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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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the Deliberati on, ibere arise thouches in himthat deliberareth,
concernine the consequence of the action mhereos he deliberateth,
rhich cause the action follomine, which are not impediments to that
rhich mas not done, but the canses of chat which vas done: That
hichsolloweth inthis Xumber, is nor intellicible, by reason of the
insirnificance of these moras understandins directech; Will ele
ctech, hypochericalnecestier, mhich are but Farcon, andhis
divided sense, and compounded sense, non sense. And this also
Liberry respecterh noc Future acts onely, buc present acts allo.
is nnintelli ible. For hon can a manhave Liberty to do, or not to
do thar which is at che same instant already done. For mhere he
addeth ochermise Cod did noc Freely creace cheWorld, it proves
nothine, becanse he bad the Liberry to create it, before it mas crea-
red. Besides, it is a porphaneins of thename of Ciod, to make in
stances of his incomprehensible mortins, in a question as thisis
meerlus naturat.
T. II.
a Hely. T conceive liberty to be richrlr defined in this manner. NTuM. 2.9.
Liberty is the absence of al the impedimentsro action, that are
not contained in thenature, and in the intrinsecal quality of the
Acent. Asfor example, the mareris (aid ro descend freely, or 10
have liberty to descend by the Chanet of the River, because there
is no impediment rbat ay, but not across, because thebantes are
impediments. And ehongh Wacer cannot ascend, yet men never say
it manes rhe liberty to ascend, but the faculey or porver, bocause
the impediment is inthenarure of the mater and intrinsecal. So
alsove say, he that is tied vants the liberty 10 50, because theim-
pedimentis not in him, but inhisbonis, rhereas me say not so of
him that is sick or lame; b. cause the impediment is in himself.
D
(ad   Onthac Mould bea rixhe definition ofliberey nhich
 A comprehends neicher che Cenus nor che Ditterence,
neicher ehe Maccernor the Form ot liberer, which doch noc (0
muchas accidentally deseribe siberey by ies marks and cokens.
Hlou a real faculey or the Flectire poner Mould De defined by
ADesotis.
a abence, is pal my understandins. and con-
Erary