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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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bet this mas a litrle too remore from his understandinqe to per-
ceave. Acain, he denies that ever there mas arime, nhen
one privure man miche lamfully till anotherfor his omn proser-
vation; and has foreorten that these vords, of his (Number 2.)
This is chebeleet ot all Mankind, Wtrich we hare noc learned
From OuE TucorS, buc is imprinced in our heares by Nacure;
Weneed noc curn over any obscure Bools eo find ourchistrucls,
Xc. Which are the mords of Cicero inthe defence of Milo,
and transtated bythe Bistrop torhe defence of Free. will, vere
sed by Cicero 10 prove this very thine, that it is and hath
becnalmazes lamfal fer one private manto hill another for his
cronpreservation. But rhere he saith it is nor lanful ordi-
narily, he Bould have soron some parricular case voherein it
is unlarsul. For secine it is a beleet imprinced in our hearis,
pot onty , but many more are apt to thinte it is the L. aW of Na
ture, and consequently Vnivers al and F ternal. And robere
he saith, this rieht of defence mhere it is, is noc a remainder
et lome creater porver Which thes have rehiened; Duc a pri.
viledgo Wwhich Ciodhach siren ehem in caleot exeream dan-
ser and invincible necere, _c. J also say it is a priviledee
Which Cod hach civenthem; but ve differin the manner hom;
which tome seems this, that God doth not acconne such billine
Sin. But the Bistop it seems mould have it thus, God sends a
Bictrop into the Pulpit ro tellibe Pcople it is lamful for a man
to kill another man when it is nece (aay for the preservation of
his ornlife; of rhich necessity, that is, whether it be invin-
cible, or whecher the danger be extreame, the BiMoB sall be
the fudee after the man is billed, as beinq a case of conscience.
Acainst theresionine of rhis our seneral porver of billinz our
enemies, be arguesthus, Nochine can sive chac whieh ic never
had; che Deople Whileit chey werea disperled rable (Which
in lome odd cales miehe happen eo be) never had justly che
poner oflite and deach; and cheretore chey couldnorsiveie
br cheir election, _c. Nceds theremuch acurene (sto under-
stand, what numberof men soever there be, though noc united
into Government, that every one of them in particular ha-
vine a riche ro destroy mbat soever hethinteth can annoy him,
maynot resien the same richt, and. sive it to hom he please,
her