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)

After prevenient Grace, however, begins to make itself felt, then the will begins to take part.

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

The division of grace into efficacious and merely sufficient is not identical with that into prevenient and coöperating.

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

After prevenient grace, however, begins to make itself felt, then the will begins to take part.

From American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) by Bente, F. (Friedrich)