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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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Fnelist, and lese them 1o the Readers judsement, to find the ab-
Surdiey os chemhimself. And the Bistop in this part ofhis Reply,
indeavours to defend them. And first he calls it a Frivial and
Grammatical objection. eo say therare improDer and oblcure.
Isthere any thine lesse bescemine a Divine, or a Philolopher, then
to speat improperiy and obscurely, nhere thetruth is in questi-
on. Perhaps it may be rollerab le in one that Divineth, but not in
him that pretendethto demonstrate. It is not the univer sal Current
OF Dirines, and Philosophers, that sivethrrords their Autho-
riey; but the generaliry of them iho actenorledee, that they under-
stand them. Tyrancand Praerunire, thouzh their sirnificarion be
chanced, ret thez aro understood; and so are the names of the
Days. Suncar, Manday, Tueldar. And when Enslist R eaders
not eneaged in School Divinity Ball find Imperace (e Flicice AetS
as incellisible as chose. LWill confesse L hac n reason to findtanlt.
But mybravine aeinst that famois, and mest necessary distin-
ction berreen the Elicite aud Imperate Acsof thetril le says mas
onely to hide from the eyes ofthe Reader a cereiver sation in not
ansverine this Areument of his; he vitio doch necesicace rhe
Wilcoerit, isthetrue cause oFeril; Bur Cod is noc the cause
OF cril; Theretore he does noc necessicate che WVil co eril.
This Arcument is not iobe found in this Numb. 20. to which P
here ansvered; nor had L ever said that therril was compelled.
But he tahine al necessiration for Compulsion, doth nov in
this place from necessiration simply, bring in this Inference con-
cernine the cause of evill, and ihines he shall force me tosay, that
Codis the canse of sin. Esall say onely vhat is said in the Scrip-
ture. Non estmalum, quod eso non feci. T sall say nhat
Nicaiah sairh eo Ahab, LRines 22. 23. Behold the LOrd
hach pue a lyins Spirie ineo ehe mouch of all chese chy Pro-
Phiets. Y Ball say that charis erue, mhich the Prophet David
saich, 2 Sam. 16. 20. T. et him curse Decause the Lord hach Paid
udio him, curse David. But that which Eod himsels. saithof him.
self, T. Kincs 12. 25. The Kine heartened not ro thepeople, for
the cause Was fromthe Lord, Tmillinot say. least the Bistrop. ex-
claim acainst me, but leave it to be incerprered by those that
have authorier ro interpret the Scripeures. T say further, thatto
canse sin is nos almays sin, nor ean be son in him thariis not subject
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