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1. Can we, by our own natural strength, keep the Commandments and be saved?

No; we cannot, without the grace of God.

2. What do we understand by the grace of God?

By the grace of God we understand here an internal supernatural help or gift, which God communicates to us, through the merits of Jesus Christ, for our eternal salvation.

3. How many kinds of this supernatural help and gift, or of ' Grace ' properly so called, are there?

There are two kinds, 1. The grace of assistance, called also actual or transient grace; and 2. The grace of sanctiflcation or justification, called also sanctifying or habitual grace.

4. In what does Actual Grace, or the Grace of Assistance, consist?

Actual Grace consists in this: that God enlightens our understanding, and inclines our will to avoid evil, and both to will and to do what is good.