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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 145

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  14. ne(s of such admonition, thanthey ehat have not; ana sieh
  15. have like passions tothose ofthe Admonitor, de more casily con-
  16. ceive, thattobe cood or bad erhich the Admonitor sareth is so.
  17. thanther nhobave creat passions, and such as are contrary to
  18. his. The first nhich is mantof experience maheth children, and
  19. foolsunapt, and the second, hich is strenethos passion, maheth
  20. maamen unmilline to receive admonition; for cbildrenarc ieno-
  21. rant, and mad menin on errour concernine inhat is eoodor
  22. evil forthemselves. Fhis is not to say children and mad men
  23. manterne Liberty, that is, the liberty to do asthermill, nor
  24. tosay tharmen of judeement, or the. Admonitor himsclf bath
  25. adominion over his omn actions, more than children or mad
  26. men, (fortheir actions are also voluntary) or that when he
  27. admonisethhe hath almayes tbe use ofreason, thouch hehave
  28. the use of deliberation, mhich childien, fools, mad men, and
  29. beasts also have. There be theresore reasons mnder heaven
  30. Wrhichthe Bistrop lnomes not of.
  31. Whereas Lhad said, that chinee necelsars may bepraile
  32. worchy, andcopraise a chins isto lay ic iseo0d. Hlc di
  33. singuistreth and saitb,
  34. in True, buc chis goodness is noc a Mecaphy lical soodnels,
  35. To whatloever hatha being is good, nor a Nacural goodnels;
  36. Thepraise oF ic passech Wholly eo che Auchor oF Nature, _C.
  37. Buc a Moral goodnels, or a goodnels ot actions racher chan
  38. OE chines. TheMoral soodnels ofan actionis che contormi-
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  43. hath tabentbis nocionos a Meraphysical coodness; and his do-
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  45. terpreceththe Woras of Gen. T. C0d laW all chac hehad made,
  46. and it as very 800d. Bur thereason of those mordsis that
  47. Good is relative tothose thatare pleasedrithit, and not of
  48. absolure senificationto allmen. Cod therefore saith that all
  49. that he had made vas verr 500d, because he mas pleased With
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 145. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0157?run=74