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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
# Folio 34, page id 1030877386:0046
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34
cher, nocby chemsclres, Oriecher have noccheuseofrca-
Ton co curb or restrain cheir apperites, they sin no more
etian a stone descendins downmard, accordins roitsnatu.
ral apperice, Or chebrure Beastswhio commit roluntary er-
rours in Folloins cheir senticire appecites, vec sin not.
i The Oucction chen is noc whectier aman be necessita-
ced ro will orniil, vectree roaet or Forbear. Buc lavins
chicambienous acception ofche word, Frec, che Ouestion
is plainlu chis, whecher all Agenes, and aIl erenes natural,
ciril, moral, (Por me speak nocnow ofthe convertion ota
linner, thac concerns noc chis Ouection,) bepredetermi-
ned exerinse cally an d ineritably ichour cheir onn concur-
rence in the decermination; (0 25 aIl actions and crenes
Which cicherare or MalI bc, cannocbur be, nor canbeo.
chermile, alcer any ocher manner, or in any ocher place,
cime, number, meature, order, norto any ocher end, chan
cherarc. And allchis in respect ofthelupream cause, Or a
concourse of extrinsccal caules decerminins them EOOnE.
LS0 my pretace remains vecunansvered. Ficher I Was
exerinsecally and inericabls prederermined co nricerhis dis-
coule, wichoue ay concurrence otmine in che decermina.
rion, and michour any pover inmero chanse or oppoleit,
orI wasnoclo predetermined; TFTWAS, then PouphenOE
tobe blamed, For no manis justly blamed For doins chac
which never was inhispoverro mun. IFIWwaSnOE (O PrC.
determined, thenmine actions and my willto act, are nei-
cher compelled nor necessicaced by any exrrinsecal causes,
buc Pelect and choose, cicher covrice orto Forbear, ac-
cordinscomine own vill, and by mine oun pover. And
when Phareresolved, and clected, ic is buc a necessicy oF
suppolicion, which may and doch consist wich erveliberer.
noc arcallancecedene neceltur. Thervohornes ofchis Di-
lemma are (osrait, chac no mean can be given, nor room
1o palle becurcenthem. And cheewo consequences arc (0
evident, chacinctead ot answerins, he is forced ro decline
chem.
SIMLK