The true wisdom of man consists in the knowledge of God the creator and Redeemer. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Without the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Distinction between virtuous and vicious actions has been engraven by the Lord in the heart of every man. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Man is never sufficiently touched and affected by the awareness of his lowly state until he has compared himself with God's majesty. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Unless men establish their complete happiness in God, they will never give themselves truly and sincerely to him. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Unless God's Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
If people mean that man has in himself the power to work in partnership with God's grace they are most wretchedly deluding… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
We are not to look to what men in themselves deserve but to attend to the image of God which exists in… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The flesh is willing to flatter itself, and many who now give themselves every indulgence, promise to themselves an easy entrance into… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
It is permissible to use wine not only for necessity, but also to make us merry… [it must be moderate] lest men… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Many people have accused me of such ferocious cruelty that (they allege) I would like to kill again the man I have… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
If true religion is to beam upon us, our principle must be, that it is necessary to begin with heavenly teaching, and… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The Lord commands us to do good unto all men without exception, though the majority are very undeserving when judged according to… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Peace and friendship are an amiable thing among men. They be so indeed, and we ought to seek them to the uttermost… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Free will does not enable any man to perform good works, unless he is assisted by grace; indeed, the special grace which… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For so great is the difference between just and unjust, that it is visible even in the lifeless image of it. For… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Were the judgments of mankind correct, custom would be regulated by the good. But it is often far otherwise in point of… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
At this day . . . the earth sustains on her bosom many monster minds, minds which are not afraid to employ… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Let it stand, therefore, as an indubitable truth, which no engines can shake, that the mind of man is so entirely alienated… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
It having been said above that God bends all the reprobate, and even Satan himself, at his will, three objections are started.… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
But prosperity, and the happy issue of events, ought also to be attributed to his grace, in order that he may always… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Let this point therefore stand: that those whom the Holy Spirit has inwardly taught truly rest upon Scripture, and that Scripture itself… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Without Christ, sciences in every department are vain…The man who knows not God is vain, though he should be conversant with every… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The subject then of these chapters may be stated thus, - man's only righteousness is through the mercy of God in Christ,… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
In truth we know by experience that song has great force and vigour to move and inflame the hearts of men to… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
When we recognize the rod of a father, should we not show ourselves docile children rather than rebelliously desperate men who have… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
To be pure in heart is to take no delight in cunning, but converse sincerely with men, and express nothing, by word… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Whensoever God's truth is defaced or when any man turns away from the pure simplicity of the Gospel, we must not in… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Men are indeed to be taught that the favour of God is offered, without exception, to all who ask it; but since… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The Lord commands us to do good unto all men without exception, though the majority are very undeserving when judged according to… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
On the contrary, therefore, Christ declares that the doctrine of the Gospel, though it is preached to all without exception, cannot be… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind.… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
It is no small honour that God for our sake has so magnificently adorned the world, in order that we may not only be… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The word "hope" I take for faith; and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
There cannot be a surer rule, nor a stronger exhortation to the observance of it, than when we are taught that all the endowments… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For Scripture is the school of the Holy Spirit, in which, as nothing is omitted that is both necessary and useful to know, so… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind.… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
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