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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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Aing _C. When chey alter our habies de necessarily cause ttie
contrary habies; Which is not to say that the habit necessitares
butis necessitared. Burthices Common with him tomaheme say
that which our ofreadins, not ont of Meditation bensethro (ay
himsels. Bot hou doth it ap, ar, that Prayer and Fastine exc.
make but a Proclivir, in men ro de what chey do foris it eere but
a Proclivirr, then hat they do, they de not. Therefore they cither
necessitare the Will, or the Will follometh n.F; Icontend for the
truthos this onely, that rehen the Will follometh them. they necessi-
tate the mill; and roh. na proclimity follometh they necessitate the
proclimitr. But rhe BiBcp ThinsImaincain that that also is pro-
duced necessiarit,, volich is uot produced at al.
(d) LHe adds, that ve are not roved to Prayer, or any other
Action but byontmard objects, as pions company, and Codly
Prachers, or somethins equivalent. Whereim are two ocher
mitates; tirst, eo makie Cod1y Preachers, and pious company.
eo De ourmard objects, Which are oueward Agents. Secondl),
EO aFirm ChaE the WVill is noc mored but by outward objects.
The WV lis mored by ic PelE, ecc.) Thefirst mistate, he urceth
that (call Preachers an 60. pany objects. Is not th. Preacher t0
the bearer the object of his bearins? No, pertaps he vill lay it is
the voyce mhichis the object, and that ve hear not the Preacher,
huc his vorce, as before he said the obj: et of siclt, mas not the cause
of sisbt. Lmust cherefore onse more mahe tin smile With a creat
Paradox rhich is ths, ehat in all eie senses he Object is the
AGeNE; andrharit is, nhen ve hear a Preacher, the Prea-
cher thar me hear, andthat his voyce is che same rhins mith the
hearins and afancy inthe hearer, thoneh themotionos the Lips,
and other oreans of specch be his that speaketh. But ofthis Lhave
 ilten more lare ly in a more proper place.
Mly second mistate, in affirmine chac che WVillis noc moved
buc by ourvard objects, is a nistake of his omn. For Y said net
Et e Willisnocmoved but we ace noc moved, for l’alvayes
avoid attributine morion to any thin. but Bocy. The Willis
produced renerared Tormed. and ere. + d in (n. h cort as accidents
are effected in a corporeal 1. bject, but moved it vanno be- b c use
it coeth not, rom placero place. And vhereas he saith etre Will
is moved by ic scIF, is he had spoleen propert, as he oncht to do-
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