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<head>Indirect Legislation</head> | |||
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<p><add><hi rend="underline">ledge</hi></add> and <hi rend="underline">power</hi>: conceive a man to <del>have</del> possess<lb/>all these three endowments with relation to any<lb/>act, and the act<del>s</del> follows necessarily and of course.<lb/><del>Let such a</del> they can not be supposed to take <add>have</add> place<lb/>but is must be supposed to take place also:<lb/>for such is the force of these expressions: will<lb/>or effectual inclination to <del>perform</del> cause the act<lb/>to <del>for for</del> take place, knowledge of the means<lb/><add>or expedients</add> requisite for that purpose, and power to <add>set</add> carry<lb/><add>those expedients to work</add> those means into execution: suppose any of<lb/>these to be wanting to him, and the <add>act or</add> event in<lb/>question in as far as his agency is necessary<lb/>can not take place. <del>In the</del> Within those bounds<lb/><del>are</del> <add>must</add> the whole system of preventive expeddients<lb/><del>comprehended:</del> <add>be comprised:</add> were an angel to descend from heaven<lb/>for the purpose, one or <del>the</del> <add>more</add> of these points he<lb/>must accomplish to <del>prevent</del> <add>effect</add> it: he would need <add>less he could not</add><lb/><add>do:</add> <del>no less</del>: and as he could not, so neither need he<lb/>do any more.<lb/></p> | |||
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(a) <del>Knowledge,</del> Inclination, knowledge and power, being<lb/><del><add>all</add> each of them</del> so many fictitious entities whose<lb/>relations to one another are not <unclear>interactively</unclear> <note>apparent</note><lb/><pb/> | |||
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Indirect Legislation §. 2.
ledge and power: conceive a man to have possess
all these three endowments with relation to any
act, and the acts follows necessarily and of course.
Let such a they can not be supposed to take have place
but is must be supposed to take place also:
for such is the force of these expressions: will
or effectual inclination to perform cause the act
to for for take place, knowledge of the means
or expedients requisite for that purpose, and power to set carry
those expedients to work those means into execution: suppose any of
these to be wanting to him, and the act or event in
question in as far as his agency is necessary
can not take place. In the Within those bounds
are must the whole system of preventive expeddients
comprehended: be comprised: were an angel to descend from heaven
for the purpose, one or the more of these points he
must accomplish to prevent effect it: he would need less he could not
do: no less: and as he could not, so neither need he
do any more.
NOTE
(a) Knowledge, Inclination, knowledge and power, being
all each of them so many fictitious entities whose
relations to one another are not interactively apparent
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