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Creatures are so governed by the secret counsel of God, that nothing happens but what he has knowingly and willingly decreed.
John Calvin
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John Calvin
Age: 54 †
Born: 1509
Born: July 10
Died: 1564
Died: May 27
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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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We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.
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I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels.
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The whole comes to this, that Christ, when he produces faith in us by the agency of his Spirit, at the same time ingrafts us into his body, that we may become partakers of all spiritual blessings.
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All men were created to busy themselves with the labor for the common good.
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If God were not to test us, there would be no patience.
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Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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