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

Quote by John Calvin

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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...

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...

Original sin, therefore, appears to be a hereditary, depravity and corruption of our nature, diffused...

Original sin, therefore, appears to be a hereditary, depravity and corruption of our nature, diffused...

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...

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...

For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery...

For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery...

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?

All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition,...

All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition,...

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...

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want...

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want...

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.

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...

The most perfect way of seeking God, and the most suitable order, is not for...

The most perfect way of seeking God, and the most suitable order, is not for...

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...

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.

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 -...

Though Satan instills his poison, and fans the flames of our corrupt desires within us,we...

Though Satan instills his poison, and fans the flames of our corrupt desires within us,we...

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the...

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the...

I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very...

I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very...

Religion which is interested only in itself, in its prestige and success, in its institutions...

Religion which is interested only in itself, in its prestige and success, in its institutions...