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If we believe heaven to be our country, it is better for us to transmit our wealth thither, than to retain it here, where we may lose it by a sudden removal.
John Calvin
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John Calvin
Age: 54 †
Born: 1509
Born: July 10
Died: 1564
Died: May 27
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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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Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take the time to enjoy where we are.
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The name of Christ excludes all merit of our own.
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Man's nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols.
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On the one hand, undeserved success gives no satisfaction... but, on the other hand, well-deserved failure gives no satisfaction either.
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Integrity is the best of all protectors...we cannot be more secure than when fortified by a good conscience.
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Thus the woman, who had perversely exceeded her proper bounds, is forced back to her own position. She had, indeed, previously been subject to her husband, but that was a liberal and gentle subjection now, however, she is cast into servitude.
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Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.
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The denial of ourselves which Christ has so diligently commanded his disciples from the beginning will at last dominate all the desires of our heart.
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The glory of God shines, indeed, in all creatures on high and below, but never more brightly than in the cross.
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