"There are some Christians, even some who have been raised in Presbyterian homes and churches, who dislike the idea of determinism. These people, to varying degrees, have been infected with the Arminian notion of a free will, a will independent of God. But the Confession is not afraid of determinism. Note carefully that the effectual or effective call occurs by God's 'renewing their wills, and by his almighty power determining them to that which is good, and effectually drawing them to Jesus powerful than any alleged physical determinism. the sinner comes 'freely,' i.e. voluntarily, not in spite of but because of the fact that God controlled his will and made him willing.
The reason it is so necessary to insist on divine determinism and to rebut any doctrine of a will free and independent of god's causative power is that man since the fall is dead in sin, cannot will to accept Christ, and is wholly dependent on grace. Thus section ii not only ties in with section I, but also depends on chapter VI." - Gordon H. Clark, What Do Presbyterians Believe?
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