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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
# Folio 128, page id 1030877386:0140
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(128)
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which are irreliltibly and inericably impoled upon him by
an ancecedene decrée, chen noc onelu consuleations are
vain, buc chac noble tacnler ofreason it seltisrain: dove
chink chac we can help Cod Almichey co dohis prover
Work: In rain me crouble our selres, in rain wecakte care
couse chosemeans, rhichare nocin our pover coule, or
noceoule. And chis is chac which was conceined in my
Prolepsis orprerencion ofhis ansiver. choush he bepleased
bochrodilorderit, and coslenceit. Ne cannochope by
our labours, co alcer che course ofchines sec donnby Cod;
Dec him performhis decree, let che necellary causes do cheir
work. IEme Decholecaules, sec we are noc in our omn dil.
posrion, Wemust do whac me are ordaived co do, andmore
e cannoc do. Han hachno remedy bue pacience, and
eocrus up che Moulders. This is che doctrine AOues trom
ehis opinion oFablolure necessier. Let us suppoleche grear
Wheel oEcheclock which Pees aII chelicele wheels a going, 10
beasche decreeof God echaechie morionof ic ere perpe.
cually intallibletrom an inerinsecal principle, even a5 C0d5
decrecis InFallible, Fcernal, AII. sufficient. Lec us suppole
the lesser wteels eo be ehe second causes, and chacchey do
a5 cerrainly follon che mocion oFchesrear wheclu wichout
missins or sverrins in cheleast degree, as che second caules
do pursue che decerminarion of che Arst cause. Y desire e0
tnom in chis case wrtiae cause chere is eo call a Couneill ot
Smicts, to consule and orderche morion ot chac which was
ordered and decermined betoreco cheir hands. Aremen wiser
than C0d: Vecallmen know, chac chemocion oEchelesser
Wheclsisanecellary means eo make checlock srike.
Buchecells me in sreae Cadnels. Chac my Arcument is
dust lite thisother; TFY sall siverill to morrom. L Ball live
tilltomorrom, thongh Frun myselfchrouch rith a smord todaz,
erhich saithhe, isa false consequence, and a false proposition.
Truly. if by runnins chrough, he understands killins, icis a
False, or racher a Foolistr propotition, and implyes a con-
cradiction. Tolirecilleomorrom, and eo dyeco day, are
inconsistent. Duc by histarour, chisis normy consequence.
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