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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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able, and meindee nothins Fonourable but hat ve connt se
amonest our selves; and because accusation of man is not Hlo-
nourable, therefore such mordsare not tobe used concernine
Cod Almiober. And for the same cause it is not lawfnl to (au
that any action canbedone, Which God bath purposed sall not
bedone; for it is a tohen of mant of the porver to hinderit.
Therefore neither of them istobe said. thengh onc of them
must necds betrue. Thus zou sec hom disputins of Ceds nature
hichis incomprehensible, driveth men upon onc of these tmo
Roctes. And this vasthe cause Lvas anmilline eo have my
Ansvertothe Bistrops Doctrine of Liberry published.
And thusmuch for comparison ofourtmo opinions with the
Scriptures; Which rbether it favour more his ormine, Lle ave
1obe inde ed by the Reader. Andnom Tcome to compare them
acain by the Inconveniences hich may be thought to follom
them.
First, the Bistrop sares, that this very persmasion, that alt
thines comero passe by NCccMy, is able to overthrom al So-
cieties and (ommon vealths intheworid. The Laves saitb
he are uniast hich prohibit that whicha man cannot possibly
Munne.
Secondiy, that it maleth supersnons and foolist ait C onsul-
rations, Aris, Armes, B00s, Instruments. Leachers, and
Mledicines, and which is morst, Piety and all other Actsof
Devotion. For is the Fvent be necesary; it will cometo pass.
wrhatsoever e do, and whether ve secp or mate.
This inference, if there vere not as mell a necessity ot the
means as there is ofthe event, micht be alloved fer true. But
accordine to my opinion borhthe event and means are equallu
necessitared. Bur supposixs the inference true, it makees as much
acainst him thatdenies, as acainst him chat holds this necessi-
Er. For Tbelieve the Bistrop holdsfor as certain a truth, W haE
aII BC, CalI DC, as Whac is, is, or Whac has Becn, has Decr.
And thenthe ratiocination of the sicke man, IEL MalL reCOVer
Whaeneed I chis un Cavoury pocion; iF PPaIL nOE recOver WhaE
hood willic dome, is a cood ratiocination. But the Bistrop
holds, thatit is necessary be sall recover or not recover. Zhere-
fore it follomes from an opinion of the BisAopS, es vell as from
mino