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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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ve are noi, nhenthe actions that dependupon their Beine are
buritultons. And therefore; tospeate properly, nothine is
coodor evil, but in recard of the action that proceedeth frem
it and also ofthe per son to nhomit doth r00d or hurt. Satan
is evil ro us because he secketh our destruction, but 500d t0
G0d because he exccureth his commandements. And (0 hic
Metaphrlical goodnels is but an idle rearm, and not the mem-
berofa distinction. Andas for Natural coodness, and evil-
ness, that also is but the coodness and evilness of Actions,
as some Flearbs arc eo0d because tbey nourist, others evil be-
cause they poysonus; and one Florse is 500d becanse heis cen-
ele. Srone, and carrieth a mancasily, axother bad because he
resisteth, coeth hard, or othermise displeasethus, and that
quality of centleness, is there mere no more Larres amonese
men ehan there is amonest bensts, montd be as
mucha moral eood in ahorse or other beast as in a man. Tis
ehe Lam from whence proceeds the difference bolmeen the
Moral andehe Natural coodness, so that it is ell enoneh
said by him, that Moral soodness is the contormiey ot an acti-
on wichriehe Realon; andbetrer said than meant; for this
righe Reason mhich isthe Lam, is no othernise cerrainty Riehe
thanby our matine it so by our approbationof it, and volun-
tary subjectionroit. For the Lam. maters are men and may
erre, and thinte tbat Law Which they male is for the e00d of
ibe people sometimes hen it is not. And pet thc actions of
subjects, isthey be conformable rothe Lam are Morally g00d,
and vet cease not to be Naturally 500d, andthe praise ofthem
passeth tothe Author of Nature, as meil as of any orher r00d
whatsoever. Prom rhence it appears that Moral praiseis
not as hesayes trom che soodule oeliberes, bnt from obedi-
ence tothe Lames, nor Moral dispraise trom the bad ale ol
liberey, but from disobedience to ihe Laves. And for his
consequonee IFall thines be necessarys chen Moral Liberey is
quice catren avay, and wich ic all erue praise and dispraile.
there is neither eruth inir, nor argument offered for it; for
there is nothins more nece ary than the consequence of volu.
carr actions eo theWVilI. And Whereas Thad said, that to
Pay a thins is 500d, is to say it is as L, or another monld wis