterne.

Lat us considere thanne what is eternitee; for certes that shal

shewen us to-gidere the devyne nature and the devyne science.

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Eternitee, thanne, is parfit possessioun and al-togidere of lyf

interminable; and that sheweth more cleerly by the comparisoun

or the collacioun of temporel thinges. For al thing that liveth in

tyme it is present, and procedeth fro preterits in-to futures, that is