"By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which he has determined with himself whatever he wills to happen with regard to every man."

"We shall never be clearly persuaded, as we ought to be, that our salvation flows from the wellspring of God's free mercy until we come to know his eternal election, which illumines God's grace by this…"

"God's glory is manifested in the salvation of the elect and the damnation of the reprobate."

"It is not on the basis of human works, whether performed or foreseen, that God decrees to elect some based on unmerited grace and pass by (preterition) others based on proximate sinful works."

"There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than an overactive mind."