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- 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…
- We have been adopted as sons by the Lord with this one condition; that our life expresses Christ, the bond of our adoption. Accordingly, unless…
- The Scriptures obtain full authority among believers only when men regard them as having sprung from heaven, as if there the living words of God…
- Many people have accused me of such ferocious cruelty that (they allege) I would like to kill again the man I have destroyed. Not only…
- But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the church.…
- Since no daily responses are given from heaven, and the Scriptures are the only record in which God has been pleased to consign His truth…
- Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian…
- Whether each of the faithful has a particular angel assigned him for his defense, I cannot venture certainly to affirm; not one angel only has…
- Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.
- Life is not found in commandments or declarations of penalties, but in the promise of mercy and only in a gratuitous promise.
- To have a proper understanding of the gospel, we must recognise that we need to lean entirely upon the Lord Jesus Christ and his mercy…
- Wherefore all theology, when separated from Christ, is not only vain and confused, but is also mad, deceitful, and spurious; for, though the philosophers sometimes…
- For astronomy is not only pleasant, but also very useful to be known: it cannot be denied that this art unfolds the admirable wisdom of…
- The cross of Christ only triumphs in the breast of believers over the devil and the flesh, sin and sinners, when their eyes are directed…
- Men are indeed to be taught that the favour of God is offered, without exception, to all who ask it; but since those only begin…
- While sin is overflowing, [grace] pours itself forth so exuberantly, that it not only overcomes the flood of sin, but wholly absorbs it.
- It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise.
- The Lord commands us to do good unto all men without exception, though the majority are very undeserving when judged according to their own merits...…
- Faith consists, not in ignorance, but in knowledge, and that, not only of God, but also of the divine will.
- But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be…
- Our prayer must not be self-centered. It must arise not only because we feel our own need as a burden we must lay upon God,…
- The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life. It cannot be grasped by reason and memory only, but it is fully…
- The subject then of these chapters may be stated thus, - man's only righteousness is through the mercy of God in Christ, which being offered…
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- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
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