"The eternal counsel of God is the cause of election and reprobation."

"The Lord then would have all the godly to burn with so much zeal in the defense of lawful worship and true religion, that no connection, no relationship, nor any other consideration, connected with th…"

"The wicked are justly condemned, because they are not only alien from God, but are also full of all impurity."

"For we do not say that man is dragged unwillingly into sinning, but that because his will is corrupt he is held captive under the yoke of sin and therefore of necessity wills in an evil way."

"The whole sum of Christian philosophy is contained in these two points: the knowledge of God and of ourselves."