"Many people have accused me of such ferocious cruelty that I would like to kill again the man I have destroyed. Not only am I indifferent to their comments, but I rejoice in the fact that they spit in…"

"By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which he has determined with himself whatever he wills to happen with regard to every man."

"All are not created on equal terms, but some are preordained to eternal life, others to eternal damnation."

"God's singular decree is the cause of Adam's fall, and through this fall, the damnation of his posterity."

"We are not our own: let not our reason nor our will, therefore, sway our plans and deeds. We are not our own: let us therefore not set it as our goal to seek what is expedient for us according to the …"