John Calvin May Quotations

We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone.

The Fanaticism which discards the Scripture, under the pretense of resorting to immediate revelations is subversive of every principle of Christianity. For when they boast extravagantly of the Spirit, the tendency is always to bury the Word of God so they may make room for their own falsehoods.

Scripture urges and warns us that whatever favors we may have obtained from the Lord, we have received them as a trust on condition that they should be applied to the common benefit of the church.

No one has rightly denied himself unless he has wholly resigned himself to the Lord and is willing to leave every detail to his good pleasure. If we put ourselves in such a frame of mind, then, whatever may happen to us, we shall never feel miserable or accuse God falsely because of our lot.

For, since the fall of Adam had brought disgrace upon all his posterity, God restores those, whom He separates as His own, so that their condition may be better than that of all other nations. At the same time it must be remarked, that this grace of renewal is effaced in many who have afterwards profaned it

When we come to a comparison of heaven and earth, then we may indeed not only forget all about the present life, but even despise and scorn it.

We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.

God orders what we cannot do, that we may know what we ought to ask him.

Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.