Augustine (& the Pelagian Controversy)
"Let God give what He commands, and command what He will."
- Augustine Confessions
"Through freedom man came to be in sin, but the corruption which followed as punishment turned freedom into necessity."
- Augustine On Man's Perfection In Righteousness
"To will is of nature, but to will aright is of grace."
- Augustine Sermons
"God bids us do what we cannot, that we may know what we ought to seek from him."
- Augustine On Grace And Free Will
"Let us take heed we be not compelled to believe that Almighty God would have any thing done which doth not come to pass."
- Augustine Enchiridion
"Grace does not destroy the will but rather restores it."
- Augustine On Grace And Free Will
"Who does not tremble at these judgments, where God works even in evil men's hearts, whatever he wills, yet renders to them according to their deserts?"
- Augustine On Grace And Free Will
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