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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.

John Calvin

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
Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.
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Evil God Himself Kind Preparation Unique Worth
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
The Lord has not redeemed you so you might enjoy pleasures and luxuries or so that you might abandon yourself to ease and indolence, but rather so you should be prepared to endure all sorts of evils.
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Endurance Enjoyment Evil Luxury Preparation Yourself
I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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Give Up God Myself
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Perseverance Prayer Result Wasted
My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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Heart Myself Yourself
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
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
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
Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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Exercise Faith Prayer
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
Satan is an astute theologian.
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Devil Evil One Liner
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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Humble Progress Sincere Spiritual

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