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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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Thereason hy he chinheth chis ax error. is because the po-
sitive LaW ofCod conteined inthe Bible is a L aW mithont our
assent; the Lam of Nature mas rritten in ourhearts bys the
fineer of Cod mithont our assent; the Larres of C’onguerours
nho come in by the pover of the Smord mere made mithour our
assent; and so vere the Lavesofour ancestors mbich mere
made before me vere born. It is astrange thine that be that
understands thenon. sense ofrhe Schoolmen, Bouldnot b0 able
1o perceave so case a truch asthis Which hedenieih. TbcBi
bleis a Lam. Z0hom: Z0 allthe Worid: Flelenomesit is
noc. Flor same it thentobe a Lam tons: Did God (peate
it viva VOCC tONs ? Flave me then any other trarrant for it
than therrora of the Prophets e Flave me scen the miracles ?
Flave ve any orher asurance of their certaint, thanthe autho-
ricy os the Churche andis che authoriey of the Church any o-
ther thanthe authorier of ihe Commonmealth, or that of the
Comminmealth any other than that ofthe FLead of che Common-
vealth, or haththe Tlead of the (ommon vealth any orber au-
thority than that wbicb hath been siven him by the Members e
Flse, Why sould not the Bible be C anonical as well in Con-
Ctancinoxle as in any other place? They that have the Legis-
lative povver mate xochine Canon, which thez make vot L an
nor Lam which they male not Canon. Andbecanse the Le-
sistative porver is fromthe assent of the sabjects, the Bible is
made Lam bytheassent ofthe subi. cts. It masnot the Bistop
of Romethat made the Scripeure Lau mithont his omn tem-
poral Dominions; nor is ic the Clerey that mate it Lam in
their Dioceses and Rectories. Nor san it bc a Law of ic self
vithont specint and supernatural revelation. The Bistrop
thintes because the B ble is Lam, and bc is appointed to teach
it to the people inbis Diocese, that therefore it is Lam to mhom
soever heteachit: wbichis somenhat erosse, but notso erosse
as to saythat Conquerors mho come in by thoporverof the smord,
matetheir Laves also mithontour assent. Ile thines belike
thatis a Conquerour can bill me is he please. J am presently
oblice d withont more a doc to obey all his Laves. May not I
rather dye, if L thint fit: The C onquerour males no Lam o-
ver the C onquered by verrue ot his pover; but by vertue of
thein