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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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eowilla chanse, rhich God ofron doch. To change chie
will arsuesa chanse inche AsenE, buc eo will a change, on-
ly orsues a chanse inehe object. Peis no inconstancy in a
ran colore ortohace, as the object is changed. Praest
mihi omnia eadem C idem sum. Praver Works noe upon
Cod, bucus; Ic renders noc him more propicious in him
selF, bucus more capable oE merev. He Cdich, chis, Zbat
God doth not bless uS, exCIPF e pray, is a mitive to prayer.
Why calks he ofmocires, who actinomledsech noliberes.
noradmies any cause, buc absolurely vecessary: He Paitt,
Prayer isthe giftof Cod, no less thanthe blessing wbich me prar
for, and conteined inthe same decrree mith theblessine. IEIS
erue, chespirit oF prayer is che siteof God, will hecon-
clude From chence, chaethe sood implormene oEone calent.
Or oE one sifcof 60d, mav noc procure anochert Our
Sariourreschechus ocherwile. Come thon eood and faichfull
servant, thon hast been faithful in lucle, Y will mahe theruler
over much. T00much ligheis an enemy to chesighe, and
c00 much Law isan enemy eo Jultice. I could wist we
Wransled less aboue 0ds Decrees, uneil we understood
enem bercer. Bur, laichhe, Thantssivins isno cause oftte
blestins palt, and praver is buc a chantssirins. He mighe
erenaswelleelme, chac when a begpar crares an almes;
and whenhe sires chantsforic, ic is all one. Pvery chankso
sivins is akind otprarer, bucerery prayer, and nam elu
Decicion, is noc achanks. sivine. In the last place heurgecti,
ehac in our prayors veare bonud, to submit our Wills to Gods
ill, whoerermade any doube oF chis d we must submie
eoche Precepeire WVill oFGod, or his Commandements;
wemust submic to ehe eftectire WilloF God, When he des
clares his 50od pleasure by ehe erene or ocherwile. Buc
Wwe deny, and deny again, cicher ehac C0d wills chings, ad
exira, wichonehimsele necessarily, or chacie is tis pleasure
ehac all second causes Phould act neceslarily ac all cimes.
Which is che queltion, andchat which he alledsetheo che
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