“Can we conceive that man was so placed in the earth as to be ignorant of his own origin, and of the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The sum is, that the worship of God must be spiritual, in order that it may correspond with His nature. For although… — 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
Original sin, therefore, appears to be a hereditary, depravity and corruption of our nature, diffused through all the parts of the soul,… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
To will is human, to will the bad is of fallen nature, but to will the good is of Grace. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
When we come to a comparison of heaven and earth, then we may indeed not only forget all about the present life,… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Even if this earth is only a vestibule, we ought undoubtedly to make such a use of its blessing that we are… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“For if we see that the sun, in sending forth its rays upon the earth, to generate, cherish, and invigorate its offspring,… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“[They] pervert the course of nature [by saying] the sun does not move and that it is the earth that revolves and… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For even if the Word in His immeasurable essence united with the nature of man into one person, we do not imagine… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
But we have nothing of the Spirit except through regeneration. Everything, therefore, which we have from nature is flesh. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Seeing God hath thus set us at liberty, what rashness it is for worms of the earth to make new laws; as… — 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
![“[They] pervert the course of nature [by saying] the sun does not move and that it is the earth that revolves and that it turns. [John Calvin illustrating his opposition to heliocentrism in a sermon due to the Bible's support of geocentrism]” quote by John Calvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1bb/john-calvin-490_astronomy_they-pervert-the-course-of-nature-by-say_1966464.jpg)
