Il est de notre devoir de regarder les ordres de Dieu, et non ses décrets ; notre propre devoir, et non ses desseins. Les décrets de Dieu sont un vaste océan, dans lequel de nombreuses personnes ont curieusement fouillé, à leur propre horreur et à leur propre désespoir ; mais peu ou pas y ont jamais fouillé à leur propre profit et à leur propre satisfaction.
Thomas Boston, Of the Decrees of God, Commentary on the Shorter Catechism.
It is our duty to look to God’s commands, and not to His decrees; to our own duty, and not to His purposes. The decrees of God are a vast ocean, into which many possibly have curiously pried to their own horror and despair; but few or none have ever pried into them to their own profit and satisfaction.
Thomas Boston, Of the Decrees of God, Commentary on the Shorter Catechism.