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of Creeds and Confessions of Faith describes the merits of the Canons thus.

[The Canons'] tone is as admirable as their eloquence is noble and sustained. Their ethical sensitiveness and zeal for the Divine glory, even at the cost of man's dignity, are manifest. Their courage in facing the problems of election and sin in the light of Scriptural revelation--problems which practically all non-Calvinistic systems discreetly elude or ignore--is worthy of the high spirit and noble ardour of the Dutch nation then emerging from their long struggle for independence.

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