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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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chac roluncary whichis tree, and limicins che will eo che las ap-
petice, and ocher mistates, as chacno act can be Paid to be
wichout deliberation) we aerce also For ehe freacer pare in chis
second obserrarion.
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fromviolent passions, which surprise a man, are justly punished; L
frant chey are so Pomerimes, buc noc For his reason, because
chey hare been Formerty actuallr deliberated of, bue because
chey vere vireually deliberated ot, or because ic is our FaulEs,
that chey vere noc actually deliberared ot, Whecher ic was a
Faule oF pure rexation, chac is, oF noc doing our ducy onely, Or
a Faule oF bad disposition also, by reason ot lome ricious hrabit,
vhich me hrad contracted by oux Former actions. T0d0a
necessary act is nerer a Faule, nor justly punistrable, when che
necestie, is ineritably imposed upon us by extrinsecal causes.
ASiFa Child Betore he had che use of reason MalI KilI a man in
his passion, vec because he manced malice coincire him co ic,
and reason corestrain him Fcom ic he Mall noc due For ic in the
Ariet rules ot particular Justice, unless chere De Pome mixture
OF publick Jultice in the case.
(B) Buc itche necessicy De contracted by our selves, and by
Our omn Faules, ic is justly punistrable. As he who by his Wan-
con chouxhes in che dar. time, doch procure his omn nocturnal
Dollution. A man cannoc deliberace in his Acep, vec it is ac.
connced a sintul act, and consequencly, a free act, thac is nOE
actually Frec in ies selE, buc vircually frec in iescauses, and
chouoh ie benoc expressu willed and chosen, ver ic is cacicelv
and implicicel willed and chosen, when ehac is willed and
chosen trom inhence ic wasnecessarily produced. BytheLeri-
cical Lam, ifa man disged a pic, and lete ic uncorered, Po chac
his neictibours Oxe, or his ANC, did Fall into ic, he as bound
comake reparation, noc because he did chole to leare ic unco-
vered on purpole rhac such a mischance mistre happen, Dur be-
cause he did Freclr omie, that etich he ougheco have donc,
From whence this dammese procceded tohis neishbour. Last.
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