"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."

"The elect alone receive through regeneration [grace]. For I stay not to consider the extravagance of those who say that grace is offered equally and promiscuously to all."

"The reprobate are left to their own wickedness, and are justly punished for it."

"God never abandons his own."

"The decree is dreadful, I confess. Yet no one can deny that God foreknew what end man was to have before he created him, and consequently foreknew because he so ordained by his decree."