It cannot be denied that God in choosing and destining Mary to be the Mother of his Son, granted her the highest honor.

It would be the height of absurdity to label ignorance tempered by humility "faith"! (Institutio III.2.3)

Faith consists not in ignorance, but in knowledge - knowledge not of God merely...but when we recognize God as a propitious Father through the reconciliation made by Christ, and Christ as given to us for righteousness, sanctification, and life.

The evil in our desires typically does not lie in what we want, but that we want it too much.

Men are indeed to be taught that the favour of God is offered, without exception, to all who ask it; but since those only begin to ask whom heaven by grace inspires, even this minute portion of praise must not be withheld from Him. It is the privilege of the elect to be regenerated by the Spirit of God, and then placed under His guidance and government.

Nobody seriously believes the universe was made by God without being persuaded that He takes care of His works.

But prosperity, and the happy issue of events, ought also to be attributed to his grace, in order that he may always receive the praise which he deserves, that of being a merciful Father, and an impartial Judge. About the close of the psalm, he inveighs against those ungodly men who will not acknowledge God's hand, amid such palpable demonstrations of his providence.