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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 214

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  1. (214)
  2. and ihe Divine touse no mord in preachine. but such as his Audi-
  3. tors, nor in voriring. but such as a common Peader may under-
  4. stand; And all this not for the pleasine of my Palare, but for the
  5. promotion of truth.
  6. (i) T. FI. Hlach Forgorren what he said in his Booh De Cive,
  7. Cap. 12. thac ic is a sedirions opinion to reach tlat the bnomledee
  8. of c0od and evil belones to privare persons. And C aP. 17. ChAE
  9. in questions of Faith, the civill Macistrates oncht to consult
  10. miththe Ecclestastical Doctors, 10 mhom Cods blessine is derived
  11. by imposition of bands, so as not to be deceived in necessary
  12. truths, ec. There he acrributes t0o muchtothem, herehe
  13. actriburech coolicele, bochchere and here he cakes roo mucti
  14. upon him. The Spirits ot ehe Prophees are subiect coche
  15. ProDhets. J Fle rhintes he bath a creat advantase acainst me from
  16. my oun mords in my Boole de Cive, which he mould noc have
  17. thouche is he had understood them. The hnolease of c00d and
  18. evill, is Iudicature, mhich in Latin is cosnitio caularum not
  19. Sciencia. Fvery privare man may de his best ro atrain a lenoirledee
  20. of ihat is cood and evill in the action he is to do; but to indee of
  21. hac is eood and cvill in orhers betones not to him, but tothose
  22. ihom the Soveraien Pomer appointeth thereanto. But the Bi.
  23. Bop not understandins. or forcettins that Cosnolcere is to judq
  24. as Adam did of Cods commandement, hath cired this place to licile
  25. purpose. And for the infallibiliey of the Ecclestastical Doctors
  26. byme artributed rothem, it is not thas they cannot be deceaved,
  27. buc that a subjeet cannot he deceived in obegine them mben they
  28. are our lamfully constiented Doctors. For the supreme Lcclesta-
  29. stival Doctor is he that hath ehe supreme Pomer; and in oberine
  30. himno subject ean be deceived; because thy are by God rimself
  31. commanded ro ober him. And rhat the Lcclestastical Doctors
  32. lanfullus constimted do tell us to be necessary in point of Relicion,
  33. the same is told us by the Soveraien Porver. And therefore,
  34. chouch e may be deceaved by chem in the beleef of an opinion,
  35. We can not be deceived by them inthe dury ofour Actions. And
  36. ehis is all that Y aseribe ro the Fcclepasticat Doctors. I they
  37. ehinte it too much, let ihem tahe upon them lesse. F00 lirile rbey
  38. eannot say it is, Who tabe it, asit is. for a Barthen. And for
  39. ehem who sect it as a mordly preferment, it is reo mueh. L tale (he

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 214. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0214?run=74