Cap. 6 Arg. 8 Schoolmen: Estius—no frustrated divine striving blocked by human bad will
William Estius, once professor at Douai, on I Sentences disp. 46 §2, p. 222: We must not picture in God a will, a zeal, some straining by which he wills, labors, presses, and does all that is in him so that every human being may be saved—only to fail because human bad will blocks his good will and, by prevailing and getting in the way, frustrates God’s will. Yet that is nearly the whole of what some claim Christ’s death procured: that God, by offering saving grace to all alike, wills to save those who freely apply themselves to grace and to damn those who resist it.
Latin
Gulielmus Estius olim in Academia Duacena Professor, in 1. Sentent. disp. 46. §. 2. pag. 222. Non debemus in Deo imaginari voluntatem, studium, conatum aliquem, quo velit, studeat, nitatur, et quantum in ipso est agat ut omnes homines salventur, quod tamen propterea non assequatur, quia bonae ejus voluntati obsistat mala voluntas hominum, qua praevalente atque impediente frustratur voluntas Dei. At hoc pene totum est quod Christi morte procuratum contendunt nonnulli; nempe, quod Deus, gratiam salutiferam omnibus promiscue offerendo, salvare velit cos qui libere se applicant ad gratiam, damnare eos qui eidem resistunt.