John Calvin quotes - page 7

The wicked do not fear God from any unwillingness to offend him, provided they could do so with impunity. ... But believers, as has been said, dread the offense even more than the punishment. (John Calvin)
Faith has no less need of the word than the fruit of a tree has of a living root; because, as David testifies, none can hope in God but those who know his name [Psalm 9:10]. View quote
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If we follow our divine calling, we shall receive this unique consolation that there is no work so mean and so sordid that does not look truly respectable and highly important in the sight of God (Coram Deo!) (Gen 1:28; Col 1:1ff) View quote
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The name of Christ is used here instead of the Church, because the similitude was intended to apply-not to God's only-begotten Son, but to us. It is a passage that is full of choice consolation, inasmuch as he calls the Church Christ; for Christ confers upon us this honour -that he is willing to be esteemed and recognised, not in himself merely, but also in his members. Hence the same Apostle says elsewhere, (Eph. i. 23,) that the Church is his completion, as though he would, if separated from his members, be incomplete. View quote
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Faith is ultimately a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward us, founded upon the truth of the freely given promise in Christ, both revealed to our minds and sealed upon our hearts by the Holy Spirit. View quote
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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. View quote
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Although the stars do not speak, even in being silent they cry out. View quote
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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy. View quote
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There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God. View quote
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God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray. View quote
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Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men. (John Calvin)
I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels. View quote
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Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. View quote
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Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with the assistance of grace; evil, when grace is absent. View quote
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Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God. View quote
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Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols. View quote
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