Two Dissertations · §701 · John Davenant

Cap. X controversy-sum continued: non-elect likewise considered sinners worthy of death, no worse in themselves, yet by freest will not dignified with the special mercy prepared for the elect — then Arminius falls, we obtain the cause

And on the other side take the those not chosen — those called passed over or reprobate. They too were considered of death. In themselves they were no worse. Yet by God's freest will they were not dignified with that same special mercy and efficacious calling which, prepared for the elect, wrought their faith, repentance, and salvation. Then Arminius sinks, and we obtain the cause.

Latin

Et e contra, si qui non-electi, praeteriti sive reprobati dicuntur, fuerunt etiam a Deo considerati ut peccatores morte digni, etsi in se nihilo deteriores, sed liberrima Dei voluntate minime dignati eadem speciali misericordia et efficaci vocatione quae electis praeparata fidem, resipiscentiam et salutem eorum operata est, tum succumbits Arminius, nos causam obtinemus.

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