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If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.

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John Calvin
Age: 54 †
Born: 1509
Born: July 10
Died: 1564
Died: May 27
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It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise.
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It is no small honour that God for our sake has so magnificently adorned the world, in order that we may not only be spectators of this beauteous theatre, but also enjoy the multiplied abundance and variety of good things which are presented to us in it.
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The Holy Spirit is the bond by which Christ efficaciously unites us to himself.
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This is plainly to ascribe divinity to 'free will.'
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Free will does not enable any man to perform good works, unless he is assisted by grace indeed, the special grace which the elect alone receive through regeneration. For I stay not to consider the extravagance of those who say that grace is offered equally and promiscuously to all
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There are people who are known to be very liberal, yet they never give without scolding or pride or even insolence.
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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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There is nothing in afflictions which ought to disturb our joy.
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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.
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There is no erratic power or action or motion in creatures but they are governed by God's secret plan in such a way that nothing happens except what is knowingly and willingly decreed by Him.
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It is a promise which eminently deserves our observation that all who are united to Christ and acknowledge Him to be Christ and Mediator will remain to the end safe from all danger, for what is said of the body of the Church belongs to each of its members since they are one in Christ.
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He makes this favor common to all, because it is propounded to all, and not because it is in reality extended to all for though Christ suffered for the sins of the whole world, and is offered through God’s benignity indiscriminately to all, yet all do not receive him.
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We unjustly defraud God of his right, unless each of us lives and dies in dependence on His sovereign pleasure.
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It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone.
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When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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We must resist wandering thoughts in prayer. Raising our hands reminds us that we need to raise up our minds to God, setting aside all irrelevant thoughts.
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