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Faith is a knowledge of the benevolence of God toward us, and a certain persuasion of His veracity.

John Calvin

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John Calvin
Age: 54 †
Born: 1509
Born: July 10
Died: 1564
Died: May 27
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Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.
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Where God's Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
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If the gospel be not preached, Jesus Christ is, as it were, buried.
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However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.
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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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A soul, therefore, when deprived of the Word of God, is given up unarmed to the devil for destruction
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The sum is, that the worship of God must be spiritual, in order that it may correspond with His nature. For although Moses only speaks of idolatry, yet there is no doubt but that by synecdoche, as in all the rest of the law, he condemns all fictitious services which men in their ingenuity have invented.
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