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Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.

John Calvin

Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.
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Book Learning Religious Satisfaction Shame True Understand
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
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
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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God Hope Ourselves Strength Weakness
Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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Grace Human Liberty
Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are.
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Busy Enjoyment Present Quick Time
We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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Evil Inspirational Miracle Religious Remember
The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Destruction Men Pride
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 one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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Humble Progress Sincere Spiritual
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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Extraordinary God Men Spirit
In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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Deep Discover God Oneself Religious
You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
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Blessing Enjoyment Imagination Powerful Rule
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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Chance Destiny Fate Human Suffering
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 fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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Faith Fire Ourselves Quality

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