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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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First, hecoldus, ehac it was che irresistible pover or Cod
etiac justities all hisactions, choush he command one chins
ovenls, and ploc anocher thins secrecly, chouphhe beche
caule, noconely ot cheaction, buc also ot cheirregularies.
choushheboch sire man poverco act and decermine ehis
povertoerit, a5 wellas g00d; choush hepunimr che Crea.
cures. For deins chac which he himsels did necessicare chem
c0d0. Bucbeins pressed michreason, chacchisis erranni-
cal; Arst, eo necessieare a man eo dohis will, and ihen eo
vunisto him for doins ofic, he leares chis prerence in che
plair held, and Aies toa lecond. Thac therefore a man is
iusly punictred. For chac which hewas necesicared eo do, be-
cause che aet was voluncary on bis part. This haeh more
em ot reason chancheFormer, it he did make che will oF
man eo be inhis omndisposicion buemaineainine, chaerhe
ill is irresistibly decermined eo will vhacsoerer ic doch
will, cheinjustice and ablurdiey ische lame; First, cone-
celsicate a man eo will, and chen eo punistr him for willing.
TheDosoncly bices che stone Which is chromnac him wiet
a Aranse haud, bnc cher makie che Arst cause ropunisti chc
insrumene, For chac Which is hisown proper act. WVhere-
Forenot beins laristied mich chis, he casts ic oft, and Aies eO
tris chird Mite. Men are not punished (Caich he) therefore
becanse their theft procceded from election (chaeis, becaule ie
was willinslo done. For eo Elect and Will. Caich he, are Boch
one; Is nor chiseo blon hor and cold wichchelame breact :)
buc becanse it as noxions and contraru to mens preservation.
Pausfar he Paicherue, chac erery creature by che instinct of
nature sceks eo prelerre it selE; cast water into a dusy
place, and ic concracts it selE into licele globes, thacis, e0
prelerre ic selF. And chose Who are noxious inche eye ot
cheLam, are justly punistred by ehem contiom ehc execuri-
on ofthe Lamis committed; buc the Lau accOnneS nO Per
sons noxious, bue chose nho are noxions by cheir onn
Faule. Te punistrech noca chorntor prickins, because itis
ehie nacure ofchechorn, and ic can do no ocherwile, nor a
Child betore iehare ehe use oF reaton. IF one ould cake
mine hand vertorce, and sire anocter a box on thecar wich.