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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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ses it seems he understandethonely men, whereas L semed before
that Liberty is usnally ascribed to Whatsoever Acent is not hin-
dred. And when amandoch any thine Frcely, tere be many
other Agenes immediate, that concur to the effect heincendeth,
Wwhich more not Precly. bir necc (Parily: as vehen the manmo-
vethtbe SmordFreelY, the Smord memrdeth necessarity, nor
ean suspendor deny its consurrence; And consequently is the
monmove not hinsels, the man cannor denr his concurrence.
Z0 Which he cannot reply. unle(s he say aman oricinally can
movehimself, for hich he wil be ablero find no Authority 
any that have bur taste dos thebenom’ edre of motion. Thenfor
Contingent he under standet h not vohat it meaneth, for it is all
one rosay it is Concingene and simply tos ay it is; savine that
When they say simply ic is, they consider not hov or by whac
means; but in Carine it is contineent tbey tell us they enom not
Wwhetherncessarily or not. B ut the Bichop thinking C oncing ene
toberhat hich isnoc necestary, insteados arcuine acainst OuE
Hnomledee of the necessity ofthines tocome, argueth acainst
thenecetts ic Celt. Acain he supposeth that Frec and C on-
tincent causes miche have suspended or denied their concur-
rence. From nhich it follometh chat Frce canses, and C’on-
tincent causes are noi causes of themselves, but concurrent
mith other causes, and therefore can produce nothine but as
therare cuided by those causes rith which rherconeur; for il
is strance, he Bould Cay, they miche have concurred aster ano-
ther manner; for l conceave not how when this runnethone
vay, andthat another, that they ean besaid roconeur, that is
run tocerher. And thisbis concurrence of causes contincent,
maketh (hesaith) the cast of AmbS.ace not tohave been ab-
solutely nece (Cary. rhich eannot be conceavedanless it had
hindred it; and then it had made some other cast nece (sary.
perhaps Deux ace, mhich serverh me as mell. Por ebat mhieb
hesaith of Culpendins his concurrence, of castins looner or la-
cer, of alcerins ehe caiters Force. and che like accidents serve not
to talee avay thenecessity of AMOS-aCC, othermise thenby mal-
ins a necessier of Deux. ace, or orher cast char shallbethromn.
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ne Drection, _c.