e gives good counsel to all.... And those
who do it [_gratia efficax_] will receive glory and honor, because they
have done good, though they were free not to do it; but those who do not
do good will experience the just judgment of God, because they have not
done good [_gratia inefficax_], though they were able to do it [_gratia
vere et mere sufficiens_]."(113) St. Augustine is in perfect agreement
with ecclesiastical tradition, and the Jansenists had no right whatever to
claim him for their teaching. "The grace of God," he expressly says in one
place, "assists the will of men. If in any case men are not assisted by
it, the reason lies with themselves, not God."(114) And again: "No one is
guilty because he has not received; but he who does not do what he ought
to do, is truly guilty. It is his duty to act if he has received a free
will and amply sufficient power to act."(115)

READINGS:--St. Thomas, _Summa Theologica_, 1a 2ae, qu. 110, art. 1; qu.
111, art. 1-5.--J. Scheeben, _Natur und Gnade_, Mainz 1861.--M. Glossner,
_Lehre des hl. Thomas vom Wesen der Gnade_, Mainz 1871.--Palmieri, _De
Gratia Divina Actuali_, thes. 1-16, Gulpen 1885.--Oswald, _Die Lehre von
der Heiligung_, 3rd ed.,