The passive receiving of Christ is the process by which a spiritual principle of grace is generated in the will of man.

Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration to some special use, although this meaning is often present in Scripture, sometimes referring to outward and sometimes to inward or effectual separation.

The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed from the Father as to be a participant of the same essence and perfectly carry on the Father's nature.

Nothing exists from eternity but God, and God is not the matter or a part of any creature, but only the maker.

Theology is the doctrine or teaching of living to God.

Active creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed an object about which the agent is concerned; it is virtually but not formally transitive because it makes, not presupposes, an object.

The efficiency of God may be understood as either creation or providence.