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Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 20, fol. 404r

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  1. dom
  2. asra
  3. tibus,
  4. le just
  5. M
  6. vags
  7. eas
  8. Vas
  9. der
  10. inder-
  11. n 23
  12. Bod
  13. ser
  14. der
  15. rl
  16. ader
  17. ir m
  18. ter
  19. lame
  20. Aa
  21. on
  22. ion
  23. de
  24. usual
  25. 3. Unusa alnesi is necessarilys included in the Notion of a
  26. Miracle. Hor, oher ise, there is nohhmus more Wonder ful, nor that re-
  27. quires greater fater, to effect, than some os tiose thngs We call
  28. naturat. Sach as, te Motions ol the Heaventy-Dodies, the generation
  29. et formation ol Flants et Animals, et 1 et hese are for this onty reason
  30. not diracles, because me are common. everthelesi, it does not fallo
  31. that everus thnus Wurin is unusual, is Theresore a Miracle forit
  32. may be omby the irregular or more rare effect ol usual Causes: et
  33. Nihica Aind are Cclipses monstrous virts, Madnesi in Men, et mnu=
  34. merable thmgs Which he vulgar calli Paodigres.
  35. +4. Thisis a Concession ol Nhat atteged. Atudl yet tis contrarus
  36. tothe common opmion. of. Divines, to suppose that an Angel cun
  37. Nork a Mracle.
  38. 45. That One Body spourd attrait another sans aucun moyen
  39. is indeed not a Miracle, bat a Contradiction: ter tis supposinus
  40. Jomehinq lo act Whore it is not. Dut the moyen by Which Mo
  41. Bochies attrait eat other, may be mvisible et intangible et ot a
  42. difserent nature from Mechanism; et yet, actinus regulartus et constantlus
  43. may. Nell be called naturat; beinus much less Nondersul than
  44. Animal- motion, Nhich is never called a Miracle.
  45. 46. I the Wora, Natural. Foriet, means here Mechameal,
  46. Men al animals et even ien are as mere Machines as a Clock.
  47. Dut il the Nord doer not mean, mecmanical forces, then Travi-
  48. tation may be effeited by regular et naturat Fotrers, hhrongh
  49. hey be not Mechamcal.

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Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 20, fol. 404r. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/00068378:0811?run=74