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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 135

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  27. sewes; andos tho Pharilees ro excommunicate the confessors of
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  34. al Lams made by him to mhom the people had siventhe Lesista-
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  37. havehy a Lam forbiddenit, the makine of such Fames is inja-
  38. sice. Wrhich LaW of Cod was tothose Feathen Princes noother
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  42. for chepleasine of a Favorite, er out of any other senisterend, as
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 135. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0147?run=74