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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
# Folio 188, page id 1030877386:0188
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oromnipocence thoushchere vere no (IN. The quettion is
noc non whiat C0d may do, bue what Cod will do, accordins
Eochac Corenane rhich he hoch made wieli man Fac hoc 
vives, Dochis and chou pale lire. Neicher dochiCod punicti
anv man conrrary eo chis COrenane, FOsec. 13. 9. O Traet,
thy destruction is fromthy sels, but in me is L’ y help HC FhdE
wills noc che deach of a Sinner, doth much lels will che deacH
OFan INNOCenE CreATUTC. By deathor destruction in ehis dis)
course, che onelu separacion ot soul and Body is noc incended,
itrich is a debe ot nature, and irhich Cod, a5 I. ord oF Lite and
Deach, may instly do, and mate ic noc a purictimene, buE 2
blessino co ehe parry; buc we understand che subjectins ofche
Creacure to eternal Torments. LaHIY, he cells ofchac benefie
Wtich redounds co orters trom Exemplary Jultice, which is
most erue, buc noc accordins eo his omn frounds, for neicher
is ic Justice co punistr a man for doins chac which ic as impos.
Sible alvays for him noc co do; Neicher is ic lamtuil eo prnist
an innocent person, chac 800d may come otit; and it bis opi.
Dion of absolure necestiey of all chines vere crue, che dectinies
otmen couldnoc be alcered, cirher by examples or Fear oF Pu.
nictiment.
Animadvertions upon che Reply
Numb. XVII.
Y Flereas hehad in his first discourse made this consequense,
IFrou cake avaz Liberes, Vou cake awas cherery na
cure oferil, and che formal reason oF FIn. L denied that con-
Sequence. Tt is true, he Who taleth aray the Liberty of doins, ac-
cordine tothe will, taketh arvay thenature ofsin; but he that de-
mieththe Liberry toWrill, does not so. But he supposine Punder-
Atoodhim not, will needs reduce his arsument into form, in this
manner.
(a) Thac opinion wtich cakes avay the Formal reason of
tin, and by consequence, sin le selF, is noc iobe approred.
This is cranccd. (Buc che opinion oFnecessury dorh chis. 
This deny, Ile proves it thus,
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