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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 86

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  1. 80
  2. It cithet the decree oF Crod, or rhe ForeHnowledge oF God,
  3. Or che IBAVenCE OF ehE STaES, Or che Concarenation (mhich he
  4. saies falsty Tcal a Concourse) ot caules, or che Phylical Or
  5. Moral Lficacy ot objects, or the last Dictace oF che Under-
  6. Candine, do cake amay erue libercy, then Adam betore his
  7. talt hod no erueliberer. In an(mer mbereunto T (aid, that all
  8. the thines nom existent, mere necessary ro the production of
  9. the effect tocome; thac the Fore. Hnevledee of Cod canseth
  10. norhine thonchiheVill do; that the instnence of the Scarsis
  11. but asmact part of that cause rmhich maheth che Necessity; and
  12. thatibis consiguence IF che concourle oF alt thecaulesrecest
  13. eare checAcet, ihen adum tad no erue liberey, Was False.
  14. But in his mord:, is these do cake amay erue libertys; then a
  15. dam before his fall had no erne liberty, the consequenceis sood:
  16. but then I deny that Necessity tales anny Liberty; the rea (on
  17. Whereof which is rbis, Liberey is eo choose Whac ve willnoe
  18. to chooseour WiII, Xo incnicarion ic sufficient to mate ibe
  19. Bistrop rakenotice of, normithstandine he be othervhere so wit-
  20. ty, andhere socrascy, as to send ont Aronnents for spies.
  21. The cause hy Tdenied the consequense mas, that Lthonzht the
  22. force thereos consisted inthis, ihat Necessity in the BictoPSo-
  23. pinion destrored Liberty.
  24. Concernins cheecernal Vecree oF Cod, ec,
  25. Flere begins his Reply. Fromnhicb if ve take these mords,
  26. bnomledse ot Approbacion. Practicalknon ledse, Flcaren
  27. ly Bodies act uxon sublunary chinso, noc onels by cheir mo
  28. cion, buc also by an occule vercus, wrtrich we call insuence.
  29. Moralefficaey. GeneralinAnence. Special inAuence. In
  30. tule Tomechine inco che W ilI. The Willis mored. TheWill
  31. is induced eo will. The Will suspendsies omnaet; rrhich
  32. areal N’on sense, unvorihy of a Man, nay andif a Beast
  33. conta speate, anmorhchy ot a Beast, and can hefal no crea.
  34. ture vhose naiure is not dep; aved by Doctrine, nochino at all
  35. remainethtobe ansvered. Perhaps the mord decule vercue is
  36. not to be taxed as unintellisible: But then L may tax therein che
  37. vant of incenuiey inhimthat badracher say, thac heavent
  38. Bodies do Wvort By anoecule vertue ihen ibas they worte he
  39. Lnowechnoc hou; hichhe monidnot consess, but ondea-
  40. vours to male Occule be takenfor a Caule. Fherest of ihis
  41. Re

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 86. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0098?run=74