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[XXX.]—Grace Establishes Free Will.  Do we then by grace make
void free will? God forbid! Nay, rather we establish free will.
For even as the law by faith, so free will by grace, is not made
void, but established.994994     Rom. iii. 31. For neither is
the law fulfilled except by free will; but by the law is the
knowledge of sin, by faith the acquisition of grace against sin,
by grace the healing of the soul from the disease of sin, by the
health of the soul freedom of will, by free will the love of
righteousness, by love of righteousness the accomplishment of
the law. Accordingly, as the law is not made void, but is
established through faith, since faith procures grace whereby
the law is fulfilled; so free will is not made void through
grace, but is established, since grace cures the will whereby
righteousness is freely loved. Now all the stages which I have
here connected together in their successive links, have
severally their proper voices in the sacr