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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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50d law alletiat hie badmade, and ie as very go0d. Bue
a Moral Boodnels, or a goodness oF actions racher chan
Ofchinss. The moral soodness of an action is checontor.
micy ot ic wich richic reason. The moral eril ot an action
is the deformier of ic, and che alineacion of ic trom riphe
realon. Tcis moral praise and dispraise Which we lpcak OF
herc. T0 praise any chins morally, isco lay, ic is morassy
Rood, chacis, conformable eo rishe reason. The morall
dispraise ot achins is eolay, ie is morally bad, or cila-
precins trom cherule oF rishe reason. S0 moral praiseis
From che e00d usc ot liberer, moral dispraise trom the bad
elcofliberer: burit allchinss benecellarr, chien moral li-
Berey is quice caken amay, and mich ic all erue praise and dis-
praise. WhereasT. FI. add5, thac ro say a thine is qood, is
eosay, it is as lvould wist, or as another vould vist, or at
ihe State mouldhave it, or accordine to the Bar ofthe Land,
Bemistakesinfinitelr. He and anocher, andtheScate, may
alI wistr chac irhichisnocreally go0d, buc ontr in appear-
ance. Wedo otcen wistr whatis proticatble, or deliohetul,
wichione repardins (0 much as we oughe whar is honeft.
Andchoushche will ofchescare where velive, or cheLan
OF che Land do delerre orear consideration, vec ic isno in-
Fallible rule oFmoral soodness. And chereforeto his que-
sion mhether nothine that proceeds frem necessitr can please
me, L ansver, ves. Theburning oF the sire pleaseth me
Wotren Pam cold; And ICay, icis soodAre, or a creacure
creared by God, tormy ule and For my 800d: Yec 1do
notmean eo actribute any moral goodness cothe Rre, nor
eire any moralpraise ro ie, as it ic vere inche porver ot che
tire it selF, cicherto communicate irsheac, or to suspendit,
hucY Draise Arstthe Creacor oF chetire, and ehen him who
proridedit. As For thepraise which Velleins Patereulus gires
Caro, chac he as g00d by nature. Et quia aliter esse non
pornit, it hachnore oF cheOracouxthan citherof the The.
olosian or Philosopherin ic. Manin che Seare ot innocen.
cy. did FaIl and become eril, whac pririledse hath (alo more
ehan hed No, by his lcave. Narratur es dis Catonis sape
merocalnisse virtus. Buecheerue meanins is, chache Was
naturalls