 Arnauld agreed with Malebranche that God could have brought it about that all men are saved and did not do so. But he favored an Augustinian view that “all men” in this context means “all sorts of men,” that is, men of all races, occupations, etc. He did not entirely reject the Thomistic view that God’s will for the salvation of all men is God’s “antecedent will” rather than His “consequent will,” that is, God’s will other things being equal rather than God’s will all things considered. Arnauld points out that Malebranche’s position might be thought to be a version of the Thomistic one, but adds that according to St. Thomas God’s antecedent will is a wish rather than an absolute volition (une velleité plutôt qu’une volonté absolue) (Réflexions, OA, 39:198, cf.  39:576).[28]  Arnauld firmly rejects any notion that God wills the sanctification and salvation of each and every person in a strong sense of “will” such that His will would be carried out unless there were something to prevent it, or, in Malebranche’s words, to hold it in  check.[29]