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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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(106)
En. because not he tbat recessicareth an aciion. but he that doch
command and marrant it, isthe Anchur. Andif Cod oon an
action, thonehothermise it nore sin, it is nom ne sin. The act of
be Tsraelices in robbins tho Fcypciansof their Jovels, mithont
Ciods warrant, hadbeentbest. But it vasneither thest, con-
lonace, nor sin; supposine thcy lnew ibe warrans vas from
God. Therest of my ausvor tothatinconvenience, mas an opro-
fine rohis inconveniences, the monifest Texts of St. Paul,
ROM. 9. The substance of his Reply 1o my Ansmer i5
tbis.
Thoush punictimene rrere an act ot dominion noc et
dustico in Ciod; vecehis is no sufficiene caule, vrtiy Cod
Mouid denyhisorrnact; orvrhy he Mould chide or expo-
ulace rrich men, rrhy chey didchac rrtich hehimsele did
necelsieace chem 10 do.
T never saidthat God demiedhis act, buc that hemay expostu.
late rich men; And this maybe (F Ballnever say directly
it is) phereason of thac his expostulation, viz. to convince them,
phat their mills vere not independent, bat rere his meor eift; and
ehat todo, er not todo, is not inhimthat milleth, but in Giod that
hath merey on, er bardenethihem he ril. But ihe Bichop
interprercrh hardenins robe a permistionof God. rbichisto
altribnse eo Cod in such actions, nomorathan hemichehave at-
tribucea co anz of Pharaots servants, the not persmadine their
Masterto let the People eoc. And mbereas he compares ibis
Cermistion torhe indulsenee os a parent, thatby his parience in-
conracethhis son tobecome more rebellions, (which indulgence is
afin) hemahethCod 1obe sibe a sinsul man. And indeed it
seemeth that al ther, that hola this Frecdome of tbe Will, con-
cicveofGodno ochermise than ibe common sort of Temes did ibat
Bod mas lite aman, that he hadbeenseenby Moles, and aster
Bychesevener FIders, FXOd 9. 10. Pxponndine that andother
places literally. Aeain he saith, that God is said ro harden
she heare permiltively, bat not operacivelv, which is thesame
distinction with his first, namely nesacively, not policirelu.
and michhis scoond occasionally and not causally: so thar all
hischrec vares, hon God hardens theheart of wicked meu. come
tochis onc of permiltion, mbichis asmuchas te say. Cod sees,
locks