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We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.

John Calvin

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.
JOHN CALVIN

Desire Growth Hate Imagination Man Ourselves
We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
JOHN CALVIN

Charity Goodness Insult Respect
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.
JOHN CALVIN

Forever Glory God Justice Mercy Punishment Race Sin
If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.
JOHN CALVIN

Break Fall Himself Hurt Prayer
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.
JOHN CALVIN

Busy Enjoyment Present Quick Time
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

Darkness God Men Misery Way
When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
JOHN CALVIN

Cruel God Judgement Nation Rule
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.
JOHN CALVIN

Busy Enjoyment Present Quick Time
When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
JOHN CALVIN

Change Design Forgiveness Heart Himself Spirit
A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
JOHN CALVIN

Believe Faith Perfection
I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
JOHN CALVIN

Give Up God Myself
Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
JOHN CALVIN

Beginning Faith Humility Intelligence True
Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
JOHN CALVIN

Appearance God Human Love Person
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.
JOHN CALVIN

Faith God Justice Men Right Sin Work
When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
JOHN CALVIN

Book God Religious Talk
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

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