Independence from a prior cause belongs to God alone; free creatures depend on the first cause as necessary ones do
Someone may say that 'free choice' means a cause that, in its free action, is independent of any prior cause. They reply that this is assumed as true falsely and without warrant.
Free choice of that kind belongs to God alone, who is wholly independent of any higher cause. Free creatures depend on the first cause in their free acts no less than necessary causes do in their necessary acts.
Latin
XI. Quod si quis dicat nomen liberi arbitrii designare causam independentem ab aliqua priori, respectu liberae suae actionis, respondent istud falso & immerito tanquam verum assumi, & ejusmodi liberum arbitrium soli Deo competere, qui omnino est a causa superiori independens. Creaturas vero liberas non minus in suis actibus liberis a prima Causa pendere, quam causas necessarias in actibus necessariis.