The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 140
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- bet this mas a litrle too remore from his understandinqe to per-
- ceave. Acain, he denies that ever there mas arime, nhen
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- From OuE TucorS, buc is imprinced in our heares by Nacure;
- Weneed noc curn over any obscure Bools eo find ourchistrucls,
- Xc. Which are the mords of Cicero inthe defence of Milo,
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- sed by Cicero 10 prove this very thine, that it is and hath
- becnalmazes lamfal fer one private manto hill another for his
- cronpreservation. But rhere he saith it is nor lanful ordi-
- narily, he Bould have soron some parricular case voherein it
- is unlarsul. For secine it is a beleet imprinced in our hearis,
- pot onty , but many more are apt to thinte it is the L. aW of Na
- ture, and consequently Vnivers al and F ternal. And robere
- he saith, this rieht of defence mhere it is, is noc a remainder
- et lome creater porver Which thes have rehiened; Duc a pri.
- viledgo Wwhich Ciodhach siren ehem in caleot exeream dan-
- ser and invincible necere, _c. J also say it is a priviledee
- Which Cod hach civenthem; but ve differin the manner hom;
- which tome seems this, that God doth not acconne such billine
- Sin. But the Bistop it seems mould have it thus, God sends a
- Bictrop into the Pulpit ro tellibe Pcople it is lamful for a man
- to kill another man when it is nece (aay for the preservation of
- his ornlife; of rhich necessity, that is, whether it be invin-
- cible, or whecher the danger be extreame, the BiMoB sall be
- the fudee after the man is billed, as beinq a case of conscience.
- Acainst theresionine of rhis our seneral porver of billinz our
- enemies, be arguesthus, Nochine can sive chac whieh ic never
- had; che Deople Whileit chey werea disperled rable (Which
- in lome odd cales miehe happen eo be) never had justly che
- poner oflite and deach; and cheretore chey couldnorsiveie
- br cheir election, _c. Nceds theremuch acurene (sto under-
- stand, what numberof men soever there be, though noc united
- into Government, that every one of them in particular ha-
- vine a riche ro destroy mbat soever hethinteth can annoy him,
- maynot resien the same richt, and. sive it to hom he please,
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 140. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0152?run=74