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But a faithful believer will in all circumstances mediate on the mercy and fatherly goodness of God. — John Calvin

God promised by the mouth of Isaiah that queens should be the nursing mothers of the church ... — John Calvin

Whenever God revealed himself to be seen by the fathers, he never appeared as he is in himself but as he could be understood by human minds. Since — John Calvin

However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts. — John Calvin

True knowledge of God and of the secret of his wisdom comes from faith, because the obedience of faith opens to us the gate of the Kingdom of Heaven. — John Calvin

we shall find that the reason why we doubt of God's promises is, because we sinfully detract from his power. — John Calvin

The law, in so far as it leads men to put their confidence in it, consigns them necessarily to death. The — John Calvin

To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them.1 - JOHN CALVIN — Mike Bickle

I read the other day an account of a meeting between John Knox and John Calvin. Imagine a dialogue between a pestilence and a famine! — Robert Green Ingersoll

The Human heart is an idol factory. — John Calvin

I expect that Calvin would evaluate our worship today not as too emotional, but as too narrow in its emotional repertoire. — Michael S. Horton

We are not to look to what men in themselves deserve but to attend to the image of God which exists in all and to which we owe all honor and love. — John Calvin

Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God. — John Calvin

God does not defer his help any longer than fits his purpose. Unlike — John Calvin

The whole gospel is contained in Christ. — John Calvin

No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit. — John Calvin

When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers. — John Calvin

The highest honor in the church is not government but service. — John Calvin

It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise. — John Calvin

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. — John Calvin

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

Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result. — John Calvin

those who strive to delay or hinder the restoration of the church will accomplish nothing. God is its vindicator, and he will judge all peoples. — John Calvin

The salvation of all the elect is not less certain than the power of God is invincible. — John Calvin

Can true repentance exist without faith? By no means. But although they cannot be separated, they ought to be distinguished. — John Calvin

Whoever the Lord has adopted ought to prepare themselves for hard, toilsome and unquiet living. — John Calvin

Where the teaching is corrupt or is despised, there is no religion approved by God. — John Calvin

The worship of God is ... the only thing which renders men superior to brutes, and makes them aspire to immortality. — John Calvin

Free-will cannot will good and of necessity serves sin. — John Calvin

True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self. — John Calvin

While sin is overflowing, [grace] pours itself forth so exuberantly, that it not only overcomes the flood of sin, but wholly absorbs it. — John Calvin

The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble. — John Calvin

Hypocrisy can plunge the mind of a man into a dark abyss, when he believes his own self-flattery instead of God's verdict. — John Calvin

It follows that we pray rightly only when we come to God trusting in the Mediator. — John Calvin

It is not after we were reconciled by the blood of his Son that God began to love us, but before the foundation of the world. — John Calvin

We cannot rely on God's promises without obeying his commandments. — John Calvin

We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too. — John Calvin

Nobody seriously believes the universe was made by God without being persuaded that He takes care of His works. — John Calvin

we cannot have a clear and complete knowledge of God unless it is accompanied by a corresponding knowledge of ourselves. This — John Calvin

Faith not only should be fixed upon the essence of Christ (as they say), but should also attend to his mission and power. It — John Calvin

We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst. — John Calvin

The whole Epistle is so methodical, that even its very beginning is framed according to the rules of art. — John Calvin

Christ descended to us, to bear us up to the Father, and at the same time to bear us up to himself, inasmuch as he is one with the Father. — John Calvin

The true structure of the church is the Kingdom of God, and this is neither frail nor like a tent in any way. But — John Calvin

I exhort all, who reverence the Word of the Lord, to read it, and diligently imprint it on their memory. — John Calvin

We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own. — John Calvin

The Must be worthless by our estimation or keep us enslaved by an intemperate love of it. — John Calvin

This is plainly to ascribe divinity to 'free will.' — John Calvin

We should learn that there is no light in the law, or even in the whole Word of God, without Christ who is the Sun of Righteousness. — John Calvin

Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy. — John Calvin

Men in prayer give greater license to their unlawful desires than if they were telling jocular tales among their equals. — John Calvin

By piety I mean that union of reverence and love to God which the knowledge of his benefits inspires. — John Calvin

Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. — John Calvin

Before the rise of Deism, Calvin condemned the pragmatic deism which relegated God to heaven and left the government of the world to men. — Rousas John Rushdoony

If people mean that man has in himself the power to work in partnership with God's grace they are most wretchedly deluding themselves. — John Calvin

Distinction between virtuous and vicious actions has been engraven by the Lord in the heart of every man. — John Calvin

Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God ... without knowledge of God there is no knowledge of self. — John Calvin

because life is not stable except by faith. Let — John Calvin

Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to recieve — John Calvin

Faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is not alone. — John Calvin

Shall we, indeed, distinguish between right and wrong by that judgment which has been imparted to us, yet will there be no judge in heaven? — John Calvin

There are babies a span long in hell. — John Calvin

But Jacob was divinely chosen and his brother, the first-born, was rejected. — John Calvin

Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits. — John Calvin

Unless we fix certain hours in the day for prayer, it easily slips from our memory. — John Calvin

It is certain that not one drop of rain falls without God's sure command. — John Calvin

To hallow the name of God is simply to honor him as is his due, so that men shall not think or speak of him without the highest homage. The — John Calvin

It is a sign of a perverse and treacherous disposition to wound the good name of another, when he has no opportunity of defending himself. — John Calvin

Secondly, [man] should weigh his abilities-or rather lack of abilities. — John Calvin

Satan, who is a wonderful contriver of delusions, is constantly laying snares to entrap ignorant and heedless people. — John Calvin

Since he has so chosen us, we belong to him, more especially because he has bought us by the blood of his Son. — John Calvin

A soul, therefore, when deprived of the Word of God, is given up unarmed to the devil for destruction — John Calvin

The Word of God we read is written not so much with ink as with the blood of the Son of God; or — John Calvin

Christ is known rightly nowhere but in Scripture. If — John Calvin

I don't need to compromise my principles, because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway. — John Calvin

It is also to be noticed, that the old man is distinguished by his works, as a tree is by its fruits. — John Calvin

God is not limited to any person, but calls freely whomsoever He pleases, and bestows on those who are called whatever rewards He thinks fit. — John Calvin

The answer of our prayers is secured by the fact that in rejecting them God would in a certain sense deny His own nature. — John Calvin

when God opens his mouth to us, he should not find our hearts closed and shut firmly against him. _ — John Calvin

In our good works nothing is our own. — John Calvin

Concerning our Lord Jesus Christ, we must also be aware that he is our Advocate, and that without him we cannot approach God. — John Calvin

We both felt that the chief virtue of an interpreter consists in clarity combined with brevity. And — John Calvin

For unquestionably nothing is more opposed to the law of God than sects, for in it is communicated the truth of God, which is the bond of unity. — John Calvin

Since the life of the soul is bound to God, those who are by sin alienated from him are to be regarded as dead. — John Calvin

Did not God assist us, we should not only not be able to conquer, but not able even to fight. — John Calvin

Christ's intercession is the continual application of his death to our salvation. — John Calvin

Faith needs to be bound directly to the Word of God; for, according to Paul, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God (Rom. 10:17). And — John Calvin

The proper use, then, of all the good gifts we have received is the free and generous sharing of those gifts with others. No — John Calvin

I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels. — John Calvin

The more we are oppressed by the cross, the fuller will be our spiritual joy. — John Calvin

for when any one understands this Epistle, he has a passage opened to him to the understanding of the whole Scripture. — John Calvin

There can be no courage in men unless God supports them by his Word. — John Calvin

Christ is indeed presented to all, but God opens the eyes of the elect alone, and enables them by faith to seek after him. The — John Calvin

Without the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves. — John Calvin

No one truly belongs to the church and is counted among God's children, unless he first becomes a new man. This — John Calvin

The door is closed to prayer unless it is opened with the key of trust. — John Calvin

The sufferings of Christ are the means of forgiveness of sin and eternal glory — John Calvin

the word predestinate refers not to election but to that decree or purpose of God by which he has ordained that his own bear the cross. In — John Calvin

In knowing God, each of us also knows himself. — John Calvin

It is the Spirit of God alone who opens the gate of heaven to the elect. Further, — John Calvin