“For when every judgement is the act of hym that judgeth, it behoveth that every man performe hys worke and purpose, not by any forayne or straunge power or facultie, but by his owne proper power, and strength.”

Tr. George Colville (1556); source https://books.google.com/books?id=649EAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA129
The Consolation of Philosophy · De Consolatione Philosophiae, Book V

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