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See how our works lie under the curse of the law if they are tested by the standard of the law.
— John Calvin
Those who strive to delay or hinder the restoration of the church will accomplish nothing. God is its vindicator, and he will judge all peoples.
— John Calvin
Those whom the Lord favours not with the direction of his Spirit, he, by a righteous judgement, consigns to the agency of Satan.
— John Calvin
But however they may sport with its uncertainty, had they to seal their own doctrine with their blood, and at the expense of life, it would be seen what value they put upon it. Very different is our confidence - a confidence which is not appalled by the terrors of death, and therefore not even by the judgment - seat of God.
— John Calvin
Hence we judge the papal sacraments to be frivolous, since in them the voice of God is not heard for the upbuilding of souls.
— John Calvin
The law, in so far as it leads men to put their confidence in it, consigns them necessarily to death.
— John Calvin
It is hypocrisy alone that leads men to be careless about themselves, and haughtily to despise others.
— John Calvin
In contrast, the rule of godliness is to recognize that God's hand is the sole judge and governor of every fortune, and because His hand is not recklessly driven to fury, it distributes to us both good and ill according to His orderly righteousness.
— John Calvin
God wished to humble his people. Therefore, Daniel here sets before us the providence and judgments of God, that we may not think Jerusalem to have been taken in violation of God's  promise to Abraham and his posterity.
— John Calvin
Having once adopted us and enlightened our minds by his Word, he keeps the torch of the Word blazing before our eyes, that we may in faith keep our minds upon the judgment and punishment of evil which the impious confidently ignore.
— John Calvin
Therefore, men get nothing from the law but condemnation, for in the law God demands his due, but does not confer the power to pay it properly. The
— John Calvin
Shall we, indeed, distinguish between right and wrong by that judgment which has been imparted to us, yet will there be no judge in heaven?
— John Calvin