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Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.
John Calvin
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John Calvin
Age: 54 †
Born: 1509
Born: July 10
Died: 1564
Died: May 27
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Man is never sufficiently touched and affected by the awareness of his lowly state until he has compared himself with God's majesty.
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But a faithful believer will in all circumstances mediate on the mercy and fatherly goodness of God.
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Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other.
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