"It is not in our power to believe, but it is the gift of God."

"There is nothing more miserable than man without God."

"...those whom God passes over [praeterit], he condemns [reprobat]; and this he does for no other reason than that he wills to exclude them from the inheritance which he predestines [praedestinat] for …"

"God will not suffer his truth to be obscured, but will always raise up some to maintain it."

"This is not laid down on human authority; it is God who speaks and prescribes a perpetual rule for his Church."