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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 4, 8
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Greatest perfection; then the Areument us d By X Cotta 
Painst them hare no manner et Force: lince We do noc
plead For such an Understandine, Reason, Juctice and Ver-
tue, as he objects asainst, bue tor more raluable Pertections,
that are more than equiralent; and in cruch intinitels supe-
rior tothem, tho calld by che lame Names; because me do
noc tnom irhac ther are in themletres, buc only sec their
Liffecis in the World, irhich are such as mietit be expected
trem che most consummated Realon, Understandins and
Vertue.
And atter the same manner, irtien perverse Nen reason
against the Prescience, Predestination, and the Decrees ot
Cod, by dramins the likre absurd Consequences, a5 Cotta
doch, asainst che postibilier of his beins endon d rich
Reason and Understandins, ec. our Ansiver is the same as
Detorementiond. IE these be supposdthe very same in aII
respects irhen attributed to C0d, 25 re find them in oux
Telres, there rould De lome colour, trom che Absurdicies that
vould Follon, to denr chat cher belons to God; but nhen
me onls ascribe them to him b Analoer, and mean no
more chan chat there are lome thines antverable eo them,
trom irhence a5 Principles ihic Dirine Operations procced
ic is plain, chat aII such ArSuments noc onty lose their
Force, but are absolutely impertinent.
Ttischeretore susticient For the Ministers oF the Churck
eo Merr, thac the F Hablistid Docerine is agrecable to Scrip.
cure, and reach their Peoplenhacuse oushe to be made ot
 Oualem autem Deum intellisere nos pottumus nulla rir-
tute praeditum: Ouid enim: Prudentiamne Deo tribuemus:
Oua constat ex scientia rerum bonarum ee malarum, e nec
bonarum nec malarum, cui mali aihil cAt, nec eAC potest
quid huic opus es delectu Bonorum ec malorum: Ouid autem
ratione: quid incellisentia: quibus utimur ad eam rem, ut a-
pertis obscura assequamur. At obscurum Deo nihil potest ee,
nam justitia quae Tuum cuidue distribuit, quid pertinet ad DC-
05: hominum enim Cocietas, e communitas, ut vos dicitis.
Justitiam procrearit: temperantia autem constat ex prateF-
mittendis voluptatibus corporis: cui s locus in coelo cA, cA
etiam voluptatibus. Nam fortis Deus intellisi qui potest: in
dolore, au in labore, an in periculo: quorum Deum nihil at-
tinsit. Nec ratione isitur utentem, nec rirtute ulla praeditum
Deum intetlisere qui PoNumVS: C10. de Nat. Deor. Sect. 15. Ed.
Lond.