An idea in man is first impressed upon him and afterwards expressed in things, but in God it is only expressed, not impressed, because it does not come from anywhere else.

The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin.

The first act of religion, therefore, concerns those things which are communicated to us from God. The other concerns those things which we yield to God.

The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things.

This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties.

The will of God is single and totally one in Him.

The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is.