The names of the elect are said to be “written in heaven,” and to be “in the book of life.” Phil. iv. 3; Heb. xii. 23.

The blessings to which men are elected are such as pertain to individuals, not to communities; and they are represented as elected to these spiritual qualifications, and not because they belong to the class which possesses them. They are elected “to salvation,” “to the adoption of sons,” “to be holy and without blame before him in love.” (2 Thess. ii. 13; Gal. iv. 4, 5; Eph. i.4.)

This election is unchangeable. This is self-evident.

It is not conditioned upon foreseen faith or repentance, but in each case upon sovereign grace and personal love, according to the secret counsel of his will.

A. A. Hodge, The Confession of Faith, 70.

The Calvinist holds that God has elected certain individuals to eternal life, and all the means and conditions thereof, on the ground of his sovereign good pleasure. He chooses them to faith and repentance, and not because of their faith and repentance. That God does choose individuals to eternal life is certain.

A. A. Hodge, The Confession of Faith, 70.

The fact that the Bible is one book should have big implications for the way we read it. The way you read a book depends on the kind of book you think it is. . . . With the exception of the Proverbs, the Bible does not contain isolated sayings. I should be wary about dipping into it at random and extracting individual verses without regard for their context. I am almost bound to misunderstand the Bible if I read it in that way. Each verse needs to be understood in the context of the chapter in which it appears, and each chapter in light of the book as a whole. And there is a wider context we must consider as well: the whole Bible.

Vaughan Roberts, God’s Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible, 18-19.

For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Amid all their trials, sorrows, pains, reproaches, let the righteous lift up rejoicing heads. The eye of God rests on their way. He called them to the narrow road. He upholds their feeble steps. He safely leads them to the glorious end. Unfailing watchfulness surrounds them. But the broad road with its unrighteous throng, goes down assuredly to hell.

Holy Spirit, give us the portion of the blessed man! May we escape the doom of the ungodly!

Henry Law, Daily Prayer and Praise: The Book of Psalms Arranged for Private and Family Use, 4.

Religion will cease to be the pervading element in the house in which the inmates fail thus to present themselves together at the throne of grace. It is impossible to over-estimate the blessings which may be expected from such family solemnities. They sweetly sanctify the home, and are a holy picture of celestial oneness. Love will then cement the hearts which together seek a heavenly Father’s face — together vow obedience to His will — together consecrate their every faculty to His service — together bless Him for their common hope — together adore Him for the gift of Jesus, and all the preciousness of the Gospel-revelation.

Henry Law, Daily Prayer and Praise: The Book of Psalms Arranged for Private and Family Use, v-vi.