Quotes about John Calvin

The whole Epistle is so methodical, that even its very beginning is framed according to the rules of art.

It is absurd to boast of zeal for the law, when one neglects the divine interpretation of it.

set before them the coming of Christ, who was both the foundation of the covenant and the bond of mutual communion between God and the people. Therefore

Thus even the most wicked are an example to us that throughout the world the knowledge of God has some power in the hearts of all people.

The language of the Apostle well agrees with this view;   for he says that he was declared by power, because power, peculiar to   God, shone forth in him, and uncontestably proved him to be God; and   this was indeed made evident by his resurrection.

The blasphemy of the papists is damnable, when they pretend that the light of Scripture merely dazzles the eye. This

I leave it to the philosophers to discuss these faculties in their subtle way. For the upbuilding of godliness a simple definition will be enough for us.

When the Son of God chose to submit to this trial in his own person, he became an example to all believers, so that they may carefully avoid falling into Satan's snares by a wrong use of Scripture. And

If I were inclined to compile a whole volume from Augustine, I could easily show my readers, that I need no words but his.

To this it must be added that a sincere love of the law of God is a sure sign of our adoption because it is a work of the Spirit...

Let then the faithful learn to embrace him, not only for justification, but also for sanctification, as he has been given to us for both these purposes, lest they rend him asunder by their mutilated faith.

We remain exposed to the judgment of God, we are bound by miserable chains, and therefore our exemption from guilt, becomes an invaluable freedom.