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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.

John Calvin

Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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Alone Beyond Perfection Satisfaction
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
By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man
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Destiny Determination Forever God Himself Men
A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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Fools Himself Idiot Men
When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
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Change Design Forgiveness Heart Himself Spirit
The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Excellence Live Purity Religious
Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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Change Faith God Prayer Religious
Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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Grace Human Liberty
Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him.
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Gift God Himself Religious
The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Destruction Men Pride
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
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Dog God Myself Silence Truth
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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Act Believe Book Faith Fools God Religious Word
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
Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.
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Adversity Dangerous Doubt Men Praise Prosperity Success
A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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Believe Faith Perfection
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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Chance Destiny Fate Human Suffering

There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.

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