Everywhere, indeed, in the writings of Lamb, and not merely in his Elia, the character of the writer cooperates in an under current to the effect of the thing written.
"Biographical Essays"
Thomas de Quincey
Man is, therefore, not purely passive in his conversion, but cooperates with the Holy Spirit and the Word, not merely after, but also in his conversion, before he has received the gift of faith.
"Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church"
Friedrich Bente
And pressing this point, he said to Strigel: I ask whether you say that the will cooperates before the gift of faith or after faith has been received whether you say that the will cooperates from natural powers, or in so far as the good volition has been bestowed by the renovation of the Holy Spirit.
"Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church"
Friedrich Bente