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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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It cithet the decree oF Crod, or rhe ForeHnowledge oF God,
Or che IBAVenCE OF ehE STaES, Or che Concarenation (mhich he
saies falsty Tcal a Concourse) ot caules, or che Phylical Or
Moral Lficacy ot objects, or the last Dictace oF che Under-
Candine, do cake amay erue libercy, then Adam betore his
talt hod no erueliberer. In an(mer mbereunto T (aid, that all
the thines nom existent, mere necessary ro the production of
the effect tocome; thac the Fore. Hnevledee of Cod canseth
norhine thonchiheVill do; that the instnence of the Scarsis
but asmact part of that cause rmhich maheth che Necessity; and
thatibis consiguence IF che concourle oF alt thecaulesrecest
eare checAcet, ihen adum tad no erue liberey, Was False.
But in his mord:, is these do cake amay erue libertys; then a
dam before his fall had no erne liberty, the consequenceis sood:
but then I deny that Necessity tales anny Liberty; the rea (on
Whereof which is rbis, Liberey is eo choose Whac ve willnoe
to chooseour WiII, Xo incnicarion ic sufficient to mate ibe
Bistrop rakenotice of, normithstandine he be othervhere so wit-
ty, andhere socrascy, as to send ont Aronnents for spies.
The cause hy Tdenied the consequense mas, that Lthonzht the
force thereos consisted inthis, ihat Necessity in the BictoPSo-
pinion destrored Liberty.
Concernins cheecernal Vecree oF Cod, ec,
Flere begins his Reply. Fromnhicb if ve take these mords,
bnomledse ot Approbacion. Practicalknon ledse, Flcaren
ly Bodies act uxon sublunary chinso, noc onels by cheir mo
cion, buc also by an occule vercus, wrtrich we call insuence.
Moralefficaey. GeneralinAnence. Special inAuence. In
tule Tomechine inco che W ilI. The Willis mored. TheWill
is induced eo will. The Will suspendsies omnaet; rrhich
areal N’on sense, unvorihy of a Man, nay andif a Beast
conta speate, anmorhchy ot a Beast, and can hefal no crea.
ture vhose naiure is not dep; aved by Doctrine, nochino at all
remainethtobe ansvered. Perhaps the mord decule vercue is
not to be taxed as unintellisible: But then L may tax therein che
vant of incenuiey inhimthat badracher say, thac heavent
Bodies do Wvort By anoecule vertue ihen ibas they worte he
Lnowechnoc hou; hichhe monidnot consess, but ondea-
vours to male Occule be takenfor a Caule. Fherest of ihis
Re