Cap. X Arg. IX: from the nature of negative non-election — reprobation is denied placing of undue grace, not imposition of punishment; Rom. ix. 15
From the nature of non-election—negative reprobation—we argue thus: formally considered, this reprobation is not laying on a penalty, but refusing to place grace that was never owed. To deny or grant such a benefit belongs to God’s absolute power, after the Apostle’s word from Moses (Rom. Ix. 15): I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.
Latin
A natura non-electionis sive reprobationis negativae ita possumus argumentari; haec reprobatio formaliter considerata non est impositio poenae, sed negata appositio indebitae gratiae. Ac tale beneficium negare vel concedere pertinet ad absolutam Dei potestatem, juxta illud Apostoli ex Mose petitum, Miserebor cujus misertus fuero, et commiserabor quem commiseratus fuero, Rom. ix. 15.