Cap. II Sol. Arg. 6: fishermen analogy — elect makes apostles/faithful, not prior trade/poverty
a near parallel shows why. If we say God chose fishermen as his Apostles, "choose" there means make them Apostles — not make them fishermen. They were already fishermen by their own trade before they were elect Apostles. So when I say God chose the poor who are rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, "choose" means make them believers and kingdom-heirs — not make them poor. Poverty is already assumed when faith and adoption to the heavenly kingdom are given.
Latin
quod exemplo non dissimili patebit. Si dicamus Deum elegisse piscatores Apostolos suos, in hac loquendi formula eligere est idem quod facere Apostolum; non autem significat facere piscatores, quia prius sua voluntate erant facti piscatores, quam electi Apostoli: Sic cum dico Deum elegisse pauperes divites in fide & heredes regni, eligere est idem quod facere fideles & regni heredes, sed non est idem quod facere pauperes; quia tum supponuntur pauperes cum donantur fide & adoptione ad regnum coeleste.
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English follows locked 1650 Cambridge Latin of De morte Christi Cap. 1-6 opening (origin + Thesis 1 + Cap. 2 Rat. 1-ultima + Cap. 3 Satisfit through Obj. 17 + Cap. 4 Thesis 2 tip through Mem. 1 close + Cap. 4 Mem. 2 through Mem. 3 tip + Cap. 4 Mem. 3 possible-faith through Thesis 2 close + Cap. 5 Thesis 3 tip through Mem. 2 Scripture close + Cap. 5 Mem. 2 Rat. 1-4 + Cap. 5 Mem. 2 Fathers tip + Cap. 5 Mem. 2 Huberiana objections tip through Obj. 3 Solut close + Cap. 5 Mem. 2 elect-from-eternity objections tip through Obj. 3 Solut close + Cap. 5 Mem. 2 Scripture elect objections tip through Cap. 5 thesis close + Cap. 6 opening tip through Arg. 1 close before Arg. 2), reconstructed from the Internet Archive PDF (pdftotext + tesseract) of the Roger Daniel folio with DjVu OCR check. The 1683 reprint was not used as copy-text. No modern English was copied.
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