"The reason why some are saved and others perish is not to be sought in their own will, but in the secret counsel of God."

"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."

"God himself has explicitly instructed us to kill heretics, to smite with the sword any city that abandons the worship of the true faith revealed by Him."

"The human heart is an idol factory."

"Ignorance of predestination is a great evil, because it deprives us of the knowledge of God's glory."