Among Reformed theologians, therefore, the following proposition returns again and again: ‘the principle into which all theological dogmas are distilled is: God has said it.

Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 1, 30.

These people who make an empty profession of faith in Christ are like wooden legs or arms on a man, which may be covered over with pants and sleeves for a time, but shall not be raised at the resurrection with the other parts of the man’s body. Neither shall these professors be raised to glory with Christ, though they may be covered over with the pants and sleeves of profession of faith, and seem to be members.

William Gouge, Building a Godly Home: A Holy Vision for Family Life, 127.