Lorenzo de' Medici, Seven Philosophical Questions in Verse

it is granted to you. Just as all the other goods, which philosophers are accustomed to divide in three ways. For truly, as we are the splendor and immortal glory of your name, may it also devolve to future generations for all perpetual time. I have decided that your poem itself (about which we are to dispute) should be inserted and placed into this work:

The spirit, at times drawn back into itself,
And from the stormy and troubled sea
Led into a tranquil and peaceful port,
Seeks what is doubtful and wants to bring forth a conclusion:
It discerns truly that all things proceed from God,
And without him, nothing exists, which is sin;
It is by his grace if it is granted and given to us,
To sow seeds in order to reap eternal fruit.
At times it performs its operation only in that which
Is turned and well-disposed to receive it;
Then what is the thing that disposes?
I would like it to be explained to me what comes first,
Whether time or a good inclination.
Now you, answer the doubt I have proposed: