The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 334
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- rational man, but onely ro such men as cannor reason in those pointi
- irhich are of difficule conremplarion; for a racional man vill say
- withhimself, chey wom God nill brine to a blessed and happy end.
- ehose he vill put into an humble, pious, and Pichicons may; and of
- those rhom he will destroy, he mill harden the heares; and there-
- upon examinine himsels, whether hebe in such a mayornoc, the
- examination it self mould (is clected) he a necessary canse of Wor-
- line out his salvation mich fear and erembline. But the men viho
- Tthonche mishe rate: harr chereby, are sucl: as reason erronconsty.
- Cagine michthemselves, is sailbesaved, Lsell be saved nhe-
- cher Lwalle urrie ly or no and con sequensly chorennto sall bebave
- themselves neglicentlus, and pursue the plcatant nay ot the sins
- they are in love wich. Trhich inconvenience is not abated by this
- discourso ofthe Bistop, because rhey understand not rle gronnds he
- soethon, of Nunc Rans, mocus primo primi, F.lIcice Rets, Im
- Perace Acts, and a creat many other such unint. llicible mords.
- C. EI
- DOstscript. Sreumems seldom verh on men of vit andlearn
- ing. Whenthey have onse ingaced themselves in a contrary opi-
- nion. I any thine do it ir is ehe semine of them the causes of rheir
- errours, whichis this; Pions men artribute roCod Almiehey for
- honour sate. Wharioever they sec is henourable in theworid, as
- sceine bcaring, willinc. bnomine. Fustice, Wiscdom. 5c. BAL
- deny him sueh poor chines as eres, ears, brains, andother orrans,
- virhont which. mevorms, neither have, nor can conceive suct
- faculties to be; and sofarthey do vell. Bur hen they dispure
- os Gods actions Philosophicaliy, ehenthey consider themacain, as
- if he had suchfaculties, and in thatmanner, as we have them.
- This is noc Well; and ebence it is they fallinto so many difficutties.
- We onche vr to dispute of Cods Narure, heis no fir subj ect of
- our P)ilosophy. True Pelicion consisteth in obedience to Christs
- Lieurenanrs, aud in sivine Cod suchbonour, both in artribures
- andactions, as thes in their several Liencenancies sat ordain.
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 334. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0334?run=74