Cap. IX Arg. 14 Sol cont.: Arminius's further scruple — loving some unto salvation before Christ was ordained Mediator to expiate sins equals loving sinners more than justice
But another scruple must be cleared here. Arminius urges that we set God as loving some unto salvation not only before their foreseen faith and obedience, but before Christ was ordained to expiate sins by his obedience — because we teach that Christ was given as Mediator because God had decreed to save the elect. That, he says, is as if we said God loved sinful men more than his own justice.
Latin
Sed alter scrupulus hic eximendus est. Urget Arminius, nos ponere Deum non modo amare quosdam ad salutem ante praevisam fidem et obedientiam eorundem, sed antequam Christus sit ordinatus ut sua obedientia peccata expiaret; quia docemus Christum ideo fuisse datum in Mediatorem, quia Deus decreverat servare electos: quod perinde est ac si dicamus, Deum magis amasse homines peccatores, quam suam justitiam.