Faith consists, not in ignorance, but in knowledge, and that, not only of God, but also of the divine will.
John CalvinWhensoever God's truth is defaced or when any man turns away from the pure simplicity of the Gospel, we must not in any wise spare him, but although the whole world should set itself against us, yet must we maintain the case with invincible constancy, without bending for any creature.
John CalvinThe Scriptures obtain full authority among believers only when men regard them as having sprung from heaven, as if there the living words of God were heard.
John CalvinThe principle exercise which the children of god have is to pray. For in this way they give true proof of their faith.
John CalvinTo be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in Christ, by whose grace we are free from the curse of the law, and by whose Spirit we have the law engraved upon our hearts.
John CalvinThat man is truly humble who neither claims any personal merit in the sight of God, nor proudly despises brethren, or aims at being thought superior to them, but reckons it enough that he is one of the members of Christ, and desires nothing more than that the Head alone should be exalted.
John Calvin