Hm - I don't know what an 18th-C theologian would have said; I think a 21st-century one would say that predestination doesn't rule out repentance and even working out salvation (which is a Pauline quote in any case), but it does say that whether you had been chosen to be one of the ones who was able to truly repent and work out salvation had been already chosen. But I'm sure I'm reaching too far with this anyway :)
Re: Katte!
Thank you for putting the Puncta up!