*perseverance. Numerous Reformed theologians have argued that irresistible is an unfortunate and even inaccurate description since it implies God working against human *free will. Reformed *confessions refer to grace “certainly, unfailingly, effectively” working in and through the elect (Canons of *Dort) or God drawing the elect toward himself, not coercively, but “freely,” as they are “made willing by his grace” (*Westminster Confession). Consequently, if grace is irresistible, it is by virtue of