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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 320

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  1. (320)
  2. (5) TFaIIchis will noc setistie bim. T will sire one othis oun
  3. hind oF proots; chac is an instance. That hich necesicates all
  4. chines accordins c0 T. FI. is the decrec ofGod, or that or-
  5. der itrich is sec co allthines by che erernal cause (Nr mb. TI.)
  6. Non Ciodhimsele, who made chis necellicacins decrec, Was
  7. noc subjectedco ic in the matiins chereot, neieher was chere any
  8. Former order to oblise che Arst cause necectarils eo mate such
  9. a decrec; cheretore chis decree beins an aet ad exrra na: treely
  10. made b. Ciod withour any necessicarion. Yec nerere el: (5, chis
  11. disjunctire propolicion is necessarily erue. Fither God did make
  12. sucha decrec, or he did net make such a decrce. Again, chou, n
  13. 2. FI. his opinion vere erue chac all evenes are necessary; and
  14. chac the whole Christian woridare deccired, wto beliere chae
  15. Tome erenssare Frectrom necessier. vec lie willnoc deny, Due
  16. ific had been chego0d pleature ofCod, he mishe hare made
  17. lome causes tree trom necessier, Peeins thac ic neicher argues any
  18. imperfection, nor implies any concradiction. Supposirs chere-
  19. Forechac Cod had made some second caules tree trom any such
  20. ancecedent decerminat on to one, ser che former disjunctun
  21. Would be necestarily erue. Kicher chis Frec underermined caule
  22. ill act ascer chis manner, or ic ill noc aet afcer eliis manner.
  23. Wheretore chenecellarr cruch oFiuch a disjunctire proposiri
  24. on doch noc prore. chac cicher of chemembers ofrhe dis-
  25. junction Ansly considered, is decerminately true in present,
  26. buc onely chac the one ofchem nill De decerminarely erueco
  27. MOTTOH.
  28. Animadrersions upon che Ansiver
  29. to NumB. XXXIV.
  30. (a) CF Y IS Former proOF; chac aII suHicienE CaUSeS, arene-
  31. a celtary causes, is antvvered betore Numb. 3T.)
  32. erhenhe Ball have read my Animadversions upon that Ansmer of
  33. his he Will thi le ocherrmise hassoever he will confese.
  34. (b) Cand his cro instances ot castins Ambs-ace, and ot
  35. rainins comorrom, are altosecher im pertinene eo che quettion,
  36. Fortmo reasons. Ais, rst reason is, becaule (hesuith) our pre-
  37. senE
  38. b

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 320. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0320?run=74