Two Dissertations · §247 · John Davenant

Cap. II Sol. Arg. 4: foresight of sanctity not denied — but not proved as cause

Reply: of course God foreknows the holiness of those he elects to glory — he cannot fail to foreknow what he himself will do, and he works all our good in us. But proving that he foresees the elect's good works is not enough for their cause, unless they also show he elects from that prior foresight. And that they can never force out of Paul's words.

Latin

Non est negandum Deum praescire illorum sanctitatem quos elegit ad gloriam: impossibile enim est ut Deus non praesciat ea quae ipse facturus est; ipse autem omnia nostra bona in nobis operatur. Sed non satis est ad causam hanc obtinendam, ut probetur Deum praevidere bona opera, aut sanctitatem electorum, nisi insuper ostendatur ex hac praevisione antecedente Deum procedere ad eligendum. At hoc nunquam extorquere possunt ex verbis Apostoli.

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