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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
# Folio 310, page id 1030877386:0310
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When he speates hechintes of (char is to say he Lmaeins) his bafine(s;
buc here he chintes onely upon the words of ether men ttat have cone
before him in this question, transcribine their conclusions and ar-
eumenis, nor his omnet ouehts.
(5) FThirdly. neicher doch any undexttandins man conceire.
Oc can conceire, cicher thar the Will is an ASt of or D libera-
tion, the Understandins and ehe WV iIl are ero distinet Faculcies;
Ox chac onely the last appetite, is tobe calledour Wi.) Fhoneh
the understandine and the Will mere tro distinct faculties, vet
Follometh is not thac the Will and the. Deliberarion are mo istinct
faculiies; for the vhole Deliberation is nothine else, butso many
Wills, alternativelu chanced, accordine as a man under standetis
or fancieth, the 500d ande vil sequels os the thine concernne mhich
be deliberateth wbecher he shall pursueit. or ot the means lhether
they conduce or not to thar end whatsoever it be he seekethco ob-
tain. So chat in deliberation ihere b. many wills. mhereof not any
isthe canse of a voluntary action but the last. as L have said b.fore
ansverine this objection in anocher place.
(8) Corcernins che sourrh poine we agree ehache is a free
Scent, that can do if he Wrill, and forbear if heWrill. Buc l Won-
der hon ehis dropped From hissPen : _c. Ic may behe mill
Pay he can do if te will, and torbear il he will, bue he cannoc
Will if he Will. Fehas no reason 1o monder hou this dropped from
my Pen. Flefoundit in my eAnsver. Nn2. b. 3. andbas been
all. his vbile abont to confure it, se lons indeed that he had forget
LSaid ir. And nom acain brines anocher Argument to prev. a
manis free toill which th.; eieber FHE AGCNE Can WV III, arid
Forbear to WVill, or ele he cannot do, and Forbear to do. T here
is no doubt a man ean Willone thine or orher and forbear ro will it.
For men is they beamale are almayes milline one thine or other.
But put the case a manhas a trill to day to du a certain Action to
morrom, is he sure ee have the same Will comorrom rhen heis 10
do it? Ishe free to day to chuse to morrons ill? This is it rhats
nov in question, and elis Arsument maketh nochins fortse affir-
mative or necarive.
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conceires Liberry ariohe, conceires boch a Liberry in the subject
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