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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...
- John Calvin
We remain exposed to the judgment of God, we are bound by miserable chains, and therefore our exemption from guilt, becomes an invaluable freedom.
- John Calvin
Thus Paul denies that the causes of our election can be sought anywhere except in the hidden good pleasure of God.
- John Calvin
It is not fitting that God, before whose tribunal we must all finally stand, be subjected to our judgment — or rather to our foolish temerity.
- John Calvin
It is also to be noticed, that the old man is distinguished by his works, as a tree is by its fruits.
- John Calvin
Therefore, we are today far from wrong in applying this prophecy to the papists, who urge celibacy and abstinence from foods more forcefully than any precept of God.
- John Calvin
For although the papists say something in passing about faith in Christ and the grace of the Holy Spirit, it is clear that they are much nearer to the heathen philosophers than to Christ and his apostles.
- John Calvin
Dull sublunary lovers' love(Whose soul is sense) cannot admitAbsence, because it doth removeThose things which elemented it.
- John Donne
I am the dust and the ashes of the temple of the Holy Ghost, and what marble is so precious? But I am more than dust and ashes: I am my best part, I am my soul.
- John Donne
Such sober certainty of waking bliss.
- John Milton
It would not be for the public good to have [a majority in Congress of one party] greater [than] two to one.
- Thomas Jefferson
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
- Ronald Reagan