If God were not to test us, there would be no patience.

The flesh is willing to flatter itself, and many who now give themselves every indulgence, promise to themselves an easy entrance into life. THus men practice mutual deception on each other and fall asleep in wicked indifference.

The first part of a good work is the will, the second is vigorous effort in the doing of it. God is the author of both. It is, therefore, robbery from God to arrogate anything to ourselves, either in the will or the act.

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

Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.

Justification by faith is the hinge on which all true religion turns.

The Angels are the dispensers and administrators of the Divine beneficence toward us. They regard our safety, undertake our defense, direct our ways, and exercise a constant solicitude that no evil befall us.