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.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be

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

God does not begin by asking our ability, only our availability, and if we prove our dependability, He will increase our capability.

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