You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
JOHN CALVINA perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
More John Calvin Quotes
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We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.
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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.
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Unless God’s Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but miserably stray.
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When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.
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The first part of a good work is the will, the second is vigorous effort in the doing of it. God is the author of both. It is, therefore, robbery from God to arrogate anything to ourselves, either in the will or the act.
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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
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Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Man’s mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
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