of having faith does not distinguish one man from another; rather, faith itself distinguishes the believer from the unbeliever. Hence, when it is said, “For who distinguishes you? Or what do you have that you have not received?” whoever has the audacity to reply, “I have faith from myself, hence I did not receive it,” straightway contradicts this very evident truth—not because it is not in the free choice of the human will either to believe or not to believe, but because in the elect the will is