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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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How do you know yourself to be a son of God in fact as well as in name?”Answer: “Because I am baptized in the name of God the Father, and of the Son, ...more

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The fanaticism which discards the Scripture, under the pretense of resorting to immediate revelations is subversive of every principle of Christianity...more

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God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would ...more

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The knowledge of ourselves, therefore, is not only an incitement to seek after God, but likewise a considerable assistance towards finding him.

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The worship of God is…the only thing which renders men superior to brutes, and makes them aspire to immortality.

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For though God has promised to do whatsoever his people may ask, yet he does not allow them an unbridled liberty to ask whatever may come to their min...more

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And indeed we must seek the true rule of prayer in the word of God, that we may not rashly break through to Him, but may approach him in the manner in...more

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The whole world is a theatre for the display of the divine goodness, wisdom, justice, and power, but the Church is the orchestra, as it were—the most ...more

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The Lord commands us to do good unto all men without exception, though the majority are very undeserving when judged according to their own merits... ...more

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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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Were the judgments of mankind correct, custom would be regulated by the good. But it is often far otherwise in point of fact; for, whatever the many a...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.