Cap. IX Arg. 13 (Corvinus): reprobation from mere liberty of will makes ministers sluggish — diligence profits only the absolutely elect; negligence harms only those absolutely to perish
Our doctrine, says Corvinus, of reprobating some by God's own free choice — not from foresight of final demerits in the reprobate themselves — makes God's ministers sluggish in their work. From it, he says, it follows that their diligence can profit only those God absolutely wills to save, who cannot perish; and that their negligence can harm only those God absolutely wills to destroy, who cannot be saved. Admit that dogma, and ministers of the word must turn idle and torpid.
Latin
Nostra doctrina, inquit Corvinus, de reprobatione quorundam ex mera libertate Divinae voluntatis, et non ex praevisione finalium demeritorum in ipsis reprobatis, Dei ministros in suo ministerio segnes reddit; utpote ex qua sequatur, ipsorum diligentiam non posse prodesse nisi iis quos Deus absolute vult servare, et qui perire non possunt; et negligentiam rursus ipsorum non posse nocere nisi iis, quos Deus absolute vult perdere, quique non possunt servari: Necesse autem est, hoc dogmate admisso, inertes et torpidos reddi verbi ministros.