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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.

John Calvin

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
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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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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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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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The majesty of God in itself goes beyond the capacity of human understanding and cannot be comprehended by it.. We must adore its loftiness rather than investigate it, so that we do not remain overwhelmed by so great a splendor.
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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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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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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
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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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Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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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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The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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