Cap. X Arg. V Minor: John x. 26 and 1 John ii. 19 — not believing / falling away is posterior to not being Christ’s sheep or of us; Arminius must say non-elect precedes unbeliever
Now weigh the Minor’s other part: not believing, or springing back from faith once begun, comes after this divine not-giving—non-election in Christ—and so non-election or reprobation does not arise from such foresight as from an antecedent motive. On unbelief the witness already cited is plain (John x. 26): You do not believe, because you are not of my sheep. On apostasy from faith once received, 1 John ii. 19 is clear enough: They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us. Let Arminius or Corvinus show what not being of Christ’s sheep means, if not not being of the elect. If that is true, then in our order of thought not being elect comes before being an unbeliever.
Latin
Jam et alteram partem Minoris pensitemus, nimirum, Quod non-credere, vel a fide incepta resilire sit posterius hac non-datione Divina, sive non-electione in Christo, et per consequens quod non-electio sive reprobatio ex tali praevisione tanquam ex antecedaneo motivo minime oriatur. De Infidelitate valde perspicuum est illud, quod antea citavimus testimonium, Joann. x. 26. Non creditis: non enim estis ex ovibus meis. Sic etiam de Apostasia a fide suscepta satis clarum est illud, 1 Joann. ii. 19. E nobis exierunt, sed ex nobis non fuerunt: nam si fuissent ex nobis, permansissent utique nobiscum, &c. Ostendat nobis Arminius, aut Corvinus quid sit non esse ex ovibus Christi, nisi non esse ex electis: quod si verum sit, tum non esse electum est quiddam prius consideratione nostra quam esse incredulum.