The hound of heaven

The Spirit convicts the sinner and invites him or her to salvation, but the Spirit also permits hard-heartedness to be a legitimate human response. In fact, generally the Holy Spirit gives stronger and weaker evidence of the presence and blessing of God according to our response to him. In doing all of these acts, the Holy Spirit gives evidence of God’s presence and calls for all glory of a saved sinner to be credited to God.— Prevenient Grace: God’s Provision for Fallen Humanity, page 206