"Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, and the sacraments administered according to Christ's institution, there, it is not to be doubted, is a church of God."

"The true knowledge of God consists in acknowledging him as our Father and Lord."

"Our hearts are so prone to idolatry that we cannot but be continually forging new gods for ourselves."

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

"The natural gifts were corrupted in man through sin, but his supernatural gifts were stripped from him."