For the will is so overwhelmed by wickedness and so pervaded by vice and corruption that it cannot in any way escape to honorable exertion or devote itself to righteousness.
Protestant reformer
Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book II, Chapter 2, Section 26
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"Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever."
Strange & Unusual"I am unwilling to pledge my word for his safety, for if he shall come [to Geneva], I shall never permit him to depart alive, provided my authority be of any avail."
Controversial"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."
Controversial"The whole life of a Christian should be a perpetual exercise of repentance."
Humorous"The perdition of the wicked is a manifestation of God's justice."
Shocking