"For we must not think that it is an arbitrary will in God that is the cause of election, but that he wills justly and without fault."

"The seed of the Word of God takes root and grows fruitful only in those whom the Lord, by his eternal election, has predestined to be his children and heirs of the heavenly kingdom. To all others who,…"

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

"For the mind of man, when it has once been infected with this pest, is so utterly perverse that it is with difficulty restrained from framing for itself, after the example of the devil, some new and u…"

"The elect are preserved by the power of God unto salvation."