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For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God.

John Calvin

God

Misery

Will

Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.

John Calvin

Mother

Idols

Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with the assistance of grace; evil, when grace is absent.

I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels.

John Calvin

Words

There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

John Calvin

God

Truth