God has a secret counsel, by which he chooses whom he will, and rejects whom he will.
Protestant reformer
Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 21, Section 7
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"God's justice or righteousness is manifest as the reprobate receive the eternal punishment they deserve."
Controversial"Whence it is sufficiently plain that they are not chosen for their own merit, but because God has gratuitously chosen them."
Shocking"I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels."
Strange & Unusual"The whole sum of Christian philosophy is contained in these two points: the knowledge of God and of ourselves."
Strange & Unusual"Though the will of God is the highest rule of justice, and all that he wills is to be held for righteous, yet he has not deemed it sufficient for us to acquiesce in his bare will, but has added reason…"
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