Vasquez's own view: God's definition of our acts neither precedes nor follows the will's determination but accompanies it
So Vasquez devises something else of his own. God's definition, which foreordains our works one by one, neither comes before the determination of our will in the order of causes nor follows it, but accompanies it.
From this he concludes that the necessity which follows once God's decree is posited is not antecedent to our freedom and determination but accompanies them. So our freedom is neither hindered nor harmed by that necessity, since only a preceding necessity damages freedom, not one that follows or accompanies it.
Latin
XXXV. Itaque ipse aliud excogitat, nempe Definitionem Dei, quae praefinit opera nostra sigillatim, non praecedere ordine causae determinationem nostrae voluntatis, nec etiam illam sequi; sed eam comitari. Unde colligit necessitatem, quae sequitur positionem decreti Dei, non esse antecedentem, sed comitantem nostram libertatem & determinationem: ac proinde libertatem nostram ea necessitate nec impediri, nec laedi: cum libertati praejudicet sola necessitas praecedens: non vero quae libertatem ipsam, vel sequitur, vel comitatur.