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

The human heart is a factory of idols...Everyon e of us is, from his mother's womb, expert in inventing idols.

To search for wisdom apart from Christ means not simply foolhardiness but utter insanity.

Christ's intercession is the continual application of his death to our salvation.

Against the persecution of a tyrant the godly have no remedy but prayer.

Let this point therefore stand: that those whom the Holy Spirit has inwardly taught truly rest upon Scripture, and that Scripture itself is self-authenticated. . . . Therefore, illumined by his power, we believe neither by our own nor by any one else's judgment that Scripture is from God; but above human judgment we affirm with utter certainty (just as if we were gazing upon the majesty of God himself) that it has flowed to us from the very mouth of God by the ministry of men.

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.