There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.

Quote by John Calvin

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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,...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.

We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.

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.