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Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 4, 8, fol. 88r

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One image of two folio pages side by side, registered by the library under both labels (also fol. 89v); this page is its right half.

The machine reads it as

  1. and oblige us to pertorm those Daries. Buc they, on che
  2. contrary, have Arerchd thele Reprelentations berond the
  3. Scriptures Delion, and set them up in oppolition 10 one a-
  4. nocher; and hare endearour d to pertuade the WVorid thac
  5. cher are inconsistene: intomuch that lome, to ectablis Con-
  6. tingener and Firec- WVill, have denv dOodS Prescience; and
  7. others, to set ux Predestination, hare brousle in a Fatal ne-
  8. cestier ot aH Events.
  9. And not content cheremith, ther have accus d one ano-
  10. ther ot, Impieer and Blasphemr, and mutually chars d cach
  11. the orbers Opinion with al the absurd Consequences ther
  12. Faney d rere deducible Erom ic. Thus the Maincainers oF
  13. Frec- Will charee the Predlestinarians as guiler ot alcribins
  14. Iniastice, Freanns and Crueler to 60d, asmatins him thc
  15. Ruthor oF aU ehe sin and Mlisery thac is in the WVorId:
  16. And on the other hand, ehe Aerters oF Predestination have
  17. accusd the ortiers, as destrovine the Independener and Do-
  18. minion of G0d, and subjectine him eo che Will and IIa.
  19. ours oF his Creatures. And il cither of the Schemes vere
  20. to be taken literally and propertr, the Maincainers oF them
  21. rould And difticuler enouxh to rid chemselres of the Conse.
  22. quences charo d on them: But it e take them ouly as ana-
  23. losical Representations, 25 Phare explain dehem, there rill
  24. beno oround or reason Por these Interences.
  25. S. ZXXVI. And ic vere to be istid, that those who
  26. makce them rould consider, that it cher mould prolecure the
  27. Tame method in creatins the ocher Representations chac chc
  28. Scriptures eire us of G0ds Actributes and Operations, no
  29. les ABCurdiries would Folloi: AS For example, irhen G0d
  30. is said eo DeMercitul, Coring, and Pititul, AII. Sceins, Jea-
  31. lous, Patient or Anery; il chese vere caten literally, and
  32. understood the lame mar, as re find ehem in us, What ab-
  33. Tord and intolerable Consequences nouid follou; and hour
  34. distionourable must cher be supposd to chink of 60d, Who
  35. aseribe such Pactions to him : Pet no Bodu is Bockd at them,
  36. because cher understand them in an analosical Sense. And
  37. it ther would but allon Predestination, Flection, Decrees,
  38. Purpoles and Fioretnomledo, to belono 10G0d with the lame
  39. difference, ther rouldnomore think chemselves oblied 10
  40. charoe chole chat ascribe them eo him rith Blasphems in
  41. the one Case, than in theother.
  42. Tis cheretore incumbent on us to forbear ai Tuch Deduc-
  43. tions, and re tould endesvour to reconcile these sererat
  44. Representations ropether, by ceachins the People, that 60d5
  45. Rnomleds

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Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 4, 8, fol. 88r. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/00068331:0175?run=74