As man is, so is his God. And thus is God oft strangely odd.
What is predestination? Answer: God is more powerful and wiser than we are, therefore he deals with us according to his pleasure.
As a man is, so is his God; therefore God was so often an object of mockery. [Ger., Wie einer ist, so ist sein Gott, Darum ward Gott so oft zu Spott.]
Nature is so perfect that the Trinity couldn't have fashioned her any more perfect. She is an organ on which our Lord plays and the devil works the bellows.
