"God's decree is the cause of all things, so that nothing happens but by his will and appointment."

"The reprobate are without excuse, because the knowledge of God is sufficiently manifested to them, though they reject it."

"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."

"Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever."

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