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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 11

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  37. hast destroved chy teli, _c. Is literalty trne, but malethno-
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  39. hethe cause of his Will, if he benot forsiven bath destroyed
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  41. irbere it is said, Thes hare oftered eheir Pons uneo Baal
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  43. mind. These moras, nor come icineo my mind, are by some
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  45. For what soeveris done comes into Coas mind, tbat is, intohis
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  47. that cerrainty an antecedent purpose of God tobrine it to passe.
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  49. had nocthe will eo command ic. But by the may it is tobe na-
  50. ted; that vohen Cod speate sto men concernine hic Will and o-
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  52. ofmen, eo the end he may be understood. And thereforeto the
  53. order ofhisrrork, the Worid, wherein one thine follomes ane-
  54. ther se aptlyas no mancould ordor it by Desiene, he sives the
  55. name of Wr ill and Purpose. For that which we call Designe
  56. mhichis reasoning; and thoucht ascer thoucht, sannot be pro-
  57. perly attributed to God, in nhose thonshes there is no Fore nor
  58. alcer.
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  60. Say noc thou, it is chroush the Lord PFell away; Pay noe
  61. chou, hehaci cauled me eO errC. IF it had not bcen, lay nOC
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 11. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0023?run=74