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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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crue libererchanchis, Thacche Will doch perpecually and
infallibly tollon che tast dictare of ehe undersandins, Or
chelast judsemene ot rishoreason And in chis, and ehis
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chewill, and a celtimony ot, ies pover and liberey. ICIS
ehe will, whicti affectins lome particular sood, dothin
Sase and command ehe undersandins eo consule and deli-
berare irhiac means are conreniene for acreinins char end.
And choush cheWill ic sel( Beblind, vec irs obi.et is 500d
ingeneral chichis the end of all human actions. There-
fore ic belonsscocheNill, asxoche CreneraloF an Army
comoreche ocher povers of cheloulco cheirhats, and 2-
mons cherekche understandins also, by applsins ic andre-
ducins ies potver inco act., So as lwhacsoerer oblisation
cheunderstandins doch puc upon che Will, is by che consent
ofche Will, and deriredErom che poverofcheWill, nhich
vasnoc necetticated ro moore cheundertandins eo con-
sulE. SorheWill is che Lady and Mistriss oFhuman actions,
cheunderstandins is her crusty counseller, wlrich sires no
advile, buc ihen ie is required br che Will. And if chefirR
consulcacion or deliberacion benoe sufficiene, che Will may
moore arerien, and require che understandins eo inform
ic selEberrer, and cale adrise ot orters, trom whence ma-
ny cimes che judemenc ofche understandins dochreceire al
ceration.
Secondly, for elie manner hom che understandins doch
decermine che Will, ic is nocnacurally buc morally. The
Will is moored by cheunderstandins, noc as by an estici-
ene, harins a causal insuence inco the effect, bur onely
by propotns and representins che object. And cheretore
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