The whole comes to this, that Christ, when he produces faith in us by the agency of his Spirit, at the same time ingrafts us into his body, that we may become partakers of all spiritual blessings.

Creatures are so governed by the secret counsel of God, that nothing happens but what he has knowingly and willingly decreed.

Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God's saving grace in Christ Jesus.

I have not so great a struggle with my vices, great and numerous as they are, as I have with my impatience. My efforts are not absolutely useless; yet I have never been able to conquer this ferocious wild beast.

Faith and hope...are the wings by which our souls, rising above the world, are lifted up to God.

If grace acts in us, grace, and not we who do the work, will be crowned.

The blood of Christ is necessary to purge the faults clinging to our best works.