2dly. From actual grace, which is transient; this making its residence in the soul. 2 Cor. iii. 5; Ps. cxix. 36; Phil. ii. 13.Actual grace is an illapse of divine influence and assistance, working in and by the soul any spiritual act or duty whatsoever, without any pre-existence unto that act or continuance after it, “God working in us, both to will and to do.” But this habitual grace is always resident in us, causing the soul to be a meet principle for all those holy and spiritual operations which by actual grace are to be performed. And, —