Cap. 7 Rat. 10: Augustine De corrept. & grat. 11—grace in Christ makes us will
It also clashes with the orthodox Fathers who opposed the Pelagians—above all Augustine, On Rebuke and Grace chapter 11. After showing what grace was given to the first Adam, he says of the grace prepared and given to the predestinate in Christ: “So much more largely is the help of grace given through Jesus Christ to those to whom God was pleased to give it, that it not only is present—without which we cannot remain even if we will—but also is so great and of such a kind that we will. For through this grace of God, in receiving the good and holding it perseveringly, there is in us not only the ability to do what we will, but also the will to do what we can.”
Latin
Repugnat etiam orthodoxorum Patrum sententiae, qui Pelagianis sese opposuerunt, ac nominatim Augustini, De corrept. & grat. cap. 11. ubi cum ostendisset, qualis ea gratia fuerit quae primo Adamo data fuit, De gratia praedestinatis in Christo praeparata & donata sic loquitur, Tanto amplius datur adjutorium gratiae per Jesum Christum, quibus id dare Deo placuit, ut non solum adsit sine quo permanere non possumus, etiamsi velimus, verum etiam tantum ac tale sit ut velimus. Est quippe in nobis per hanc Dei gratiam in bono recipiendo & perseveranter tenendo non solum posse quod volumus, verum etiam velle quod possumus.