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 we conceive a continuous series of supernatural graces, each may be called either prevenient or subsequent, according as it is regarded either as a cause or as an effect.

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

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)

I answer that, As grace is divided into operating and cooperating, with regard to its diverse effects, so also is it divided into prevenient and subsequent, howsoever we consider grace.

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

Then by His prevenient working within us He moves us to return.

From The Pursuit of God by Tozer, A. W. (Aiden Wilson)