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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
# Folio 202, page id 1030877386:0202
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(202.)
dromned, upon precense thac etien e aslivins, Meuledro
80 concrary courles to aIl orher people, ) heholds, chactrue
compulsion and fear, may make a man will, chac which he
dochnoc vill, chacis, in his sense may coripell thewill. AS
wtren a man willinsly chrons his coods incothe Seatosave
himselF, Or submies to hisenemy For feer ot beins killed, I an-
siver, chac P. FI. mistates sundry ayes in elis ducourle.
(b) First, he crrech in chis, to chink, chac actions procee
dinstromtear, are properly compulsory actions, irhich in
cruch arenocontz voluncarr, buc free actions; neicher com
Pelled, nor (0 much as Phyfically necessicaced. Another man.
ac thelame cime, in che lame Strip, in che lame Corm, may
choose, and the lame individua man ochermise adrised migne
choole, noc Eochrom his soods over, board. Ic is che mantrim.
selF, wtio chooseth Ereely chis means eo preserve hislife. TEis
erue, chacifhe vere noc in such a condition, or it he vere Ereed
from the srounds ot his presene fears, he would noc choole
neicher checastins oFhis soodsinco che Sea, nor che submic.
cins co his enemy Buc contiderins che prelene exigence ot
his atlairs, reason dictares co him, thac otcwo inconveniences,
thelessisto becholen, 25 a comparatire 500d. Neicher doch
he willchis course, 25 the end or direct object oFhis desires,
buc as ehe means eo acrain his end. Andwhac Fcar doch in
these cales, Lore, Hope. Hatred, ec. may do in other cales,
chacis, mav occation a man eo elect chole means eo obtain his
willed end, which ochermise he vould noc elect. A5 Facob t0
serre sevenscersmore, racher chan noc to enjoy hisbeloved
Rachel. The Merchane eo hazard himselE upon the roustr
Seas, in hope oF profic. Pastions may be (o violene, thac chey
may necessitare the will, chat is, When cher prevene deliberari
ons, bur chis israrel, and then ehe willis noc Free. Buc chey
never properly compellit. Thac Which is compelled, is against
the will, and chac which is axainst chewiil, is noc willed.
(6) Secondy, T. FI. erres in this also, vhere he Paicti,
chac a manis thenonely (aid to be compelicd nhen fear mahes him
willine ro anaction. Asifforce vere noc more preralene wichi
a man then fear; we ust lenow cheretore, thac chis mord com
plledis taken ero wares, lometimes improperly, chacis, when