The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 14
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- por in him that siveth isse tvice, to sivethe same miseries tnico
- also. Andehus much in Ansiver to the Inconveniences that are
- pretended to folloro the Doctrine of Necessity.
- Onthe other side from ihis Position, thata man is free to mill.
- it follomeththat the Praescienceof God is quite tabem avay. For
- hor can it be lenoron beforetsand ihat mansall have a will to.
- ifthat rill of hisproceed not from necessary causes, but that he
- have in his porver to will ornot will: So also those thines hichs
- are called future continsents, is they come not ro passe rithcer-
- tainty, that is to Cay. Fromnecessary causes, can never be fore-
- nonn: so that Gods firelenomine san sometimes be of ihines that
- Ball not ceme to passe, rhich is as much to say, that his fore-
- tenomledse is none; hichis a great distentur to the AIl. lenom-
- Ene Porver.
- Thonch this be altthe Juconvenient Doctrine that folloverh.
- Freewill for as much as Tcan nom remeriber; pet tbe defend-
- inc of ehis opinion hach drarn the Pistop and other Patrons of
- et intomans inconvenient aud absurd conclusions, and made them
- make use of an infinite number of Insignificant vords; here-
- of one conclusion is in Suarez, that G0d doth soconcurre mith ihe
- rillof Man that it Manwill, etien Godconcurres; whicb
- is to subject not ihe will of Nan 10C0d, but the will ef God10
- Man. Otberinconvenient cnclusions L Pall then marte out
- ahen Tcometo my obsorvations upon the Bistops reply. And
- thus farre concernins the inconveniences that follom botb. Opi
- nions.
- The Aetribure of G0d which he drameth into areument is his
- Jactice, as that Ced cannos be zust in punistiine any man for
- that wbich he mas necessetatedro do. Fonhich L have ansvered
- before, as beine one of the Inconveniences pretendedro folion
- apon the Doctrinoos Necessiry. Onthe Contrary, from ano-
- oberof Gods Attribures, hich is his Fore-hnomledoe,
- Palevidently derive, that all Actions whatsoever. Whether
- they procced fromthe mill or from fortune vere necessary from
- eternity. For hatsoever God Fore lnometh sall eome to passe;
- connot but come ropasse, that is, itis impossible it sould not come
- eo passe, or othermise conse ro passe then il mas fore. lnonn.
- But hatsoever as Impossible sould be otherrise, vas ne-
- 6e sary 3
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 14. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0026?run=74