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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
# Folio 175, page id 1030877386:0175
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is he which omneth an Action, or civeth a marrant to do it.
Doc L say that any man hach inthe Scripture, (which is all
the marrant mebave trom Cod for any Action whatsoever) a
Warrant tocommit Thesc. Murder, or any other (in? Docs
the opinion of necessiry inferre, that there is (uch a ma rant in
the Scripturce Perhaps he vill say no bui that thisopinion makes
himthecause ofsin. But does not the Bihop rhink him ihc
cause of al actions e Andare not (insof commission Actions?
Is Murderno Action: and does no: God himsels say Non
elt malum in cirieace quod eco nontecie And mas normur-
der one of those cuils d whetherit vere or not, Isay no more
bat that Codisthe cause (not the Autbor) of au Actions and
Motions. Whether sin bethe Action, orthe Defect, or ihe
Trreculariti. Lmean not to dispute. Nevertheless Y am of
opinien, that thedistinction of Caules into P. Fciene and D eA-
ciene is Bohu, and signifies nothine.
c Hon Calla man praise CodForhis Goodnels, Whobc
lecres limro bea ereater Fyrant than ever was in che wortee
uho creaces milionsto burn eternally ithoue cheirtaule.
EO Cxpre(S his POWeT.
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Kine tisno disoncur to beleeve that God is a creater T grant
thanever mas in the morid; for heis the Kins of all Kings.
Emperours and Common Wealths. But if e tahe themord
asitis non used) eosienisre those Kines onely, which they
that call them Pgrants are displeasedmith; that is, ibat 60-
vern not asthey wonldhavethem, the Bistop isnearer the sal-
line him a Trrantrhan Lam, maling thattobe T granny mhiclo
is but the exereise of an absolute Pover; F’orhe holdeth (thoneh
he sec it not) by consequence, in Witharamine the W ill of man
from Cods dominion, that every manis a King of himsetf.
And if a man cannot prai se Cod for his Coodness, who creates
millions eo burneternallus mithont cheirtante; hon can the
Bishrop praise Cod forhis Gcodness, who thints hehatherea-
red miltions ofmillions eoburneternally, whenhe contdbave
rept them soeasilus frem committine any fault: And to his
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