The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 32
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- 4) Thirdly, ehac which Z. FE. Matiesthe Ouection, is
- nocche Ouection. The Oueltion isnoc, saichhe, prhether
- a manmay vorice if hemill, and forbear is he will, but mhether
- the will 1ourite or ehe vill eo forbear, come uxon him accordine
- eohis mill, or accordine co any thine else inbis oon pover. Hlere
- is a distinction wichone a difference. IF his will do noe
- comcuponhim accordins eohis will, chanhe is noc a Frec,
- nor vec so much as a voluncary Agene, whichis Z. FI. his
- Liberer. Certainly all chefreedome ot the Agen, istrom
- ehe frecdom ofche will. IFche will hareno pover over ie
- selF, che Agene isno more frec chan a Scaff ina mans hrand.
- Sccondy, hemakes buc an empey Mhem ot a pover in ehe
- Will, cicher co meire ornocrovrice. cIFic be precilely and
- inericably decermined in all occurrences whacloerer, Wwtae
- aman MhaII will, and whae he MalI noc wisl, whac he MalI
- vrice, and hac he Mallnocurice, eo whac purposeis chis
- pover? Cod and Nacurenerer made any chinsin rains
- buc rain and Frustraneous is chac pover wrhich never Wras
- and nerer TalI Be deduced into Ac. Ficher che Ageneis
- decermined betore he acteth, Whac hemall will, and Whac
- BestralI noc ill, Whac he Mall act, and whac he Mall noc
- act, and chen heisno more trec ro act, chanhe is eo will;
- Or elseheis noc derermined, and chenchereis no necester.
- No effect can exceed ehe vercue ofies cause; il the action
- Detree corrice or eoforbear, the pover or taculer eo will,
- ornill. mustofnecessiey Be moretrec. Onod efficitrale il-
- dua maxis est talo. IFche will Be decermined, che weicins
- Or noc vricins is likemise decermined, and ehen he oula
- noc Pay, Ise may rrite or hemayforbear, bue he musturire, oe
- hemust Forbear. Thirdly, This ansver coneradictsthe sense
- OFalI cheworid, chac che wil of man is decermined rithout
- his viil, or mithont any thine in his pover; Why do we ask
- menwhecher chey wil do suchr a chins ornoce Why dove
- reprelene realonscothem Why do we pray chem: Why
- do me increar them Why do we blamechem it cheix ili
- come noc uxonehem accordina to cheir will. Wilt thon
- bemade cleamd Paid our sariour co the Parasyriche perton,
- fohn 5. 6. Co Whac purpole, it his will was extinsecally decer-
- minedd Christ complains, We have pipedunsoron and 76
- have
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 32. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0044?run=74