The ordinary ministry is that which receives all of its direction from the will of God revealed in the Scriptures and from those means which God has appointed in the church for its continual edification.

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

In the exercise of God's efficiency, the decree of God comes first. This manner of working is the most perfect of all and notably agrees with the divine nature.

The inward offer is a kind of spiritual enlightenment, whereby the promises are presented to the hearts of men, as it were, by an inward word.

Theology is the doctrine or teaching of living to God.

The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is.

Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God.