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• Wherever we find the Word of God surely preached and heard, and the sacraments administered according to the institution of Christ, there, it is not to be doubted, is a church of God.

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  Church, Christianity, Institutions

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• The vices of which we are full we carefully hide from others, and we flatter ourselves with the notion that they are small and trivial; we sometimes even embrace them as virtues.

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  Vices, Sometimes, Virtue

  John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.32, Baker Books

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• Whensoever God's truth is defaced or when any man turns away from the pure simplicity of the Gospel, we must not in any wise spare him, but although the whole world should set itself against us, yet must we maintain the case with invincible constancy, without bending for any creature.

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  Wise, Men, Simplicity

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• Faith and hope...are the wings by which our souls, rising above the world, are lifted up to God.

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  Wings, Soul, Rising

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• Satan, who is a wonderful contriver of delusions, is constantly laying snares to entrap ignorant and heedless people.

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  People, Ignorant, Satan

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• No Task will be so sordid and base, provided you obey your calling in it, that it will not shine and be reckoned very precious in God's sight.

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  Sight, Shining, Tasks

  John Calvin (2009). “The Christian Life”, p.33, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• The sum is, that the worship of God must be spiritual, in order that it may correspond with His nature. For although Moses only speaks of idolatry, yet there is no doubt but that by synecdoche, as in all the rest of the law, he condemns all fictitious services which men in their ingenuity have invented.

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  Spiritual, Nature, Men

  John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On The Harmony Of The Law Vol. 2”, p.132, Jazzybee Verlag

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• While sin is overflowing, [grace] pours itself forth so exuberantly, that it not only overcomes the flood of sin, but wholly absorbs it.

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  Grace, Overcoming, Sin

  John Calvin (2012). “Commentary on Romans”, p.125, Ravenio Books

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• In the maxims of the law, God is seen as the rewarder of perfect righteousness and the avenger of sin. But in Christ, His face shines out, full of grace and gentleness to poor, unworthy sinners.

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  Law, Perfect, Shining

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• All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors.

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  Trust, Christian, Prayer

  John Calvin (2009). “Institutes of the Christian Religion Vol. 1: Translated from the Original Latin, and Collated With the Author's Last Edition in French”, p.623, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• If true religion is to beam upon us, our principle must be, that it is necessary to begin with heavenly teaching, and that it is impossible for any man to obtain even the minutest portion of right and sound doctrine without being a disciple of Scripture.

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  Teaching, Men, Scripture

  John Calvin (1845). “Institutes of the Christian Religion”, p.34, Lulu.com

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• Nevertheless, our constant efforts to lower our estimate of the present world should not lead us to hate life or to be ungrateful toward God. For this life, though it is full of countless miseries, deserves to be reckoned among the divine blessings which should not be despised. Therefore, if we discover nothing of God's goodness in it, we are already guilty of no small ingratitude toward him.

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  Hate, Blessing, Effort

  John Calvin, Henry Van Andel (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.72, Baker Books

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• Those who set up a fictitious worship, merely worship and adore their own delirious fancies; indeed, they would never dare so to trifle with God, had they not previously fashioned him after their own childish conceits.

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  Fancy, Worship, Conceit

  John Calvin (2012). “The Institutes Of The Christian Religion (Annotated Edition)”, p.53, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Now the great thing is this: we are consecrated and dedicated to God in order that we may thereafter think, speak, meditate, and do, nothing except to his glory. For a sacred thing may not be applied to profane uses without marked injury to him.

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  Thinking, Order, May

  John Calvin (2009). “The Christian Life”, p.1, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise.

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  Mouths, Praise, Goodness

  John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On The Psalms 1 - 35 (Annotated Edition)”, p.112, Jazzybee Verlag

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• But the present life should never be hated, except insofar as it subjects us to sin, although even that hatred should not properly be applied to life itself.

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  Hatred, Sin, Should

  John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.75, Baker Books

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• For, to my mind, this is a certain principle, that nothing is here treated of but the visible form of the world. He who would learn astronomy, and other recondite arts, let him go elsewhere. (on commenting the text of Genesis 1:6)

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  Art, Mind, Principles

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• The flesh is willing to flatter itself, and many who now give themselves every indulgence, promise to themselves an easy entrance into life. THus men practice mutual deception on each other and fall asleep in wicked indifference.

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  Fall, Men, Practice

  John Calvin (2013). “Commentary on Luke”, p.354, Ravenio Books

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• For our hearts are enfeebled by prosperity, so that we cannot make the effort to pray.

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  Heart, Effort, Praying

  "John Calvin's Commentaries On Zechariah And Malachi". Annotated Edition,

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• Men are idol factories.

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  Men, Idols, Factories

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• He makes this favor common to all, because it is propounded to all, and not because it is in reality extended to all; for though Christ suffered for the sins of the whole world, and is offered through God’s benignity indiscriminately to all, yet all do not receive him.

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  Reality, World, Favors

  John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On St. Paul's Epistle To The Romans (Annotated Edition)”, p.166, Jazzybee Verlag

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• The Creation is quite like a spacious and splendid house, provided and filled with the most exquisite, and at the same time, the most abundant furnishings. Everything in it tells of God.

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  House, Creation, Splendid

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• Involvement in public life provides the opportunity to shape our manners in accordance with civil justice.

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  Opportunity, Justice, Shapes

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• Indeed, a Christian ought to be disposed and prepared to keep in mind that he has to reckon with God every moment of his life.

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  Christian, Mind, Moments

  John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.28, Baker Books

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• Unless men establish their complete happiness in God, they will never give themselves truly and sincerely to him.

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  Men, Giving, Sincerely

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