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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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ic, my hand is naxious, bue che Law punistrechche ochex
rtio isfaulez. Andcheretore hehachrealonco propoleche
queltion. hor it is jast rohill on. man to amend another; if he
uhokilled aid nothins bat whac he mas necessitated todo. HC
mistre as Well demand hon ic is lawtul eo murcher a compa-
ny ot innocene Intans eo matie a bach, oF cheir lukemarm
blood, tor curins che Leprohie. IEhad beenAMOTe Fa-
cionalmay; Arst cohare demonstraced chac ic is (0, and chen
eohare questioned wrhy ic is lo. Hisallertion ic selEis bue
a dream, and cherealon rhich hegires ofic why il is(0, 15
a dream OF a dream.
Thelum oF ic isthis; That where there is ne Lam, there
nekilline or ans thins else ean be unjust; that before the consti,
tution of C ommenmealths every man had porver ro lill anoiher,
if he conceivedhim tobe hartfull tobim: that at the constituri-
on of Commonmealhes particular menlar domnthisrishe in part,
and inpart reserve it to themselves, as in caseof thefi, or mur-
ther. That therieht wehich the Commonmealchhath to put a
malefactor to deathis net created by the Lam but remaineth
fromehe firstrieht of Nature, which every man hath to pre-
servehimself; that che billins of men in this case is as thebilline
of beasts in order toour oon preservation. This may wellDC
called stringins oF Paradoxes.
BUE Frft. i chere nerer was any such cime when Man
kind was wichoue Gorernors and Laves, and Societies. Pa-
ternal Gorernmene was in che worte trom chebesinnins.
and the Lam oENacure. Theremishe be lomerimes a roocot
Tuch Barbarous Theerist Brisanes, in Comerocks, Or delarrs.
Orodd corners oFche Worid. Duc ic mas an abule and a dese.
neracion From chenacure ot man, who is a poliricalereacure.
This Parase opinion restects co0 much upon chehonour ot
mankind.
Secondly, chere nerer Was arime when ic was lawtullor-
dinarily For prirace meneo kill one anocher For cheir own
preserration. IF Cod ouldhare had men live like wild
beats, as Tions, BearS, Or Pysers, he mouldhare armed
ehem wichhornes, orcustis, or calons, or pricks; bue oF aII
creatures man is born moknated, WichiOUEANY WCAPON EO
detend