Cap. VII close (open): punishment presupposes fault; negative reprobation denies unowed benefit
The will to punish in God cannot be considered without prior regard to the sin of the one to be punished, as demeritorious cause. But the will to pass by — or nolition, so to speak, of predestinating — can be considered without prior regard to the those not chosen person's sin. Why the difference? Punishment is an act of vindicative es a fault worthy of vengeance. Non-election or negative reprobation is not a punishment, but denial of a gratuitous benefit God owes no one — and so by its nature hardly requires an antecedent fault.
Latin
Prior illa voluntas puniendi in Deo considerari non potest aut debet, nisi cum respectu antecedaneo ad peccatum personae puniendae, tanquam causam demeritoriam; sed haec voluntas praetereundi, vel noluntas, ut ita loquar, praedestinandi, considerari potest absque respectu antecedaneo ad peccatum personae non-electae. Ratio autem hujus discriminis inde petenda est, quod punitio sit actus vindicativae justitiae, ac proinde culpam vindicta dignam praesupponit: Non-electio autem sive reprobatio negativa non poena sit, sed gratuiti beneficii negatio, quod Deus nemini tenetur exhibere; ac proinde ex natura rei culpam antecedaneam haud praerequirat.