How we cite our quotes: (Part.Letter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
What God does she hope to invoke? Is there one strong enough to prevail against love? She will look in vain for help elsewhere, when it is I alone who can guide her destiny.
Valmont's ambition is nothing less than to be, in effect, the divine power that Madame de Tourvel follows. He refers to himself as a god several times in the novel. His definition of God is whoever has the most power to control others.
Quote #8
Leaving it to Providence to protect you from a danger against which I can do nothing, I confine myself to supporting you as far as I possibly can. I cannot relieve your distress, but I can share it. (3.103.4)
Madame de Rosemonde makes the distinction for Madame de Tourvel between what she can do and what is up to God to do. Contrast this with the secular worldviews of Valmont and Merteuil, in which they are in control of everything and God is irrelevant at best.