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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 258

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  3. that an infinite point, sc. mhereinis no succession, can comprehend
  4. all times, thonch time besnocessive.
  5. These phrases Tfind not in rhe Scripture. T monder rherefore, What
  6. vas the diftenofthe School. men, tobrine them up, unle (sthey
  7. thoughe a man could not be a erue Christian, u: less his understan-
  8. standins befirst stransled wich such hard sayines.
  9. AAnd rhus much in ansmer to his discourse. mherein Lthinte not
  10. enely his sguadrons, but also his reserves of distinctions are de-
  11. feared. And nov rour Lordstip sail have my doctrine concerninque
  12. thefame question, ith myreasons for i posirively and briesty ac l
  13. can, mithont ans tearms of sert in plain Enelish.
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  18. asainst any Dirines, buc in war ofexaminarion oF a
  19. French Treacise, wrtich pour Pordchips Brocher did methe
  20. honour eo Mew me aE Tork; (b) My asserrionis musterue,
  21. chac me oughe nocco desere a certain truch, because ve are
  22. noc able co comprehend checertain manner. Such a cruchis
  23. chac wtich I maincain, chac ehe ill of man in ordinaru actions
  24. is tree trom extrinsecal derermination. A eruth demonstrable
  25. inreason, received and beliered by all the morid. And there-
  26. fore chouphi I be noc ableco comprehend or express exactiy
  27. the certain manner how ic consilts cogecher with GodsFter-
  28. nall Prescience, and Decrees, Which excecd my weak capacier,
  29. vec I ouxheco adhere rothaceruch, wtich is manifest. BuE
  30. T. FI. tis opinion of the absoluce necessiry oF all evenes, by
  31. reason ot their ancecedent decerminacion in their extrinsecal
  32. and necessary causes, isno such cercain Truch, buc an innora-
  33. tion, a stranse paradox, withoue probable grounds, rejected
  34. by ali Auchours; rea, by all chemorid. Neicher, istheman-
  35. ner how chie second couses do operate lo oscure, or Potranscen-
  36. dene abore thereach ofreason, as the Fcernal Decrees of60d
  37. are. And cheretore in boch ehese respects he cannor chassense
  38. ehe same priviledse. Iam in possestion of an old cruch derived
  39. Dy intrericance or succession From mine ancectors. And chere-
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 258. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0258?run=74