God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.
When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
The blood of Christ is necessary to purge the faults clinging to our best works.
There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.
True faith is ever connected with hope.