Cap. IV Arg. 4: Eph. 1:4 — election in Christ is of believers only; Arminius Exam. Pred. Perk.
Arg. 4. Another argument from Eph. 1:4 — According as he chose us in him, that is Christ. They argue: the election by which God chose us in Christ is of believers only; the election made before the world's foundations was made in Christ; therefore it is of believers only. The Major's truth, they say, is that no one can be elected in Christ unless he is in Christ — and only believers are. Arminius urges the same in Exam. Pred. Perk. pp. 313, 32: on the Apostle, Christ is not only a means through which salvation already gotten by election is obtained, but a meritorious cause in respect of which election is made and for whom that grace is prepared. God loves no one to eternal life except in Christ; so since no one is considered in Christ by God unless inserted by faith, election belongs to the faithful. So he.
Latin
Arg. 4. Aliud argumentum petitur ex Eph. i. 4. Sicut nos elegit in ipso, scil. Christo. Unde sic argumentantur; Electio qua nos elegit in Christo Deus, est tantum credentium: Electio quae facta est ante jacta mundi fundamenta facta est in Christo: Ergo illa credentium tantum est. Majoris veritas ex eo apparet, quod nemo in Christo eligi potest, nisi qui in Christo est, quales sunt soli credentes. Hoc idem argumentum urgitur ab Arminio in Exam. Pred. Perk. pag. 313, 32. ubi haec verba habet, Christus secundum Apostolum, non tantum est medium per quod salus electione jam ante parta obtinetur, sed tanquam causa meritoria, cujus respectu electio facta sit, et propter quem illa gratia sit praeparata. Deus enim neminem ad vitam aeternam amat nisi in Christo: Ex quo sequi videtur, quod cum nemo in Christo consideretur a Deo, nisi ille sit insertus per fidem, Fidelium propria sit electio. Haec ille.
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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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