"The heart of man is a perpetual idol factory."

"The reprobate are not only destitute of the Spirit, but are also given up to a reprobate mind."

"The reprobate are not without excuse, because their blindness is voluntary."

"It is a horrible decree, I confess, but no one can deny that God foreknew what the end of man was to be before he created him, and that he foreknew it because he had so ordained it."

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