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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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Pay, Whether he can vrite orforbear, speate orbe silent, accord-
ins tohis will; but hether the miscorriie, and the rill to for-
bear, come npon him accordins to his mill, or accordine to any
thins etse inbisomnporver. Lacbnomledsethis libertr. That L
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absurd specch. Iherefore L cannot prant him the cause upon
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heisa goodnacured man, but hehach a nausher qualicy; Or
heis a wiseman, but he hach commitced one ot che oreatelt
Follies; Se here the Praeface is an handsome one, but it appears
eveninthis, that behath mistaten the Question. This is eo
sire an Tneh, chac onemay cake away an FIl wichoue Inspici-
on; co praile chehandlomenels oF the Porch, chac he mav
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Wrhich hecalls necestier. Bor thae liberey Which he calIs li
berey; nor thac che Ouection, Wrhich he makes ehe Orection.
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terence becween chele chrec. Necessitus. Spontaneity, and
Liberer.
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Pomay spontanciey and Liberey; Duc reallnecesey and erueli-
berey can nerer meer rosechior. Some chines are necellarr and
noc voluncary or spontaneous. Come chinos arc both necellary
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