Cap. IX Arg. 3 Sol: deny adversaries' corollary — reprobation of those to whom Christ ordered preaching is not only from foresight of demerits
All that granted, we still deny the adversaries' corollary from these texts: that those to whom Christ ordered the Gospel preached were reprobated only from foresight of their demerits. To reprobate is, by decree of will, to permit some to fall short of beatitude's end — not destining or preparing for them that special grace which would in fact lead them to faith and eternal life. To elect is to ordain some to obtain beatitude infallibly and without frustration — destining, preparing, and giving them that special grace by which God from eternity decreed and knew they would be softened, converted, and in fact saved.
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Sed, hisce omnibus admissis, negamus illud consectarium quod ex talibus testimoniis exprimere conantur adversarii, nempe, Illos non nisi ex praevisione demeritorum suorum fuisse reprobatos, quibus hunc in modum Christus jussit Evangelium praedicari. Nam reprobare est ex decreto suae voluntatis permittere aliquos a fine beatitudinis deficere, non destinando ac praeparando illis specialem illam gratiam, qua reapse ad fidem et vitam aeternam perducerentur: sicuti eligere est ad beatitudinem consequendam aliquos infallibiliter et infrustrabiliter ordinare, destinando, praeparando, ac donando illis specialem illam gratiam, qua Deus ab aeterno statuit et intellexit eos fore emolliendos, convertendos et de facto salvandos.