The Unconscious in the Ordo Salutis

By the "Ordo Salutis" is understood the series of acts or steps whereby the salvation which Christ has merited for His elect people is applied to them by the Holy Spirit of the exalted Christ. From this work the activity of the sinner himself is not indeed always consciously excluded. So, for example, Dr. Gerk. Vos in his definition uses the expression "subjectief toegeigend wordt", and Dr. Bavinck says "Christ and His benefits are first actually applied and distributed in the internal calling,...