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John Calvin
John Calvin
French Theologian
Born: Jul 10, 1509
Died: May 27, 1564
God Man Mercy Own Submit Will
Related authors: Albert Schweitzer Dietrich Bonhoeffer Hans Urs von Balthasar Mary Baker Eddy Paul Tillich Reinhold Niebuhr Thomas Aquinas William Barclay
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent. John Calvin
Truth God Truth Is Dog Coward Master Saw Would Would-Be Silent Remain Attacked His Bark
No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief. John Calvin
God Man Men Own Other Back Our Entering Neither Unbelief Only Open Excluded Unto Calling Salvation Any Which Us Thing Gate Set Save
We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too. John Calvin
Satan Remember Miracles Too Must His
God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation. John Calvin
God Justice Mercy Own Punishment Part Sin Merit Another Attributes Without Glory His Salvation Any Human Just Eternal Race Human Race Preordained Display
Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain. John Calvin
God Man Mind Will Own Some Superstition He Like Idol Idolatry His Brain Forge Store Forsake Much Certain Believes
There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice. John Calvin
World Grass Blade Color Make Intended Us Rejoice
Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness. John Calvin
Fear Overcome Pilot Will Sail Our Minds Weariness Seeing No Reason Allow Never Perish Ship Overwhelmed Which Midst Us Should Reason Who Even Why
Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. John Calvin
Knowledge Science Christ Smoke Sciences Heavenly Apart Much
You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy. John Calvin
You Suffering Joy Submit Completion Must Supreme Discover Order
However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts. John Calvin
God Thoughts Will Our Liberality Exceed Wishes Blessings Always However His Expect Infinite Many
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence. John Calvin
Confidence Intelligence Own Our Worse Out Spirit Block Than Screen
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. John Calvin
Good Grace Disagree Will Evil Absent Faculty He Does Augustine Teaches Choose Reason Assistance
For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God. John Calvin
God Great Will Rise Misery No-One He Him Up Against Mighty Avoid
Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men. John Calvin
Women Men Past Sense Consider Rule Over Women Are Quite Want Whether Reason Now

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