By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man
John CalvinAgain I ask whence it happened that the fall of Adam involved, without remedy, in eternal death so many nations, together with their infant children, except because it so seemed good to God? A decree horrible, I confess, and yet true.
John CalvinBecause the will renewed is the Lord's work, it is wrongly attributed to man that he obeys prevenient grace with his will as attendant.
John Calvin