Catechesis: Election

So the holy apostle also introduces the example of Pharaoh for no other reason than to prove God’s justice by it, which He exercises toward the unrepentant despisers of His Word. By no means, however, has the apostle intended or understood this to mean that God begrudged salvation to him or any person. He doesn’t mean that God ordained Pharaoh to eternal damnation in His secret counsel so that Pharaoh should not be able, or that it should not be possible for him, to be saved.—FC SD XI:86