Our true wisdom is to embrace with meek docility, and without reservation, whatever the holy scriptures have delivered.
John CalvinTag: christianity theology the-bible
Indeed, how can the mind by its own leading come to search out God's essence when it cannot even get to its own?
John Calvinwe must be persuaded not only that as he once formed the world, so he sustains it by his boundless power, governs it by his wisdom, preserves it by his goodness, in particular, rules the human race with justice and Judgment, bears with them in mercy, shields them by his protection; but also that not a particle of light, or wisdom, or justice, or power, or rectitude, or genuine truth, will anywhere be found, which does not flow from him, and of which he is not the cause; in this way we must learn to expect and ask all things from him, and thankfully ascribe to him whatever we receive.
John CalvinAnd ye peoples, to whom God gave the liberty to choose your own magistrates, see to it, that ye do not forfeit this favor, by electing to the positions of highest honor, rascals and enemies of God.
John CalvinFor this we must believe: that the mind is never seriously aroused to desire and ponder the life to come unless it be previously imbued with contempt for the present life. Indeed, there is no middle ground between these two: either the world must become worthless to us or hold us bound by intemperate love of it.
John CalvinFaith is ultimately a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward us, founded upon the truth of the freely given promise in Christ, both revealed to our minds and sealed upon our hearts by the Holy Spirit
John CalvinTag: faith god-s-grace
We should consider that the brightness of the Divine countenance, which even an apostle declares to be inaccessible, (1Ti 6: 16) is a kind of labyrinth — a labyrinth to us inextricable, if the Word do not serve us as a thread to guide our path; and that it is better to limp in the way, than run with the greatest swiftness out of it.
John CalvinTag: christianity theology the-bible calvinism
There is no inconsistency when God raises up those who have fallen prostrate.
John CalvinTag: humility restoration
He regards it as the highest insult for the wicked to boast of His covenant while profaning His sacred Name by their whole lives.
John CalvinTag: religion prayer holiness-of-god
Men in prayer give greater license to their unlawful desires than if they were telling jocular tales among their equals.
John CalvinTag: prayer holiness-of-god
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