We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.

The sufferings of Christ are the means of forgiveness of sin and eternal glory

The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.

In a way, the futile excuses many people use to cover their superstitions are demolished. They think it is enough to have some sort of religious fervor, however ridiculous, not realizing that true religion must be according to God's will as the perfect measure; that He can never deny Himself and is no mere spirit form to be changed around according to individual preference.

In vain people busy themselves with finding any good of man's own in his will. For any mixture of the power of freewill that men strive to mingle with God's grace is nothing but a corruption of grace. It is just as if one were to dilute wine with muddy, bitter water.

The name of Christ excludes all merit of our own.

Can true repentance exist without faith? By no means. But although they cannot be separated, they ought to be distinguished.