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For in saying, Divinâ providentia, which is the same with Dei gratiâ, though disguised, they deny to have received their authority from the civil state, and slyly slip off the collar of their civil subjection, contrary to the unity and defence of the Commonwealth.
Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill 1651
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He is not in any time or place, but all times and places, as well as all creatures, are contained in “the treasure of God's wisdom”, or in his providence (providentia).
Peter Damian Holopainen, Toivo J. 2008
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Cap. 6. de curat.graec. affect.rap. de providentia; quotiescunque divitiis affluentem hominem videmus, cumque pessimum, ne quaeso hunc beatissimum putemus, sed infelicem, censeamus,
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The monarch or the sovereign assembly only hath immediate authority from God to teach and instruct the people; and no man but the sovereign receiveth his power Dei gratia simply; that is to say, from the favour of none but God: all other receive theirs from the favour and providence of God and their sovereigns; as in a monarchy Dei gratia et regis; or Dei providentia et voluntate regis.
Leviathan 2007
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God, which once spoken had to be obeyed (De providentia V).
FORTUNE, FATE, AND CHANCE VINCENZO CIOFFARI 1968
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* [548] Cur bonis mala fiant, cum sit providentia.
A Dissertation on Divine Justice 1616-1683 1967
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[26] “Cur bonis mala fiant, cum sit providentia.” —
A Dissertation on Divine Justice 1616-1683 1967
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Hence it is that the very name of prudence is taken from foresight (_providentia_) as from its principal part.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Ac sane, quod difficillimum in primis [48] est, et proelio strenuus erat et bonus consilio; quorum alterum [49] ex providentia timorem, alterum ex audacia temeritatem affere plerumque solet.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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Dumque hoc vel forte vel providentia vel utcunque constitutum rerum naturæ corpus, quod ille pæne solus Romanorum animo vidit, ingenio complexus est, eloquentia illuminavit, manebit incolume: comitem ævi sui laudem Ciceronis trahet; omnisque posteritas illius in te scripta mirabitur, tuum in eum factum execrabitur: citiusque in mundo genus hominum, quam cadet.
An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition George Sharswood
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