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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 161

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  5. (167)
  6. Actribute of his Omnipotence. And Justice in Cod, is it ang
  7. thinq else but the Pover he hath, and exerciseth in distribu-
  8. ting blessines and assictions: Justice is not in Cod as in man
  9. the observation of ihe Larmes made by his superiours. Nor is
  10. Wisedom in Goda locicat examinarion of the means hy the
  11. ena, as it is in men; but an incomprehensible Attribute ei
  12. 2en 10 an incomprehensible nature, for tohonour him. It it
  13. the Bichop that erres, in thintine nothine to be Pomer, but
  14. Riches, and Flich place, wherein to dominere and please him-
  15. self, and vex those that submit nottohis opinions.
  16. d Thirdly, ehis opinion ofablolure Necelsiey, deltroves
  17. che Truih otCod, matsins him eo command one chins open.
  18. IV, and eo necessicare anocher privacely, _cc. TE destroyes
  19. chegoodnels or C0d,.makins him en be ahacer oe mankino.
  20. ac. IE destroresche Justice ot God, matins him eo pu-
  21. nicta che creacures For chac which mas hisomnact, ec. It de
  22. Aroyes the rery Pover of God, makins him eo becheerie
  23. Auchor of all chederects and erils, whichare in che wortd.
  24. Is the opinion of absolure necessity de althis, then the opi-
  25. nion of Gods Prescience does the same; for God foretnometh
  26. nothine that can possibly not come topass: but that which
  27. cannot possiblus not come to pass, cometh to pass of necessity.
  28. But hor doth necessity destroy the Truthof God by command.
  29. ins and hinderine hat he commandeth. Truth censisteth in
  30. affirmation and Lecation, not in commandine and hinderines
  31. il docs not therefore follon if allrhines be necessary that come
  32. to pass, that therefore Cod hath spoken an untruth; Nor
  33. that heprofesse sseth one thing and intendeth another. ThC
  34. Scripture which is his mord, is not the profession of rhat he in-
  35. tenderh, but an indication of whattbose men Bal necessariti
  36. intend, whom be hathehosen tosalvation, and mhom he hath
  37. determined to destruction. But on theother side, from the
  38. Regation of necessiey; there follomethnece Parily the Necari-
  39. on of Gods Prescience; which is in the BilOP (if not ieno-
  40. rance) impicer. Or ho destrovech icche Goodnels oF od,
  41. Ormakech him eobean hacer ofmantind, and eo delighe in
  42. checormemrs oFhis creatures, Whereas che very doses liched
  43. cheCores oF LaLarus, in piery and commilerarion othime
  44. CAnBOE

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 161. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0173?run=74