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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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eo ofhis dominion, and ehe weakest creatures, as Elies and
CnaES, to Mer ineo whac a deoree et concempe heis Fallen,
vec Kiil che mostproticable ard uletul creatures, as Shreep
and Oxen, do in lome degree recain cheir obedience.
Thenere branch ofhis ansiver concernes consuleations,
which (Taich he) are not superstuons, thonchall thines cometo
pass necessarily, because theyare the cause which dotb necessi-
tate theeffect, andthe means 10 brine it t0 pass. We mece
Eold Numb. 2T. Chac che las dictaro of righe rea (ON WaS BUE
a5 che last feacher Which breaks ehe Horses Back. TEis WelI,
vec ehac realon hach sained some command again, and is
become ac lea a Ouartermaster. Cercainsy if any chins
under God hare poverro decerminerhe will, ic is rixherea-
Pon. BucThare Bewed susticieney, chae reason doch nOc
decermine ehe willphrscally, nor absolucely, much se(s ex
crinsecally, and ancecedencly, and cheretore ic mares no-
chins for ehac necestiey which Z. FI. harh undertaken e0
prore.
K HC adds Furcher, chac as ihe end is necessary. se are the
means; And ohen it is determined, that one thine sall be cho-
sen before another, it is determined also for nhat cause it shall
besochosen. AII wrtrichis erueh, buc nocche Whole truch.
For25 Cod ordaines means For aII ends, so he adapes and
fes chemeanstotheir respectire ends, Frec means eo Frec
ends, contingene means to contingene ends, necessaru
neans co necessary ends, Wrhereas Y. FI. vould have aIl
means, all ends, eo be necestary. It God hachlo ordered
ehelNorld, chac a man ouphe rouse and may trcely ule chole
means of God, Whrich he doch neglect, noc by rerrue ot
Godsdecrec, buc by his omn Faule; IP a man ese those means
oFeril, which he oustie notro use, and which by C0d5 de-
crec, hehiad porvertoforbear; IF God harelekero man in
pare chetree managery ofhuman affairs, and eo chat purpole
hach endoired tim nich understandins, chien consultarions
are oFule, then proridene care is needtull, FheniECOnCernS
him couse chemeans. Buc iF God hare Co ordered ehis morid
char a mancannor, il hemontd, neglect any means ofgood,
which by rerrue of Cods decrec ie is possible tor him roule.
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