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After 50 years, is it not clear that God has raised up new illnesses connected with fornication? From where do these things come if not from the hand of God? In response to these diseases. The world was astounded, and people were terrified for a time, but they have not, to this day, observed the hand of God.
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Then let every one of us, being warned by this sentence of the angel, acknowledge that he as yet cleaves to first principles, or, at least, does not comprehend all those things which are necessary to be known; and that therefore progress is to be made to the very end of life: for this is our wisdom, to be learners to the end.
John Calvin
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We must observe that the knowledge of God which we are invited to cultivate is not that which, resting satisfied with empty speculation, only flutters in the brain, but a knowledge which will prove substantial and fruitful whenever it is duly perceived and rooted in the heart.
John Calvin -
To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed.
John Calvin -
Everyone flatters himself and carries a kingdom in his breast.
John Calvin -
Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God's saving grace in Christ Jesus.
John Calvin -
If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.
John Calvin -
God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
John Calvin
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So great and boundless is God's wisdom that he knows right well how to use evil instruments to do good.
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Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.
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Faith is God's work within us.
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When we hear any mention of our mystical union with Christ, we should remember that holiness is the channel to do it.
John Calvin -
If there had been any unbelief in Mary, that could not prevent God from accomplishing his work in any other way which he might choose. But she is called blessed, because she received by faith the blessing offered to her, and opened up the way to God for its accomplishment.
John Calvin -
The fact that the evil ones, as long as they live, can be corrected from their errors does not prohibit that they may be justly executed, for the danger which threatens from their way of life is greater and more certain than the good which may be expected from their improvement.
John Calvin
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Prayers belong strictly to the worship of God. Fasting is a subordinate aid, which is pleasing to God no farther than as it aids the earnestness and fervency of prayer.
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While sin is overflowing, grace pours itself forth so exuberantly, that it not only overcomes the flood of sin, but wholly absorbs it.
John Calvin -
The Bible is the sceptre by which the Heavenly King rules His Church.
John Calvin -
There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed to all without exception.
John Calvin -
It is amazing how much our lack of trust provokes God if we request of him a boon that we do not expect.
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Men are idol factories.
John Calvin
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It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results.
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True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God.
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Every person, on coming to the knowledge of himself, is not only urged to seek God, but is also led as by the hand to find Him.
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How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
John Calvin