While sin is overflowing, [grace] pours itself forth so exuberantly, that it not only overcomes the flood of sin, but wholly absorbs it.
John CalvinConcerning our Lord Jesus Christ, we must also be aware that he is our Advocate, and that without him we cannot approach God.
John CalvinThe answer of our prayers is secured by the fact that in rejecting them God would in a certain sense deny His own nature.
John Calvin