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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 157

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  16. 60d
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  24. Dadono
  25. Wa5 III
  26. Mill BB.
  27. emoret.
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  29. 157
  30. eowilla chanse, rhich God ofron doch. To change chie
  31. will arsuesa chanse inche AsenE, buc eo will a change, on-
  32. ly orsues a chanse inehe object. Peis no inconstancy in a
  33. ran colore ortohace, as the object is changed. Praest
  34. mihi omnia eadem C idem sum. Praver Works noe upon
  35. Cod, bucus; Ic renders noc him more propicious in him
  36. selF, bucus more capable oE merev. He Cdich, chis, Zbat
  37. God doth not bless uS, exCIPF e pray, is a mitive to prayer.
  38. Why calks he ofmocires, who actinomledsech noliberes.
  39. noradmies any cause, buc absolurely vecessary: He Paitt,
  40. Prayer isthe giftof Cod, no less thanthe blessing wbich me prar
  41. for, and conteined inthe same decrree mith theblessine. IEIS
  42. erue, chespirit oF prayer is che siteof God, will hecon-
  43. clude From chence, chaethe sood implormene oEone calent.
  44. Or oE one sifcof 60d, mav noc procure anochert Our
  45. Sariourreschechus ocherwile. Come thon eood and faichfull
  46. servant, thon hast been faithful in lucle, Y will mahe theruler
  47. over much. T00much ligheis an enemy to chesighe, and
  48. c00 much Law isan enemy eo Jultice. I could wist we
  49. Wransled less aboue 0ds Decrees, uneil we understood
  50. enem bercer. Bur, laichhe, Thantssivins isno cause oftte
  51. blestins palt, and praver is buc a chantssirins. He mighe
  52. erenaswelleelme, chac when a begpar crares an almes;
  53. and whenhe sires chantsforic, ic is all one. Pvery chankso
  54. sivins is akind otprarer, bucerery prayer, and nam elu
  55. Decicion, is noc achanks. sivine. In the last place heurgecti,
  56. ehac in our prayors veare bonud, to submit our Wills to Gods
  57. ill, whoerermade any doube oF chis d we must submie
  58. eoche Precepeire WVill oFGod, or his Commandements;
  59. wemust submic to ehe eftectire WilloF God, When he des
  60. clares his 50od pleasure by ehe erene or ocherwile. Buc
  61. Wwe deny, and deny again, cicher ehac C0d wills chings, ad
  62. exira, wichonehimsele necessarily, or chacie is tis pleasure
  63. ehac all second causes Phould act neceslarily ac all cimes.
  64. Which is che queltion, andchat which he alledsetheo che
  65. CONETAEy COMES ADEReaTIL..
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 157. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0169?run=74