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We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.

John Calvin

To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in Christ, by whose grace we are free from the curse of the law, and by whose Spirit we have the law engraved upon our hearts.
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Freedom Grace Heart Law Ourselves Spirit
When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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Book God Religious Talk
The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Excellence Live Purity Religious
Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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Buy Peace Price Sacrifice Truth
Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.
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God Himself Sleep Time Work
Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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Enjoyment Forever Glory Goal Ourselves
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
If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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God Knowledge Learning Planning Wisdom
The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth.
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Himself Knowledge Learning Life Reading Scripture 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
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
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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Believe God Idol Men Mindset
While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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God Happiness Men Seek
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
Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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Destroy Powerful Save
We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God’s benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.
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Experience Joy Meditation Recognition Sorrow Suffering

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