"We are poor, miserable sinners, but God is rich in mercy."

"...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 …"

"We are pilgrims and strangers on earth."

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

"God blinds the minds of the reprobate, and hardens their hearts, that they may not believe."