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made man right" (Eccles. vii, 30) being
then inclined to rectitude, he could with his own will easily per
form what was right, with the Divine assistance alone, called
sine quo that is, Sufficient Grace (which gives him the power,
but not the will) ; so that, with that ordinary assistance alone, ho
could then agree to, and follow
grace, but when his will was
weakened by sin, and inclined to forbidden pleasures, it then
could not, with sufficient Grace alone, do what is right, but
required that assistance called, theologically, Quo that is, Effi
cacious Grace (which is his conquering delectation, in relation to
the superiority of degrees), which pushes him on, and determines
him to perform what is good, otherwise he never could resist the
opposing
carnal delectation :
"
Gratia sanse voluntatis in ejus
libero relinquebatur arbitrio, ut earn si vellet desereret ; aut si
vellet uteretur ; gratia vero lapsso aegrotseque
voluntatis nullo
modo in ejus relinquitur arbitrio, ut earn deserat, et arripiat si
voluerit" (2). During the period that the carnal delectation
predominates, then, says Jansenius, it is impossible that virtue
should prevail :
"
Yigente delectatione carnali, impossibile est,
ut virtutis et honestatis consideratio pra3valeat" (3). He says,
besides, that this superior delectation has such power over the
will, that it obliges it necessarily either to wish or reject, accord
ing
as it moves it :
"
Delectatio, seu delectabilis objecti compla-
centia, est id quod tantam in liberum arbitrium potestatem habet,
ut eum faciat velle vel nolle, seu ut ea prsesente actus volendi sit
reipsa in ejus potestate, absente non sit" (4).
3. In another passage he says that, if the celestial delecta
tion is less than the terrestrial one, it will only give rise to some
inefficacious and impotent desires in the soul, but will never lead
us on to embrace what is good :
"
Delectatio victrix, qua) Augus-
tino est efficax adjutorium, relativa est; tune enim est victrix,
quando alteram superat. Quod si contingat alteram ardentiorem
esse, in solis inefficacibus desideriis hrerebit animus, nee efficaciter
unquam volet, quod volendum est" (5). Again, he says
that as
the faculty of vision not only causes us to see, but gives us the
power of seeing, so the predominant delectation not only causes
(2) Jansen. de lib arb. I. 2, c. 4. (4) Idem, eod. tit. 7. 7, c. 3.
(3) Jansen. /. 7, de Grat. Chr. c. 3, (5) Idem, eod. tit. /. 8, c. 2.
vide etiam, c. 50.