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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 330

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  3. compolirion, He mould noc conceire oFhis Decrees, asof ihe
  4. LdusOche Medes and Persians, lons since enacted, and passed
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  6. vich ehe acts hich re do, by rertue ofthose Decrees. De-
  7. crees and Aecribuces are Due nocions cohelp che weakness oE
  8. oux understandins eo conceire of 60d. The Decrces ofCod,
  9. are Cod himselF, and cherefore justiy said co be betoreche
  10. Foundation ofthe worid was laid. And vec coexistene wich oux
  11. felres becaule of che infinice and Ficernal beinz ot God. The
  12. summe isthis, The Decrec of Cod, or God himselfEcernall
  13. consticures or ordaines ass effects which come eo palsin time
  14. accordins to the distinet nacures or capaciries othis creatures.
  15. AnFcernal Ordination, is neicher pastnorcocome, bur al-
  16. vayes present. 50 trec actionsdo procced, as well fromthe
  17. FternalDccrec of Cod, as necessary; and From chac order whict
  18. hehach sec in theworid.
  19. Asche Decrec of Cod is Fcernal, (o is his Knomledse. And
  20. theretore co spcak ervely and property, chereis neictier Pore
  21. nomledse nor atcer-Hnomledseinhim. Theknomledee of
  22. Cod comprehends all cimes in a poine by reason oF che emi
  23. nence and verrue ofies infinice perfection. And vec I contels,
  24. thac ehis is called fore tnomledse, in respect oFus. Buc chis
  25. Fore. Hnomledse doth produce no absolute necestier. Things
  26. are noc cheretore, because chey are Fore hnomn, buc cheretore
  27. ches are Fore known, Decause cher Mall come to pals. IFany
  28. thino Bould come to pals ochermise than ic dorh, vet 60d5
  29. tnomledse could noc be irricaced by ic, For rhen he didnoc
  30. know thac ic Bouldcometopass, as now it doth. Because
  31. every knomledse ofvision necellarily presupposech its object.
  32. Coc did know, chac Fndas Mould betray Christ; but Fndas Was
  33. not necessitared eo be a craitor by Cods kinowledoc. IF Fudas
  34. Bad noc becraved Christ, ihien God had noc Fore. known chae
  35. Fadus Mould berray him. Thecase is chis; A wacch. man stand
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  37. cice co rhem belom (Who sce no such chings) chac company are
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 330. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0330?run=74