The answer of our prayers is secured by the fact that in rejecting them God would in a certain sense deny His own nature.
John CalvinBut a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the church. As if the eternal and inviolable truth of God depended upon the decision of men!
John CalvinIf people mean that man has in himself the power to work in partnership with God's grace they are most wretchedly deluding themselves.
John Calvin