Which famous theologian said this?

Which famous theologian said the below?

…I ascribe to grace the commencement, the continuance and the consummation of all good, – and to such an extent do I carry its influence, that a man, though already regenerate, can neither conceive, will nor do any good at all, nor resist any evil temptation, without this preventing and exciting, this following and co-operating grace.¹

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If you thought James Arminius said that, you would be right. If you are interested in learning more about what Arminius taught, you may want to consider reading Arminius Speaks, edited by John D. Wagner², which a friend and myself are reading through right now and we had spoken about making a post similar to this.

1Jacob Arminius, The Works of Arminius, trans. James Nichols and William Nichols, no.1 (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1986), 1:664. I have changed the type of how this original quote appears. I saw this quote recently in Arminius Speaks, edited by John D. Wagner [James Arminius, Arminius Speaks, ed. John D. Wagner (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2011), 69.]

2James Arminius, Arminius Speaks, ed. John D. Wagner (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2011).