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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.

John Calvin

True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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Faith Fire Ourselves Quality
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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Extraordinary God Men Spirit
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
There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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Beginning Deep God Religious Spiritual Wisdom
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
Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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Alone Beyond Perfection Satisfaction
Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
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God Humility Men Pride Spirit
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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Confidence Inspirational Ourselves Worst
Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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Exercise Faith Prayer
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
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
Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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Appearance God Human Love Person
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
A man will be justified by faith when, excluded from righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as righteous.
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Faith God Justice Men Right Sin Work
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

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