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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
# Folio 333, page id 1030877386:0333
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ansirer hadbeen Kepeprirate, Thad saved the labour of a Re-
pIy. Buc hearins chac ic was communicared, Pchouxhe my selF
obliged co rindicace, boch the cruch and my selF. I do noc blame
him eo becaurious, For in truch, chis assertion is of desperare
consequence, and destructire co piecy, polier, and moraliey.
(a) IF hehad delred co hare kepeie secret, the way had been
eo hrave LeDe ic secret himselt. IE Will noc surtice eo Pay a5
Numb. 24. ehac Z ruth is Trurh; This ehe common plea oF all
men. Neicher is ic sufficiene For him to Cay, a5 Numb. 15. Thac
it mas desired by me, lons betore chac he had discorered his opi-
nion by word ofmonth. And my detire wasco lec lome ot my
noble triends sec che meakness ofhis prounds, and the perni-
cious consequences oF chac opinion. (6) Buc if hechink chac
ehis vencilacion of the quection becwcen us cuo may do hure,
ervely Thopenor. Theedsc ofhis discourse is lo abared, chac
ic cannor casily hurc ans racional man, Who is noctoo much
Possensed wich prejudice.
Amimadrersions uxon che Ansiver
c0 Numb. X ZXVII.
X ehis place Lsaid nothing. buc that Y mould bavemy L. OFN.
te communicate it oncly: tothe Bistop. And in his ansver
he says.
(a) THFY had desired eo have it Kepe secret, he vay liad
been eo hare kepeit (cerce my CelF.) My desire mas it Bould
nor be communicare d by my L. ofVV. 10 all men maifferentty. But
barred not my self from Borvino il privarely to my friends; rhonch
eo publish it vas never my intention, rill nom provole dby the unci-
vill trimmphins of the Bisop, in his omn errours to my disad.
vantase.
(B). CBuc if hechink chac ehis rencilarion ofthe question may
do hure, eruely P hope noc. The edge othis discourse is(o
abaced, char ic cannor eosily hurc anv rarional man, Who is noc
10omuch possessed wich prejudice.) Ir is confidently said. but
not very perrinencty to the hare P rhoncmietr preceed from a
discourse ofihis nature. For Lnever thonche ir contddo hureio a
C
rationat.