John Calvin Quotes


The most perfect way of seeking God, and the most suitable order, is not for us to attempt with bold curiosity to penetrate to the investigation of His essence, which we ought more to adore than meticulously to search out, but for us to contemplate H. - John Calvin


Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness. - John Calvin


Original sin, therefore, appears to be a hereditary, depravity and corruption of our nature, diffused through all the parts of the soul, rendering us obnoxious to the divine wrath and producing in us those works which the scripture calls 'works of. - John Calvin


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


Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair of the smallness of our accomplishments. - John Calvin


Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. - John Calvin


It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results. - John Calvin


Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church? - John Calvin


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