Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 4, 8, fol. 85r
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The machine reads it as
- (considerine our Circurastances) hare eone surther than ne
- has done to lare us; that oux Destruction is as intirelu due
- to our sclres, asit e mere out of Gods Porver, and ab-
- solurelr in thehand of our oon Counsel.
- S. XXVII. IF e take these as Schemes delion d 1o oive
- n5 different riens of 60d, and his Transactions mith Men
- in order eo oblige us to distinet Daties ihich e ome him,
- and stretch them no turther, ther are very reconcilable.
- And to 80 about to clatr the onc against th ocher, and ar-
- sue, asmans do, chat il the one be true, the other cannot,
- is Fuil as ablurd as to object axainst that Arricle oF our BC-
- liet, that Christ ss on the rishe Hand or Cod, because
- Scripture in other places, and plain Reason asures uS, thaC
- God hath neirher Hland nOr ParES.
- And mhils a thine may in one respect De lite another,
- and in other respects De like the contrary; and whilst e
- tnom thac chins ouly by relemblance, Cimilitude or propor-
- tion; We ouphr nocro be surpriz d, chacthe Reprelentations
- arc contrarr, and caten trom thines that seem irreconcila-
- ble, or that ehe different viens ol ehe Came chins Mould
- sire occation to different, nay contrary Schemes.
- S. ZXVIII. We ouohe Furcher to consider, chat these are
- noc lo much deliond eo sire us Notions ol G0d as he is in
- himselF, as to mmake us sensible of, our Duti to him, and 10
- oblive us to pertorm ic. AS For example, inten the Scrio.
- tures reprelent 60d as an absolure Lord, thac hes his Crea-
- cures incirels in his porver, and trears them accordine tohis
- pleature; as one thar is noc oblisd to consider their advan-
- tase at all, ox any thine buc his omn Will; chac may elect
- one toeternal Salvarion, and pass over another, or condemn
- him to eternal Miserr, irithout ans ocher reason but because
- he will do 10: When me read this, IPaY, in theHsoly Scrip-
- tures, we ouobenot to dispure hether God really aats ttus
- Oc no, or hou it vould sure mith his ottier Atributes ol
- Wisdom and fustice to do lo; bur the ule me oughe to makre
- ot it, is eo cal to mind irhat Duer and Submiction we
- ouphe to pay eo one that mav thus deal wichus it he please,
- and irhat Cratitude me ouchicto recurn him For electine and
- decrecim is lo Sastacte ihen he las under no manner ol
- Reain, irtien We tuics us cepresentedas a pracious and
- mercitul Father, thal llCacus as Children, thac is Pollicitous
- For our Weltare, that hould nor our Death or Destruction;
- chac has done alt cues For our eternal Elappiness, Whict
- conla
- obligation to vouchsate us THaL FaVOUT.
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Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 4, 8, fol. 85r. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/00068331:0169?run=74