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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 106

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  1. (106)
  2. En. because not he tbat recessicareth an aciion. but he that doch
  3. command and marrant it, isthe Anchur. Andif Cod oon an
  4. action, thonehothermise it nore sin, it is nom ne sin. The act of
  5. be Tsraelices in robbins tho Fcypciansof their Jovels, mithont
  6. Ciods warrant, hadbeentbest. But it vasneither thest, con-
  7. lonace, nor sin; supposine thcy lnew ibe warrans vas from
  8. God. Therest of my ausvor tothatinconvenience, mas an opro-
  9. fine rohis inconveniences, the monifest Texts of St. Paul,
  10. ROM. 9. The substance of his Reply 1o my Ansmer i5
  11. tbis.
  12. Thoush punictimene rrere an act ot dominion noc et
  13. dustico in Ciod; vecehis is no sufficiene caule, vrtiy Cod
  14. Mouid denyhisorrnact; orvrhy he Mould chide or expo-
  15. ulace rrich men, rrhy chey didchac rrtich hehimsele did
  16. necelsieace chem 10 do.
  17. T never saidthat God demiedhis act, buc that hemay expostu.
  18. late rich men; And this maybe (F Ballnever say directly
  19. it is) phereason of thac his expostulation, viz. to convince them,
  20. phat their mills vere not independent, bat rere his meor eift; and
  21. ehat todo, er not todo, is not inhimthat milleth, but in Giod that
  22. hath merey on, er bardenethihem he ril. But ihe Bichop
  23. interprercrh hardenins robe a permistionof God. rbichisto
  24. altribnse eo Cod in such actions, nomorathan hemichehave at-
  25. tribucea co anz of Pharaots servants, the not persmadine their
  26. Masterto let the People eoc. And mbereas he compares ibis
  27. Cermistion torhe indulsenee os a parent, thatby his parience in-
  28. conracethhis son tobecome more rebellions, (which indulgence is
  29. afin) hemahethCod 1obe sibe a sinsul man. And indeed it
  30. seemeth that al ther, that hola this Frecdome of tbe Will, con-
  31. cicveofGodno ochermise than ibe common sort of Temes did ibat
  32. Bod mas lite aman, that he hadbeenseenby Moles, and aster
  33. Bychesevener FIders, FXOd 9. 10. Pxponndine that andother
  34. places literally. Aeain he saith, that God is said ro harden
  35. she heare permiltively, bat not operacivelv, which is thesame
  36. distinction with his first, namely nesacively, not policirelu.
  37. and michhis scoond occasionally and not causally: so thar all
  38. hischrec vares, hon God hardens theheart of wicked meu. come
  39. tochis onc of permiltion, mbichis asmuchas te say. Cod sees,
  40. locks

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 106. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0118?run=74