For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God.

Quote by John Calvin

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I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels.

I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels.

There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own...

There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own...

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that...

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that...

Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?

Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that...

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that...

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I...

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I...

Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if...

Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if...

No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open...

No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open...

We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.

We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.

For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with...

For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with...

You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.

You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.

The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.

The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.

Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.

Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow...

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow...

Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of...

Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of...

God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us -...

God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us -...

However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our...

However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our...

There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.

There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.

Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ.

Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ.

God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and...

God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and...