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

If, on the other hand, he even with the assistance of prevenient Grace, permits it to do its work, the process goes on.

From The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church by Rhodes, M. (Mosheim)

But grace signifies a temporal effect, which can precede and follow another; and thus grace may be both prevenient and subsequent.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Thesis II: The sinner, even after he has received the faith, stands in absolute need of prevenient and co-operating grace for every single salutary act required in the process of justification.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

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 Arndt, Johann