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A44010 The questions concerning liberty, necessity, and chance clearly stated and debated between Dr. Bramhall, Bishop of Derry, and Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.; Bramhall, John, 1594-1663. 1656 (1656) Wing H2257; ESTC R16152 266,363 392

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because_o argumentum_fw-la ducèns_fw-la ad_fw-la impossibile_fw-it be_v a_o good_a form_n of_o reason_v make_v no_o difference_n between_o absurdity_n which_o be_v impossibility_n and_o inconvenience_n which_o be_v not_o only_o possible_a but_o frequent_a and_o though_o it_o be_v a_o good_a form_n of_o reason_v to_o argue_v from_o absurdity_n yet_o it_o ●_o no_o good_a form_n of_o reason_v to_o argue_v from_o inconvenience_n for_o inconvenience_n may_v stand_v well_o enough_o with_o truth_n b_o but_o let_v we_o view_v his_o argument_n if_o a_o man_n have_v liberty_n from_o necessitation_n he_o may_v frustrate_v the_o decree_n of_o god_n and_o make_v his_o prescience_n false_a this_o be_v his_o decree_n that_o man_n shall_v be_v a_o free_a agent_n if_o he_o do_v consider_v god_n as_o a_o most_o simple_a act_n without_o priority_n or_o posteriority_n of_o time_n or_o any_o composition_n he_o will_v not_o conceive_v of_o his_o decree_n as_o long_o since_o enact_v but_o as_o coexistent_a 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