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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 335

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  1. od sopntical capeions do seldom work on men os vit
  2. and learnine. Decause by constant use they have rheir senses
  3. exercised to discern boshs eo0d and evill, Flcb. 5. 24. T ee (a) (0
  4. lide and substantial reaions mork fooner uxon them chan uxon
  5. weaker judsmenes. Themore exaat chebalanceis, che sooner
  6. ic discorers chereal weighe thac is puc into ic. P. specially it che
  7. proots be proposed wirtione passion or oppolition. L ec Sophi-
  8. Aers and seditious Oracors apply chemselres eo che manv
  9. headed mulcieode. Because chey despair oF succels wich men of
  10. eit and tearnine. Those whose soldis erve, are noc atraid to
  11. hare ic eryed by che couch. Since cheformer may hach noc
  12. succceded, T. JI. hath anortier ro em, as the causes oF our
  13. errours, wtrich he hopes will prove more uccessful. Nhen
  14. Hre seestre can dono Bood By A∞HIC, He SCCKS EO CIFCIMVEHEUS,
  15. onder colour oF curtely, Fistula dulce canir voluerem dum deciphe
  16. anceps. A5 eticy, utio behold chemselves in a gla(s, cake ehe
  17. riptic handFor che lesc, and che letr Por che rigHe, (T. FI. KnOWS
  18. ehie comparilon) (O We cake Oux Omn errours eo Be rruEHS, and
  19. OEHeE MENS ErEHS EO DC EEFOUTS. (B) TFwe De in an errour in
  20. this, ic is such an errour as we sucked from nature ic selF, suchan
  21. errour asis contirmed in us by reason and experience, such an
  22. errour as God himselF in his sacred Nord hach rerealed. such
  23. an erroux as the Fachers and DocEOrS OF che ChurCh in aII 29C5
  24. have delivered. Such an errour wherein we have ihe COnCUI-
  25. rence oF all ehie Best Philosophers, boch Natural and Moral.
  26. Tuch an errour as bringechco Cod, che slory ot fustice, and
  27. Wiscdom, and Goodness, and Pruch, such an errour as renders
  28. menmore deroue, more pious, more industrious, more humble,
  29. more penitent For their Fins. Would hehare us resion uD aII
  30. thele adrantaxes eo dance blindFold atcer his pipe. N0, he
  31. persmadesus toomuch ro our lolS. Bur lec us sec Wtac is the
  32. imaxinary cause oF our imasinarY CrFOUT. For(ooc; because
  33. We derribure eo God wharsoerer is honourable in the W orid,
  34. e5 secins; hearins, willins, Hnomins, Tulcice. Wisedom, DuE
  35. deno him uch poor chines, as eres, ears, brains, and s0 far He
  36. Saith e d0 Well. Eichachreason, for tince we are noc able

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 335. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0335?run=74