Cap. IX Arg. 14 Sol cont.: if we distinguish decrees by prior/posterior for weak intellect — general will to redeem via Christ (John iii. 16) and special will whereby Christ is Head of all predestined
Finally: if to prop up our weak intellect we distinguish these decrees of God as prior and posterior by respect to varied distinct objects, I judge we most conveniently conceive in God (1) a general will to redeem the human race under the condition of faith, through our Savior to be incarnate and Mediator Jesus Christ — as John iii. 16 expresses: So God loved the world, etc.; (2) a special will, whereby Christ ordained by the Father as Mediator is made Head of all the predestined, in whom and through whom whatever is needed for infallibly obtaining grace and glory is decreed to be prepared and given them. That posited, the objection vanishes: Christ is conceived as ordained Mediator and given as Head of the Church — that is, of all the elect — before they are considered as ordained to efficacious share of grace or glory.
Latin
Denique, si ad sustentandam intellectus nostri imbecillitatem haec Dei decreta distinguamus secundum prius et posterius, per respectus ad objecta, quae varia et distincta sunt, arbitror nos commodissime concipere in Deo 1. voluntatem generalem redimendi humanum genus sub conditione fidei, per incarnandum Salvatorem nostrum et Mediatorem Jesum Christum; uti exprimitur Joann. iii. 16, Sic Deus dilexit mundum, etc. 2. voluntatem specialem, secundum quam Christus a Patre ordinatus Mediator constituitur Caput omnium praedestinatorum, in quo et per quem, quicquid ad gratiam et gloriam infallibiliter consequendam necessarium est, iisdem praeparandum et donandum decernitur. Hoc posito, evanescit praedicta objectio, quia Christus concipitur ut ordinatus Mediator et datus in Caput Ecclesiae, hoc est, omnium electorum, priusquam illi considerentur ut ordinati ad efficacem participationem sive gratiae sive gloriae.