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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 196

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  1. (195)
  2. eson elie divine Countel, de const. l. L. Cap. 17. 28. e 19.
  3. Thoush he De more caucelous ctan Z. FI. to decline chole
  4. rocks wtrich fome ochers hare made chripurack uvon, Tecche
  5. Divines chouslic hecame t00 neer them, as appears by his
  6. Fpistlecoche Reader, in alacer Edition. And by chac noce
  7. in ehe margenc ofhis venciech Chapter, rrhatsoever l dispare
  8. here, Tsisbmit to the judrmen: of the vise, and beine admoni-
  9. Bed. Lill convert it. One may convince me of error, but not of
  10. obstinacy. S0 FeartuII was he co orerttiooe himlelF, and yet he
  11. maincained boch erue liberey, and erue contingency. T. II.
  12. Caich, hehath not suched his ansiver from an Sect; And TPaV
  13. So much che worle; Ic is becrer to be che disciple oF an old
  14. Sect chancherins leader oF a new.
  15. Concernins che ortier destinction of liberer, in respect ot
  16. the first cause, and liberes in respect of chc second causes,
  17. choust he ill noc sec chac which ic concerned him to ansver,
  18. likechose old Lamia, Which could puc oue cheir eves wtien
  19. chey lilt; As namely, thac the faculer oF willins whenic is decer-
  20. mined in order to the act (Wtich is aII che. Freedom thache
  21. aeknomledsech) is buc like ehe Ereedom ofa bird, when Meis
  22. First in amans hand, ec. Tec he hach espied anocher chins
  23. wherein Pcoreradict my selF, because Lastirm, chacit any one
  24. cause in cheWhole series ofcauses, muchi more the Arst cause,
  25. Be necellary, it decerminoch che rest. Buc, Paich he; ic is ma-
  26. nifest, thac the Arst cause is a necessary cause of ail ehe effects
  27. chac are next. I am slad ver ic is noc I who concradict my
  28. TelF, bur ic is Pome oF his mani est truths wtrich l contradict.
  29. Thac ehe first cause is a necesarr canse of all effects; wtrichI
  30. (a3, 15 a maniEest Faistrood. Those chinas which C0d wills with.
  31. out himsele, he wills Frecly noc necessarily. Whacloerer
  32. cause aets or wortes necessarily, doch aet or work all chacie
  33. can do, or allchacis in iss pover; Bucicis evidene, thac (0d
  34. doch noc all rhinse withouc himselF, whictihe cando, or which
  35. he hach porverro do. He couldhare raised ux children unto
  36. Abraham oFche very Rores, irhrich vere uponthe banks of
  37. Fordun, Cuk. 3. 8. buche did roc. He could hare sene evelve
  38. Lesions oF Angels eo the succour oF Christ, buc he did nOE.
  39. MLasrh. 26. 53. God canmatie Z. IL. live cheveers oF MLe
  40. thuselaj

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 196. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0196?run=74