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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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man, if he conld. The last link oF his argumene Follons;
(b) And is sufficiens, then also necessary. Scay cheres by his seave
chere is no necellary connexion becucen sufcienes andet
cieney, orhernise Cod him selF Mould noc be AII. sufficieRE.
Thushis Argumene is vanited. Buc I will deal more Faroura-
bIy wich him, and eranc him all char, which helabours (o mucti
in rainco prore, Thac erery effect in che morid hach sufticiene
causes: Tea more, chac suppohins che determinarion ot che
Free and continsene causes, every effect in chemoridis nececta-
ry. Cc) Buc all ehis rill noc adrancase his cause cheblack oF
2 bean, For Hill ic amounes hur co an hypocherical necestiry, and
difters as much from chac ablolure necestis, which hemain-
cains, as a Geneleman, utro cravels sor his pleature, differs
Crom a banisted man, or a tree subject trom a Clave.
mimadrertions uxon che Antiver
10 Numb. Z X X V
(4) CI F it be an Agent (Caichihe) it can mork, whac of chis
A posse ad esse non valet arcumentum, trom can work
to ill work is a weak inference. And trom will work, eo doch
rork upon absoluce necesties, is anocher srosse inconse
quence.  Herehehas soren a just advantage, for l Bould have
said, it ic be an Agenr ic workech, nor ic can work. Duc it is an
advantace, which profireth lirtle zohis cause; forif P repeate my
argument asain in thismanner, chac wrhichis an Agenemorkech;
thac ihich workech mancech nochins requisite eo produce che
action. or ehie effeet it producech; and consequenely is chereot
a sufficient cause; and if a sufficiene cause, chen also a necessary
cause, his ansuer mill be nothine tothe purpose. For Whereasto
these mords, chac which orkech mancerh nochins requiticero
produce cheactionor che effect ic produceth, he ansmereth, ic i5
erue, bucchere may wane muchro produce chas which was in-
tended, it is not contrary eo ang thinq chat Lhavesaid. For Y
never maintained thas wharsoever a man intendethis necessaritus
performed; butthis, whacsoever a man performethis necessarity
performed, and what he intenderh, nec. Parily insended and that,
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