The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed from the Father as to be a participant of the same essence and perfectly c….

The efficiency of God may be understood as either creation or providence..

The inward offer is a kind of spiritual enlightenment, whereby the promises are presented to the hearts of men, as it were, by an inward word..

In the exercise of God's efficiency, the decree of God comes first. This manner of working is the most perfect of all and notably agrees with the div….

Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us..

Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for us today, for then Abraham and the other prophets would not hav….

Nothing exists from eternity but God, and God is not the matter or a part of any creature, but only the maker..

Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration to some special use, although this meaning is often pre….

Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in the soul and later progresses to the body, inasmuch as the body ….

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 ….

The virtue of contentment is the acquiescence of the mind in the lot God has given.

Participation in the blessings of the union with Christ comes when the faithful have all the things needed to live well and blessedly to God..

Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers..

From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised betw….

In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor..

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

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

Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image..

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

Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God..

The will of God is eternal because He does not begin to will what He did not will before, nor cease to will what He willed before..