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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.

John Calvin

The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.
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Animal Book Oneself Path Religious Voice
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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Act Effort God Goodness Willing
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
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 is the chief exercise of faith.
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Exercise Faith Prayer
The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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Book Life Religious Tongue Value
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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Evil Inspirational Miracle Religious Remember
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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Chance Destiny Fate Human Suffering
A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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Fools Himself Idiot Men
You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Discover Joy Suffering Yourself
Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit.
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Life Ourselves Purity Spirit True
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
In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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Deep Discover God Oneself Religious
A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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Believe Faith Perfection
The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Destruction Men Pride

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