Cap. II Sol. Arg. 6: Vasquez calumny — if elect=make rich, then elect=make poor?
Vasquez tries a cheap jab at that reading: if "choosing the rich in faith" means making them rich in faith, then "choosing the poor in this world" would mean making them poor — yet James does not say God made people poor; he says those who already were poor, because they were rich in faith, God chose to glory. Reply: no absurdity if we say God made people poor in this world — the rich/poor split itself comes from the divine decree. We grant James's words are not about that. And that does not hurt our reading;
Latin
Hanc expositionem frivola calumniatione Vasques conatur evertere: Si, inquit, eligere divitem in fide est facere divitem in fide, eligere etiam pauperes in hoc mundo, erit facere pauperes in hoc mundo: at Jacobus non significavit Deum fecisse pauperes, sed eos qui pauperes erant, quia fuerunt divites in fide, elegisse ad gloriam. Respondeo, nullum absurdum inde sequi si dicamus Deum fecisse pauperes in hoc mundo, cum ipsa distinctio pauperum & divitum fiat ex decreto voluntatis Divinae; sed fatemur non ea spectare verba Apostoli; neque hoc obstat interpretationi nostrae;