Or the three elements can be described as possibility, will, and action. Possibility is a natural gift from God alone, but the other two, since they arise from man's choice, are from man. For instance, God has freely given us the gifts of speech, sight, hearing, etc., and the power to speak, see hear, etc., yet whether or not these are put to good use is left entirely up to the individual. Thus, we are entirely free to will and do good or evil. Nor does he separate will from power, finding in the will the power to automatically carry out what it has willed.
Mind gives orders to itself, and it is resisted . . . .
Mind commands mind to will-but it does not do so. Thus, while refuting Manicheanism the theory of the two separate wills, one good the other evil before Pelagianism was born, Augustine had already refuted it too. The will is not the simple, complete faculty that Pelagius had thought, but it is made up of several if not many conflicting desires. Simply stated, Pelagius had overestimated human nature and its innate ability to desire, think, do or be good, without God's constant help. Pelagianism's Theology of Grace Pelagius, given his assessment of human nature, posits complete autonomy of one's free will before God.