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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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marteder denie bced ot; ascribins the necessication Ot
aman in ilec actslots oun deliberation, and in indeliberate
acts eohis last chonghe, Numb. 25. WVhacis chis eo a nacura
and special inAtuence of extrinsecal causes  (0) Again, Liberty
(Taith he) is an absence of exerinsecal imded menci bue delibera-
tion doch produce no new extrinsecal impediment, scheretore
Clec him chose which part he will) cicher heis tree atcer desibe.
racion, by his oon Doctrine, or he was noctree Betore. Oue
oun deliberation, and ehe direction ot our oon understandins.
andthe election of our onn will, do produce an hyporhecical
necessier, chac che evene be such as ehe understandino hach di-
rected, and the Will elected. Buc For as muchi as che understan-
dins mistie hare directed ocherwise, and che willtrare elected
ochermile, chiis is Far From an absolure necessier. Neicher doch
liberey respect onely fucure acts, buc presene acts al(o. Ocher-
Wise Cod did noc Frecly create the worid. In che same instane
Wherein the willelectsic isfree, accordins eo a priorier oFNa-
cure, choush noc ofcime, eo elect ochermise. And (o in a di
vided sense, che willisfree, even whilestic acts, thouch in a
compounded scuse ic benoc trec. Certainly, deliberation doct
constiture, noc dettroy liberer.
imacrersions upon che Ansiver
10 Numb. Z XVITI.
(a) F P Elis Mort section mighe passe, bur tor emo chings.
one is, thac he contounds a voluncary act wich a
frec act.) Ido indeed rake all voluntary acts ro betree, and alt
free actsto be voluntary, but mihal that allacts, Whether free or
voluncary; if they be acts, vere necessary before they vere aCts.
But rhere is the errour? A tree aet (saith he) is onely chae
Which procceds tromthe frec election ofcherational WiI, afcer
deliberacion; buc erery act chac procceds From thesensitire
appecite ot man or beast ichone Deliberation or Flection, is
eruely voluncarr. So that my errour lies in this that Y distin-
suiso not betireen a rational Wil, and a sensirive appetite inthe
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