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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
# Folio 334, page id 1030877386:0334
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rational man, but onely ro such men as cannor reason in those pointi
irhich are of difficule conremplarion; for a racional man vill say
withhimself, chey wom God nill brine to a blessed and happy end.
ehose he vill put into an humble, pious, and Pichicons may; and of
those rhom he will destroy, he mill harden the heares; and there-
upon examinine himsels, whether hebe in such a mayornoc, the
examination it self mould (is clected) he a necessary canse of Wor-
line out his salvation mich fear and erembline. But the men viho
Tthonche mishe rate: harr chereby, are sucl: as reason erronconsty.
Cagine michthemselves, is sailbesaved, Lsell be saved nhe-
cher Lwalle urrie ly or no and con sequensly chorennto sall bebave
themselves neglicentlus, and pursue the plcatant nay ot the sins
they are in love wich. Trhich inconvenience is not abated by this
discourso ofthe Bistop, because rhey understand not rle gronnds he
soethon, of Nunc Rans, mocus primo primi, F.lIcice Rets, Im
Perace Acts, and a creat many other such unint. llicible mords.
C. EI
DOstscript. Sreumems seldom verh on men of vit andlearn
ing. Whenthey have onse ingaced themselves in a contrary opi-
nion. I any thine do it ir is ehe semine of them the causes of rheir
errours, whichis this; Pions men artribute roCod Almiehey for
honour sate. Wharioever they sec is henourable in theworid, as
sceine bcaring, willinc. bnomine. Fustice, Wiscdom. 5c. BAL
deny him sueh poor chines as eres, ears, brains, andother orrans,
virhont which. mevorms, neither have, nor can conceive suct
faculties to be; and sofarthey do vell. Bur hen they dispure
os Gods actions Philosophicaliy, ehenthey consider themacain, as
if he had suchfaculties, and in thatmanner, as we have them.
This is noc Well; and ebence it is they fallinto so many difficutties.
We onche vr to dispute of Cods Narure, heis no fir subj ect of
our P)ilosophy. True Pelicion consisteth in obedience to Christs
Lieurenanrs, aud in sivine Cod suchbonour, both in artribures
andactions, as thes in their several Liencenancies sat ordain.
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