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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.

John Calvin

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
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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Chance God Grace Men Spirit Taste
Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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Alone Beyond Perfection Satisfaction
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
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Perseverance Prayer Result Wasted
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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Chance Destiny Fate Human Suffering
Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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Deep Faith Forever Philosophy Religious See
We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
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Character Clothes God Ourselves Religious Right
Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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Appearance God Human Love Person
If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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God Knowledge Learning Planning Wisdom
Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
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Existence God Mistake Purity See Word
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
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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Extraordinary God Men Spirit
We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.
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God Hope Ourselves Strength Weakness
Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
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God Humility Men Pride Spirit

While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.

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