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Free will is unable to begin or to perfect any true and spiritual good, without grace.... This grace [proevenit] goes before, accompanies, and follows; it excites, ***ists, operates that we will, and co operates lest we will in vain.[10]
Prevenient grace is divine grace which precedes human decision. It exists prior to and without reference to anything humans may have done. As humans are corrupted by the effects of sin, prevenient grace allows persons to engage their God-given free will to choose the salvation offered by God in Jesus Christ or to reject that salvific offer.