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

John Calvin

We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.
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Food Laughter Music Satisfaction Wine
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.
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Belief God Man Ourselves
In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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Deep Discover God Oneself Religious
It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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Blessing God Responsibility
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
If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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God Knowledge Learning Planning Wisdom
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
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
Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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Enjoyment Forever Glory Goal Ourselves
Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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Buy Peace Price Sacrifice Truth
Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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Grace Human Liberty
It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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Alone Faith Justice Religious Wisdom
The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Excellence Live Purity Religious
God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.
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Forever Glory God Justice Mercy Punishment Race Sin
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
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Perseverance Prayer Result Wasted

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