A rational nature always has free choice since it always has the ability to keep (although sometimes with difficulty) uprightness-of-will for the sake of uprightness itself. But when free will deserts uprightness because of the difficulty of keeping it, then, assuredly, free will subsequently serves sin because of the impossibility of recovering uprightness through its own efforts. So, then, it becomes “a wind that goes out and does not return,” [1] since “he who commits sin is the servant of sin.” [2] Indeed, just as before having uprightness, no will was able to take it without Gods giving it, so upon deserting the uprightness which has been received, the will is unable to recover it unless God gives it again. —Freedom of Choice; AD 1080~1085 [1] Psalms 77:39 (78:39) [2] John 8:34
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