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xv.) Note .-- The multitude understand by the power of God the free will of God, and the right over all things that exist, which latter are accordingly generally considered as contingent.

For it is said that God has the power to destroy all things, and to reduce them to nothing.

Further, the power of God is very often likened to the power of kings.

But this doctrine we have refuted (Pt.i., Prop.xxxii., Corolls.i.and ii.), and we have shown (Part i., Prop.