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Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.

John Calvin

We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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God Promise Religious Rule
Hatred grows into insolence when we desire to excel the rest of mankind and imagine we do not belong to the common lot; we even severely and haughtily despise others as our inferiors.
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Desire Growth Hate Imagination Man Ourselves
The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Destruction Men Pride
It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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Blessing God Responsibility
The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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Humble Progress Sincere Spiritual
The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.
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Believe Book Bright Light Men Religious Sun Way
Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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Enjoyment Forever Glory Goal Ourselves
Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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Grace Human Liberty
Satan is an astute theologian.
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Devil Evil One Liner
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
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.
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Evil God Himself Kind Preparation Unique Worth
God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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Action Election God Spirit Word Work
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Perseverance Prayer Result Wasted
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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Chance Destiny Fate Human Suffering
The majesty of God in itself goes beyond the capacity of human understanding and cannot be comprehended by it.. We must adore its loftiness rather than investigate it, so that we do not remain overwhelmed by so great a splendor.
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Beyond God Greatness Human Understand

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