his owne nature thinges that ben subiect un-to him, ther is soothly
to god, al-weys, an eterne and presentarie estat; and the science
of him, that over-passeth al temporel moevement, dwelleth in the
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simplicitee of his presence, and embraceth and considereth alle
the infinit spaces of tymes, preterits and futures, and loketh, in
his simple knowinge, alle thinges of preterit right as they weren
y-doon presently right now. Yif thou wolt thanne thenken and
avyse the prescience, by which it knoweth alle thinges, thou ne
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