I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense in any Jew.
John CalvinWe must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.
John CalvinFaith and hope...are the wings by which our souls, rising above the world, are lifted up to God.
John CalvinSurely in Judas' betrayal it will be no more right, because God both willed that his Son be delivered up, and delivered him up to death, to ascribe the guilt of the crime to God than to transfer the credit for redemption to Judas.
John CalvinBut prosperity, and the happy issue of events, ought also to be attributed to his grace, in order that he may always receive the praise which he deserves, that of being a merciful Father, and an impartial Judge. About the close of the psalm, he inveighs against those ungodly men who will not acknowledge God's hand, amid such palpable demonstrations of his providence.
John Calvin