I believe Florence is ultimately referring to the formal heretic, and saying that even if he shed his blood for Christ, he'd still be damned. Someone like a John Calvin, or a James White who's spent his life opposing the true Church of Jesus Christ, would be damned even if he went to the Muhammadeans with his false version of Christianity, and died for it. I don't think Florence is ruling out the possibility that you could have a confused man who visibly identifies as Protestant, who's actually of good faith and is actually Catholic.
Augustine, for instance, says this in Letter 43 to the Donatists
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While I realize Augustine isn't speaking dogmatically here, I don't see any evidence that the framework he presents here is heretical.
I admit I'm less sure on the whole "God that rewards" thing. I'm not convinced that some type of framework where that's *possible* necessarily contradicts the dogmas, but even if it doesn't, that doesn't mean that ever actually happens. I mean, I'm not convinced God has completely closed that door, but I'm very, very skeptical.