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. -John Calvin God
God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation. -John Calvin God
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence. -John Calvin Intelligence
Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. -John Calvin Science
However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts. -John Calvin God
Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men. -John Calvin Women
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. -John Calvin Trust
God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray. -John Calvin Freedom
Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church? -John Calvin Faith
No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief. -John Calvin God
No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief. -John Calvin Men
Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. -John Calvin Knowledge
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. -John Calvin Truth
