CHAPTER 1 Following Hard after God My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. (Psalm 63:8) Christian theology teaches the doctrine of prevenient grace, which, briefly stated, means that before a man can seek God, God must first have sought the man. Before a sinful man can think a right thought of God, there must have been a work of enlightenment done within him. Imperfect it may be, but a true work nonetheless, and the secret cause of all desiring and seeking and praying which
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