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John Calvin Quotes - Page 12

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They babble and talk absurdly who, in the place of God's providence, substitute bare permission - as if God sat in a watchtower awaiting chance events , and his judgments thus depended upon human will.

They babble and talk absurdly who, in the place of God's providence, substitute bare permission - as if God sat in a watchtower awaiting chance events , and his judgments thus depended upon human will.

Events, Chance, Judgment

It is permissible to use wine not only for necessity, but also to make us merry...... [it must be moderate] lest men forget themselves, drown their senses,.....in making merry [those who enjoy wine] feel a livelier gratitude to God.

Gratitude, Wine, Men

To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed.

Mean, Guilt, Innocence

Mingled vanity and pride appear in this, that when miserable men do seek after God, instead of ascending higher than themselves as they ought to do, they measure him by their own carnal stupidity, and neglecting solid inquiry, fly off to indulge their curiosity in vain speculation.

Pride, Men, Vanity

John Calvin (1845). “Institutes of the Christian Religion”, p.24, Lulu.com

We must observe that the knowledge of God which we are invited to cultivate is not that which, resting satisfied with empty speculation, only flutters in the brain, but a knowledge which will prove substantial and fruitful whenever it is duly perceived and rooted in the heart.

Heart, Brain, Knowledge Of God

Scripture points out this difference between believers and unbelievers; the latter, as old slaves of their incurable perversity, cannot endure the rod; but the former, like children of noble birth, profit by repentance and correction.

Children, Differences, Noble

John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.57, Baker Books

Angels are the dispensers and administrators of the divine beneficence toward us.

Angel, Divine, Solicitude

Jean Calvin, John Allen (1844). “Institutes of the Christian Religion”, p.155

It is a very important consideration that we are consecrated and dedicated to God; it means that we may think, speak, meditate, or do anything only with a view to his glory.

Mean, Thinking, Views

John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.26, Baker Books

It would be the height of absurdity to label ignorance tempered by humility "faith"! (Institutio III.2.3)

Faith, Ignorance, Humility

There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.

God, Doe, Glisten

Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair of the smallness of our accomplishments.

Motivational, Accomplishment, Despair

John Calvin, Henry Van Andel (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.23, Baker Books

All whom the Lord has chosen and received into the society of his saints ought to prepare themselves for a life that is hard, difficult, laborious and full of countless griefs.

Grief, Saint, Lord

John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.47, Baker Books

For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind. We ought, rather, utterly to defy them.

Numbers, Mankind, Ought

John Calvin “Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion”, Westminster John Knox Press

It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results.

Despair, Results, Accomplish

John Calvin (2007). “Letters of John Calvin”, Wipf and Stock Publishers

Joy and patience are far above our strength... We must persevere in prayer that he may not permit our hearts to faint... Prayer and perseverance are necessary in our daily conflicts. The best remedy to the weariness is diligence in prayer.

Perseverance, Prayer, Heart

There is no inconsistency in saying that God rewards good works, provided we understand that nevertheless men obtain eternal life gratuitously.

Men, Rewards, Good Work

How can it be said that the weakness of the human will is aided so as to enable it to aspire effectually to the choice of good, when the fact is, that it must be wholly transformed and renewed?

Choices, Weakness, Facts

Faith consists, not in ignorance, but in knowledge, and that, not only of God, but also of the divine will.

Ignorance, Divine Will, Divine

John Calvin (2009). “Institutes of the Christian Religion Vol. 1: Translated from the Original Latin, and Collated With the Author's Last Edition in French”, p.491, Wipf and Stock Publishers

Faith consists not in ignorance, but in knowledge - knowledge not of God merely...but when we recognize God as a propitious Father through the reconciliation made by Christ, and Christ as given to us for righteousness, sanctification, and life.

Father, Ignorance, Christ

Mortimer J. Adler, John Calvin (1993). “Institutes of the Christian religion”

It is no small honour that God for our sake has so magnificently adorned the world, in order that we may not only be spectators of this beauteous theatre, but also enjoy the multiplied abundance and variety of good things which are presented to us in it.

Order, Theatre, May

John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On The Psalms 93 - 119 (Annotated Edition)”, p.143, Jazzybee Verlag

In forming an estimate of sins, we are often imposed upon by imagining that the more hidden the less heinous they are.

Sin, Institutes, Institute

John Calvin (2013). “God the Redeemer: Institutes of The Christian Religion (Book 2)”, p.219, ReadHowYouWant.com

Let us fall before the majesty of our great God, acknowledging our faults, and praying that he will make us ever more conscious of them.

Fall, Majesty, Faults

John Calvin, Jean Calvin, Thomas Boston (1996). “Sermons on Galatians”, Banner of Truth

It is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked upon God's face, and then descends from contemplating him to scrutinize himself.

Men, Faces, Firsts

John Calvin, Mark DeVries, Kirk Freeman (1999). “Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion”, p.15, B&H Publishing Group

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.

Evil, Grace, Doe

Because I know that I am not my own master, I offer my heart as a true sacrifice to the Lord.

Heart, Sacrifice, Lord

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