This is where special and chosen loving come in. Special, because God wills this blessing of eternal salvation to some, for, as we have seen, loving is willing a person good, chosen loving because he wills this to some and not to others, for, as we have seen, some he rejects.36 Thomas also provides a full and clear account of reprobation. The causality of reprobation differs from that of predestination. Predestination is the cause both of what the predestined expect in the future life, namely glory,