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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 230

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  1. (230
  2. be both innocent. In that mhich immediate ly follometh concern.
  3. in hor farfear may extennate a fin, chero is nothine r0 be an (ve-
  4. red. Ipreccive init, hehath some elimmerine ftbeeruth, but
  5. noc of che cronnds chereot. It is erue, char Fust seur dispenceth
  6. not with the precepis of60dor Nature; for they are not dispensqu
  7. ble; but it excennatetnthe faule, not by dir inistine any chine in
  8. the Action, but by beine no transeression. For is thefear be al-
  9. lomedthe Action it producerhis allomed also. Nor doch it dispense
  10. En any case rrith the Lar positive, but by maline the Action il
  11. Sels Lanful, for thebreabine of a Lam is almayes sin; and it is
  12. certain that men are oblized to the observation of all positive Pre-
  13. cepts, thoneh niththe losle ofrheir lives, unlesse che rieht hat a
  14. manhach to presereehimselt, make it, incase of a just Fear, to
  15. beno Lar. Theomiltion ot circumcision vos nolin, hesars,
  16. Whilst ehe Tiraelices ere crarellins chroushche Wildernelle.
  17. Tis very erue, bucthis has nochine ro de vrith Compulsion. And
  18. the cause why it mas no sin, was ehis; cheymere ready 10 obcyit,
  19. hensoever Cod Bonld eivethem leasure and rest from travel:
  20. mhereby they miehit be cured, or ac least whenCiod, that daily
  21. spabetotheir Conducter in the Desert, Bould appoint him ro renem
  22. that Sacrament.
  23. 8) EI will propose a case rohim, _c.) The case isthis;
  24. a Servant, is robbedos his Masters money by the Flichmay, butis
  25. acquit becanse he vas forced. Another Servant spends his Ma-
  26. sters moner in a T avern. rhy ishe not acquite dalso secine he
  27. mas necessitared E WN ouId (h.saith he) T. H. admit of this ex-
  28. cuse? Lansivor ne: But Pmould do that to bim, e hich Bould ne-
  29. cessitate him ro behave himsels berrer another rime, or at least ne-
  30. cessitate anocher tobehave himsels berrer, by his example.
  31. (h) Ie talkes much oF che morives ro do ana the m: rives t0
  32. forbear, hon ches mork uxon, and decermine a man; a5 it a
  33. realonable man vere no more chen a Tennis.baII, eo be toned
  34. eo and tro by etre Rackers ofche second causes; es c.) May
  35. not ereat thines be produced by second causes as vell as lictle ?
  36. And a Foot ballas Well as a Tonnis. balI? But rhe Bistop can
  37. nover be driven from this, chat the Will hach pever to move it
  38. sels, but sars ris allone tosay, that an Agene can decermine
  39. ie selt, and rhat ehe Willis decermine d by morires exrrintical.
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 230. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0230?run=74