A collection of papers which passed between the late learned Mr. Leibnitz and Dr. Clarke in the years 1715 and 1716 relating to the principles of natural philosophy and religion / [In French and English] With an appendix. To which are added letters to Dr. Clarke concerning liberty and necessity; from a gentleman of the University of Cambridge [J. Bulkeley]: with the Doctor's answers to them. Also remarks upon a book entituled A philosophical enquiry concerning human liberty [by A. Collins] By Samuel Clarke.

  • Samuel Clarke
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1717
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Credit: A collection of papers which passed between the late learned Mr. Leibnitz and Dr. Clarke in the years 1715 and 1716 relating to the principles of natural philosophy and religion / [In French and English] With an appendix. To which are added letters to Dr. Clarke concerning liberty and necessity; from a gentleman of the University of Cambridge [J. Bulkeley]: with the Doctor's answers to them. Also remarks upon a book entituled A philosophical enquiry concerning human liberty [by A. Collins] By Samuel Clarke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    il. If God’s conserving ali Things., means his aEiual Operation and Government\ in preferring and continuing the Beings” Powers, Orders, Difpofitions and Motions of all Things ; this is all that is contended for. But if his conferring Things, means no more than a King’s creating fuch Sub¬ jects, as (hall be able to aft well enough without his intermeddling or Ordering any thing amongft them ever after * This is making him indeed a real Creator, but a Governour only Nominal* 12. The Argument in this Paragraph fuppofes, that whatfoever God does, is Su¬ pernatural or Miraculous ; and consequent¬ ly it tends to exclude All Operation of God m the Governing and Ordering of the Na¬ tural World. But the Truth is; Natural and Supernatural are nothing at all dif¬ ferent with regard to God, but diftinftions merely in Our Conceptions of things. To caufe the Sun [or Earth] to move regularly^ is a thing we call Natural : To flop its Motion for a Day, we call Supernatural ; But the One is the Effeft of no greater Power, than the Other ; nor is the One, with refpeft to Gody more or lefs Natural or Supernatural than the other. God’s \
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