Cap. IV open: neither general nor foresight-singular is Pauline predestination — reply plan
We hold the contrary: neither that general decree framed I will to save all who persevere in faith, nor that singular one resting on intervening foresight — I will gift eternal life to Peter, Paul, John, whom I foresee will perseveringly believe — is the predestination of which the Apostle speaks in Romans, and sacred Scripture. For the latter decree (so far as I know) adversaries rarely fight, content to assert it in a word; for the former they contend sharply. We will first meet their arguments, then confirm our position and impugn the contrary. And because at the Hague Colloquy arguments scattered elsewhere are gathered as a single collection, we will answer those Colloquists' little objections.
Latin
Nos autem e contra statuimus, neque illud generale Dei decretum in hanc formulam conceptum, Ego volo omnes in fide perseverantes servare, Neque illud singulare praescientia interveniente nixum, Ego Petrum, Paulum, Johannem, quos praevideo perseveranter credituros, aeterna vita donabo, esse eam praedestinationem de qua Apostolus in Epistola ad Romanos, ac sacrae Scripturae loquuntur. Pro posteriore hoc decreto (quod sciam) non solent pugnare adversarii, verbo asseruisse contenti: Pro priore acriter dimicant. Nos illorum argumentis primo in loco occurremus; dein sententiam nostram confirmabimus, ac contrariam eadem opera impugnabimus. Quia autem in Colloquio Hagiensi ea quae sparsim apud alios exstant argumenta, quasi in unum fasciculum comportantur, nos illorum Collocutorum objectiunculis respondebimus.