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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.

John Calvin

Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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Exercise Faith Prayer
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
We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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God Promise Religious Rule
The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.
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Believe Book Bright Light Men Religious Sun Way
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
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
Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
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God Goodness Grace Heart Joy
We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.
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God Himself Need Ourselves Prayer Right Thinking
The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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Humble Progress Sincere Spiritual
Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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Enjoyment Forever Glory Goal Ourselves
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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Buy Peace Price Sacrifice Truth
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
Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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Alone Beyond Perfection Satisfaction
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
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

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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