Pithy gems from John Calvin #3
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Scripture is like a pair of spectacles, which dispel the darkness and give us a clear view of God.
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Our physical illnesses serve us for medicines to purge us from our vanity and love of the world.
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While all men seek after happiness–scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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The glory of God shines, indeed, in all creatures in heaven and earth–but never more brightly than in the cross!
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God works in His elect in two ways:
inwardly, by His Spirit;
outwardly, by His Word.
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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked, and yet would remain silent.
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Every one of us is, even from his mother’s womb, a master craftsman of idols!
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