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, —