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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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(244)
he somes in mith This is che doctrine chat Roms From this opi
nion ofablolure Necessity; nhichis imperiinent; secine no-
ihine fous from il more thanmay bedrann from the confession of
aneternat Prescience.
Buche cellsme in sreac ladnels, thac my Arsument is
ne beeter thanthis; YY Ball live tillto morror, L sali live
till tomorrom, thoneb Lrun myselfthorom mith a svord to day.
rhich (saithhe) is a false consequence, and a false proposition,
Truly, itby runnins chrougli, heunderctand hillins, iC i5 a
False, orracher a tooli proposicion. Desainriebt. Let
us therefore sce hom it is not like tohis; Fe sayes, It ic be ab.
Colucely necellary chac a man Maillive cill eo morrom, chen
iE is rain and superRuous for him cocontule, Whecher he
Mould dyc to day Or nOE.
Andchis (he sares) is a erue consequence. Lcannot per-
ccivehom itis abetter consequence than the former; for if it
be absolutely necessary that a man sould live cillto morron
and inhealth, rnhich may also be supposed) why sonld he not
if he havethe curiosity) bave his head out off 10 try hat pain
itis. But the conseguence isfalse, for is iherebe a necessity of
his livine. it is necessary also that he Ball not have so foolistr a
curiosiry. But he cannot zet distingnis between a seen and un-
feennecessity, and that is thecanse hebelceveth his consequence
10 be g00d.
mThenexe branch ot my Arsumene concerns Admoni-
Tions, _C.
Wrhich hesaies isthis, IF aIl chines be necessary, chen ie
is to no more purpole co admonisti men ot understandine
chan f0ols, children, or madmen, but Thaccher do ad-
monim ehe one and noethe ortier, is contessedy erue; and
no realon under licaren can be giren toric buethis, ehae
theformer hare cheule oFreason, and erueliberey, witha
dominion orertheir omn actions, Whichchildren, (ools, and
madmenhrave nOc.
ThC truereason why ve admonist men and not children, e6
is because aamniiion, is nochine else buttelline a man, the
c00d and evil consequences of his actions. Fhey who have ex-
perience of ecod and evill, can better perseive the reasonable