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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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wiII oF man, and chereason ic selFisetus determined. And
cheretore whacloerer Laues do preseribe any chins to be
done, whichis noc done, or to belefcundone whichis donc,
do preleribe absoluce impossibilicies, and punistimen FOr
noc doine ot impossibilicies. In aIl his ansiver chereis noE
one mord eo ehis Arsumene, buc onely eo che conclution.
HePaich, chat not the necessiy. but ihe mill to breate the Lam
makesthe action uniust. L ask Whac mates ehe wiil eo break
che Lam, is ic nochis necesser. Whac sees heby chis: A
perrerse will causech injustice, and necestier causeth a per-
verse wilt. HeCaich, ehe Lam recardeth the will, but Rot the
precedent canses of action. T0 Wtrac proposition, eo Wtrac
ceaem is chis ansver ? he neicher denies; nor distinguim.
eth. First, ehe Omectionhere is normhac mates actionsto
beuniust, bue whac makes Lawes eobe unjult. Sohis ans-
everis impertinene. Tcis likemise untrue, For First, chae
Willuhich che Lam regards; is noc such a will a5T. FI. im2-
sinech. Teisa Free will, noc a determined, necessicated
will; e racional will, noc a brucistr will. Sccondly, che
Lar doch look upon precedene causes as well as therolun-
cariness ofehe action. IFa child Betore hebe seren years
old, or hare cheule oF reason, in lome childist quarreI
do willinolv sabanocher, Whereot we harescen experience,
vec che Lam looks nocupon ic as an act ofmurcher, becaule
cheremanced a pover co deliberare, and consequencly erve
liberer. Man. Roustcer may be as voluneary as mureher.
and commonly more roluncary. because beins done in hoc
hlood, chereisthelessreluctation, vec che Lam considers,
thacche Former is done oue oflome sudden passion wirhoue
Serious deliberation, and ehe octer oue or prepensed malice,
and desire ofrerense, and cheretore condemns murther a5
more wiltul and more panistrable chan Man. BaugHE.
CeF.
HeCaicl, chatno Lam canpossibly be unjust; And TCay,
thac ehis isto dens checonclusion, whrich deserres no reply;
Buc r0 sire him lacisfaction, lWwilt Follo him in chis alfo.
IEhe incended nomore. buc chac unjus LaWes are nOE SC-
aeine L.AWCS
nor bind eo actire obedience, becaule ther
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