Cap. X Arg. X: adversaries put Peter and Judas under the same sufficient grace — free-will use separates them; that contradicts 1 Cor. iv. 7 Quis te discernit?
The consequence cannot be doubted. On the adversaries’ view, with sufficient grace to believe and repent administered to Judas and Peter alike, free will’s good use embracing that common offer put Peter among believers and elect, and free will’s bad use thrusting it back shut Judas out. That stands diametrically against Paul’s word (1 Cor. Iv. 7): Who makes you to differ? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why boast as though you did not?
Latin
De consequentia dubitari non potest, quia ex sententia adversariorum, administrata tam Judae quam Petro gratia sufficiente ad credendum et resipiscendum, bonus usus liberi arbitrii amplectentis hanc gratiam sufficientem utrique communiter oblatam posuit Petrum in numero credentium et electorum, et malus usus liberi arbitrii repellentis eandem arcuit Judam a numero credentium et electorum. Sed hoc e diametro adversatur sententiae illi Paulinae 1 Cor. iv. 7, Quis te discernit? quid habes quod non acceperis? quod si accepisti, quid gloriaris ut qui non acceperis?