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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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compellins and changins ehe will. Ficher God or man may
chanse ehie ill ot mman, scicher by varvins che condition oF
chinss, or by informine ehe parey octiermise, bue compelled ic
cannoe Be, ehaeis, ic cannoc boch will etiis, and noc will ehis 25
ic is inrected wieh che lame circumstances, thouph, ische act
ere ocherwise circumstaneiaced, ic mixhe nill thac Freely, whict
non ic wills freel. (b) WVhcretore chis kind ot actionsare
called mixt actions, chiat is parclo voluneary, parely unrolun-
tary. Thac which is compelled in a mans presene condition or
distrels, chat is noc voluntare nor chosen. Thacwhich is cho-
sen, as the remedy oFirs distrels, that is voluncary. Sohypothe-
rically, supposins a man vere noc in thac distrels, chey are in-
voluncary, buc absolucels wihoue any supposition at aIl, ta-
hins ehe case asicis, chey are voluntary. (() His octer in-
Rance OF a man forced eo prison, that he may choose mhether he
ill be haled chither apon the cronnd, or malk upon his feet is nOE
erue. By hisleare, thac is noc as he pleasech, but as ic pleaserH
ehem nho hare him in cheir porver. TFchey will dras him, he
isnoc frecto Walk; Andit chey sire him leare coWalk, heis
noc Forced co be deassed. (d) Flavins laid ehis toundarion,
he Bexins eo build upon ic, chac other passions de necessitare as
much as fear; Bucheerres doubly; Firs, in hisFoundation, fear
doch noc decermino che racional ill naturally and necellarisy;
The lact and srearest oFche sire cerrible chines is deach, vec che
fear of deach cannoc necessitace a resolved mind eo do a distro-
nest action, rhichis vorse chandeach. The fear. ot che Rery
Purtiace could not compel ehe chree Children eo morttrip an
2dol, norche Fear ofthe Lions necessirare Danist coomic his
ducs toGod; Tcis our Frailey, thac we are more afraid ot empey
Madonschan of substancial dangers, because chey are neerer
oux senses, as licele Children fear a Mouse or a Vilard, more
chan ArC Or meather. Buc as a Aere OFthestone catres auay the
sense ofche soucfor thepresene, (0 che crearer passion doch
extinsuib che less. The Fear of Crodswrach, and erernalFOr.
menes doch expel corporal Fear, fear non them mho teill the body,
buc feur him nho is able to cast bochbody and soul into hell. LuC.
7. 4. (e) Da veniam Imperator, tu carcerem, ille cehennan
minatur. Excuseme, OEmperor, chou chreasenest men wich
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