Cap. VII open: De Reprobatione — prolegomena; two rocks to avoid
Cap. VII — some prolegomena on Reprobation, with the Arminian view. Preliminaries tasted, I turn next to the other half of the dispute: passing by, non-election, or Reprobation of those God has not dignified with that excellent special mercy that infallibly leads to life. Here and everywhere Paul's word must hold (Rom. 12:3): not to think beyond what one ought. Idle curiosity will always find as much to learn as it cares to ask (so Tertullian wisely, On the Soul, at the end). In treating this matter, two rocks must be fled with all caution.
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De Reprobatione quaedam prolegomena una cum sententia Arminiana. Hisce praelibatis, alteram susceptae disputationis partem mox aggrediar, quae est de praeteritione, non-electione sive Reprobatione illarum personarum quas Deus eximia illa et speciali misericordia, quae ad vitam infallibiliter perducit, non est dignatus. Atque hic, et uspiam, obtinere debet illud Paulinum, Rom. xii. 3. μὴ ὑπερφρονεῖν παρ' ὃ δεῖ φρονεῖν. Nam otiosae curiositati tantum deerits discere, quantum libuerit inquirere, ut prudenter Tertullianus, De anima, in fine. In hac ergo materia tractanda duo scopuli sunt omni cautione fugiendi.