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

Quote by John Calvin

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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.

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?

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.

We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...