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Sin Quotes by John Calvin
- 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…
- The sufferings of Christ are the means of forgiveness of sin and eternal glory
- Original sin, therefore, appears to be a hereditary, depravity and corruption of our nature, diffused through all the parts of the soul, rendering us obnoxious…
- In the maxims of the law, God is seen as the rewarder of perfect righteousness and the avenger of sin. But in Christ, His face…
- 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…
- While sin is overflowing, [grace] pours itself forth so exuberantly, that it not only overcomes the flood of sin, but wholly absorbs it.
- Whenever our sins press hard against us, whenever Satan would drive us to despair, we must hold up this shield, that God does not want…
- In forming an estimate of sins, we are often imposed upon by imagining that the more hidden the less heinous they are.
- Free-will cannot will good and of necessity serves sin.
- Though Satan instills his poison, and fans the flames of our corrupt desires within us,we are yet not carried by any external force to the…
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- God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
- To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it. — Saint Augustine
- Don't let your sins turn into bad habits. — Teresa of Avila