Two Dissertations · §782 · John Davenant

Cap. X Ultimum Propos. 1.II: Pelagius refuses the grace that heals and turns the will by infusing faith and charity — leaves the will in indifference

II. Second: what he would not admit. Briefly: Pelagius refused the grace that by its efficacy heals the will and turns it from evil to good by pouring in faith, charity, and the rest that bring spiritual life and everlasting salvation. He admitted only what lights the mind, moves the affections, and invites the will—yet so as to leave the will to itself and not shift it from indifference’s balance, waiting on the will for the act of believing, converting, and the like, not working those acts in it.

Latin

II. Jam, secundo in loco videamus qualem noluit admittere. Breviter dico: Illam gratiam Dei noluit Pelagius, quae sua efficacitate sanaret voluntatem, et ex mala in bonam commutaret, infundendo illi fidem, charitatem, reliquaque quae vitam spiritualem et salutem aeternam secum apportant: sed admisit eam solummodo (ut dictum est) quae illuminat mentem, movet affectus, invitat voluntatem; ita tamen ut eam permittat sibi, et ab aequilibrio indifferentiae suae non dimoveat, exspectans scilicet ab ipsa voluntate actum credendi, convertendi, ac consimilia, non operans in ipsa hosce actus.

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