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John Calvin
Age: 54 †
Born: 1509
Born: July 10
Died: 1564
Died: May 27
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Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men.
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Things that are seen are temporal things that are unseen are eternal.
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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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When we come to a comparison of heaven and earth, then we may indeed not only forget all about the present life, but even despise and scorn it.
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Whenever our sins press hard against us, whenever Satan would drive us to despair, we must hold up this shield, that God does not want us to be overwhelmed in everlasting destruction, for He has ordained His Son to be the salvation of the world.
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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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It is amazing how much our lack of trust provokes God if we request of him a boon that we do not expect
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But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the church. As if the eternal and inviolable truth of God depended upon the decision of men!
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Lawful worship consists in obedience alone.
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Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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But, as sculpture and painting are gifts of God, what I insist on is, that both shall be used purely and lawfully, that gifts which the Lord has bestowed upon us, for His glory and our good, shall not be preposterously abused, nay, shall not be perverted to our destruction.
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The very word baptizé, however, signifies to immerse and it is certain that immersion was the practice of the ancient Church.
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Our true wisdom is to embrace with meek docility, and without reservation, whatever the holy scriptures have delivered.
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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
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It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone.
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In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to recieve
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Each eye can have its vision separately but when we are looking at anything our vision, which in itself is divided, joins up and unites in order to give itself as a whole to the object that is put before it.
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The answer of our prayers is secured by the fact that in rejecting them God would in a certain sense deny His own nature.
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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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