"Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever."

"It is not on the basis of human works, whether performed or foreseen, that God decrees to elect some based on unmerited grace and pass by (preterition) others based on proximate sinful works."

"The elect are called according to God's purpose, not according to their own merits."

"It is not in vain that he banishes all those human affections which soften our hearts; that he commands paternal love and all the benevolent feelings between brothers, relations, and friends to cease;…"

"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."