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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 175

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The machine reads it as

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  17. the marrant mebave trom Cod for any Action whatsoever) a
  18. Warrant tocommit Thesc. Murder, or any other (in? Docs
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  20. the Scripturce Perhaps he vill say no bui that thisopinion makes
  21. himthecause ofsin. But does not the Bihop rhink him ihc
  22. cause of al actions e Andare not (insof commission Actions?
  23. Is Murderno Action: and does no: God himsels say Non
  24. elt malum in cirieace quod eco nontecie And mas normur-
  25. der one of those cuils d whetherit vere or not, Isay no more
  26. bat that Codisthe cause (not the Autbor) of au Actions and
  27. Motions. Whether sin bethe Action, orthe Defect, or ihe
  28. Trreculariti. Lmean not to dispute. Nevertheless Y am of
  29. opinien, that thedistinction of Caules into P. Fciene and D eA-
  30. ciene is Bohu, and signifies nothine.
  31. c Hon Calla man praise CodForhis Goodnels, Whobc
  32. lecres limro bea ereater Fyrant than ever was in che wortee
  33. uho creaces milionsto burn eternally ithoue cheirtaule.
  34. EO Cxpre(S his POWeT.
  35. If Irrane stonifie Cas it did when it came first in nse) a
  36. Kine tisno disoncur to beleeve that God is a creater T grant
  37. thanever mas in the morid; for heis the Kins of all Kings.
  38. Emperours and Common Wealths. But if e tahe themord
  39. asitis non used) eosienisre those Kines onely, which they
  40. that call them Pgrants are displeasedmith; that is, ibat 60-
  41. vern not asthey wonldhavethem, the Bistop isnearer the sal-
  42. line him a Trrantrhan Lam, maling thattobe T granny mhiclo
  43. is but the exereise of an absolute Pover; F’orhe holdeth (thoneh
  44. he sec it not) by consequence, in Witharamine the W ill of man
  45. from Cods dominion, that every manis a King of himsetf.
  46. And if a man cannot prai se Cod for his Coodness, who creates
  47. millions eo burneternallus mithont cheirtante; hon can the
  48. Bishrop praise Cod forhis Gcodness, who thints hehatherea-
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  50. rept them soeasilus frem committine any fault: And to his
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 175. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0175?run=74