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The difference between us and the papists is that they do not think that the church can be 'the pillar of the truth' unless she presides over the word...more

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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.

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There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.

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True knowledge of God is born out of obedience.

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

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Without the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves.

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In a way, the futile excuses many people use to cover their superstitions are demolished. They think it is enough to have some sort of religious fervo...more

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For if we see that the sun, in sending forth its rays upon the earth, to generate, cherish, and invigorate its offspring, in a manner transfuses its s...more

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In forming an estimate of sins, we are often imposed upon by imagining that the more hidden the less heinous they are.

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No one can travel so far that he does not make some progess each day. So let us never give up. Then we shall move forward daily in the Lord's way. And...more

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Those who set up a fictitious worship, merely worship and adore their own delirious fancies; indeed, they would never dare so to trifle with God, had ...more

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I was always exceedingly delighted with that saying of Chrysostom, "The foundation of our philosophy is humility"; and yet more pleased with that of A...more

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But the Lord often leaves his servants, not only to be annoyed by the violence of the wicked, but to be lacerated and destroyed; allows the good to la...more

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Our true wisdom is to embrace with meek docility, and without reservation, whatever the holy scriptures have delivered.

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We should consider that the brightness of the Divine countenance, which even an apostle declares to be inaccessible, (1Ti 6: 16) is a kind of labyrint...more