There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
JOHN CALVIN
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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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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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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A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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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.
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But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.
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The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
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Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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