Cap. X Arg. VII: Augustine De praedest. sanct. 10 — he promised from his predestination, not from our will’s power; he makes us do what he commands
Here belongs Augustine (De praedestinatione sanctorum 10): He promised not from the power of our will, but from his own predestination. For he promised what he himself would do, not what men would do: though men do the goods that belong to worshipping God, he makes them do what he commanded; they do not make him do what he promised—otherwise the fulfillment of God’s promises would lie not in God’s power but in men’s.
Latin
Horsum facit illud Augustini, De praedest. sanctorum, cap. 10. Non de nostrae voluntatis potestate, sed de sua praedestinatione promisit. Promisit enim quod ipse facturus fuerat, non quod homines: quia etsi faciunt homines bona quae pertinent ad colendum Deum, ipse facit ut illi faciant quae praecepit, non illi faciunt ut ipse faciat quod promisit: alioquin ut Dei promissa compleantur, non in Dei sed in hominum esset potestate.