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1 It follows, secondly, that will and intellect stand in the same relation to the 2 nature of God as do motion, and rest, and absolutely all natural phenomena, 3 which must be conditioned by God (Prop. xxix.) to exist and act in a particular 4 manner. For will, like the rest, stands in need of a cause, by which it is 5 conditioned to exist and act in a particular manner. And although, when will or 6 intellect be granted, an infinite number of results may follow, yet God cannot 7 on that account be said to act from freedom of the will, any more than the 8 infinite number of results from motion and rest would justify us in saying that 9 motion and rest act by free will. Wherefore will no more appertains to God than 10 does anything else in nature, but stands in the same relation to him as motion, 11 rest, and the like, which we have shown to follow from the necessity of the 12 divine nature, and to be conditioned by it to exist and act in a particular 13 manner. 14 15