Shocking Sayings
736 sayings found from the Early Modern era
Whence it is sufficiently plain that they are not chosen for their own merit, but because God has gratuitously chosen them.
The wicked are justly punished, because they have offended God by their sins.
God has a secret counsel, by which he chooses whom he will, and rejects whom he will.
Ignorance of predestination is a great evil, because it deprives us of the knowledge of God's glory.
The reprobate are without excuse, because the knowledge of God is sufficiently manifested to them, though they reject it.
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.
God blinds the minds of the reprobate, and hardens their hearts, that they may not believe.
The perdition of the wicked is a manifestation of God's justice.
The elect alone are endued with the knowledge of God, and the illumination of the Holy Spirit.
The reprobate are often endued with excellent gifts, but these are given them, not for their salvation, but for their condemnation.
The will of God is the supreme rule of righteousness.
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.
The reprobate are not without excuse, because their blindness is voluntary.
God has his reasons for electing some and reprobating others, though these reasons are hidden from us.
The reprobate are like hardened clay, which, the more it is baked, the harder it becomes.
The elect are vessels of mercy, and the reprobate are vessels of wrath.
God's foreknowledge and predestination are not the same; for foreknowledge is simple knowledge, but predestination is a decree.
The reprobate are created for the purpose of being destroyed.
It is by no means necessary that the righteous should be distinguished from the wicked by external signs.
The elect are called according to God's purpose, not according to their own merits.