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Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.

John Calvin

Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
JOHN CALVIN

Belief Empty Faith God Hands Religious
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.
JOHN CALVIN

Freedom Grace Heart Law Ourselves Spirit
The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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Faith Fire Ourselves Quality
Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.
JOHN CALVIN

Fear God Heart Himself Men Mercy Sincere Understand Worship
No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
JOHN CALVIN

Belief God Man Ourselves
Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
JOHN CALVIN

Faith Ourselves Spiritual
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
We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.
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Death Exception God Suffering
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
JOHN CALVIN

Expectation Faith God Himself Place Promise
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.
JOHN CALVIN

Act Effort God Goodness Willing
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.
JOHN CALVIN

Believe God Idol Men Mindset
We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
JOHN CALVIN

Character Clothes God Ourselves Religious Right
Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
JOHN CALVIN

Buy Peace Price Sacrifice Truth
Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
JOHN CALVIN

God Goodness Grace Heart Joy
The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
JOHN CALVIN

Chance God Grace Men Spirit Taste

Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.

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Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.

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