4:9). Every good inclination is of grace (Phil. 2:13). Every good work is of grace (Ezek. 36:27; Eph. 2:10). Life everlasting is of grace (Rom. 6:23). To avoid any evil is the least good, and every good is of God. It may be said that will in man is the cause and beginning of some good things. Answer. In the creating or imprinting of the first grace in the heart, will is no cause at all, but a subject to receive the grace given. After the first grace is given, will is an agent in the receiving of
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