On the Lookout for Scapegoats

"Seeing, therefore, that the flesh is continually on the alert for subterfuges, by which it imagines it can remove the the blame of its own wickedness from itself to some other quarter, we must diligently guard against this depraved procedure, and accordingly treat of the calamity of the human race in such a way as may cut off every evasion, and vindicate the justice of God against all who would impugn it."

- John Calvin, The Institutes, Vol. 1, Ch. 15.1