prevenient
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He is almost entirely dependent upon God's "prevenient grace," which gives him the desire to do God's will, and "subsequent grace," which enables him to do it.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is an infusion from God's will into his will, and now prevenient Grace is changed into operating Grace.
From The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church by M. (Mosheim) Rhodes
A careful study of their writings, however, shows that these authors had in mind co-operating, not prevenient grace.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Arthur Preuss
That the diligent worshipper doeth good to himself; not of himself but by the prevenient grace of God, which is freely given to all men without exception.
From True Christianity by Johann Arndt
For subsequent grace, inasmuch as it pertains to glory, is not numerically distinct from prevenient grace whereby we are at present justified.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
