"All are not created on equal terms, but some are preordained to eternal life, others to eternal damnation; and, accordingly, as each has been created for one or other of these ends, we say that he has…"

"We call predestination God's eternal decree, by which he compacted with himself what he willed to become of each man. For all are not created in equal condition; rather, eternal life is foreordained f…"

"The church is the mother of all the godly."

"The executioner is a good physician for the church."

"There is no more dangerous illusion than to believe that we are not tempted."