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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.

John Calvin

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
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Dog God Myself Silence Truth
Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
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Existence God Mistake Purity See Word
The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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Chance God Grace Men Spirit Taste
The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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Faith Fire Ourselves Quality
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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Charity Goodness Insult Respect
You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Discover Joy Suffering Yourself
Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.
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Fade Fall God Knowledge Taste
I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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Give Up God Myself
Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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Destroy Powerful Save
Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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Book Darkness God Religious View
My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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Heart Myself Yourself
Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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Beginning Faith Humility Intelligence True
When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
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Change Design Forgiveness Heart Himself Spirit
Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him.
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Gift God Himself Religious
The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Excellence Live Purity Religious
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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Darkness God Men Misery Way

The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.

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