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It is certain that there is no greater division than concerning faith; and if those who agree with us in faith ought nevertheless to be excommunicated by...
Although the Holy Scriptures contain a perfect doctrine, to which nothing can be added.. still not every person, not intimately acquainted with them, stands in...
It is needful that you sustain hard conflicts, that that which was said to Peter be accomplished in you. "Ye shall be carried whither ye would not." But you...
his will ought for us to be the law by which we live.To begin with, the pious mind does not dream up for Itself any god it pleases, but contemplates the one...
It was a father who denied that marriage should be forbidden to the ministers of the church, and declared cohabitation with one's wife to be chastity. And...
....For all Calvinists to consider, and a plea to those who despise the doctrines of grace to compare first hand if Calvinism is Scriptural and not condemn it...
John Calvin's Verse Commentary Zechariah 1:15 Zechariah 1:15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little...
Such veneration we ought indeed to entertain for the Word of God, that we ought not to pervert it in the least degree by varying expositions; for its majesty...
bThus is overthrown that vain defense with which many are wont to gloss over their superstition. For they think that any zeal for religion, however ...
While they know that his inescapable power hangs over them because they can neither do away with it nor flee from it, they recoil from it in dread. And so,...
Even though they are compelled to recognize some god, they strip him of glory by taking away his power. For, as Paul affirms, just as "God cannot deny...
Again, it is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself f176 unless he has first looked upon God's face, and then descends from contemplating...
Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves But, while joined by many...
In order not to give way under this perturbation and be driven from their ground, let them, however, know that the apostles in their day experienced the same...
When Paul wished all prophecy to be made to accord with the analogy of faith [<451206>Romans 12:6], f125 he set forth a very clear rule to test all ...
God has declared in the gospel that whenever we come to him, we are to call upon him freely and openly as our Father, who has adopted us as his children. If we...
Micah 1:11-16 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall...
Micah 2:1-3 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their...
Micah 2:1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their...
Many are overcome, because they allow their zeal to grow cold, and run off in self-flattery. Others, on the contrary, become so alarmed when they do not find...
Besides, the joy here mentioned arises from this, that there is nothing more calculated to increase our faith, than the knowledge of the providence of God;...
I sincerely wish that we had retained the custom, which I have stated was practiced among the ancient Christians.... a catechistical exercise, in which...
To sing the praises of God upon the harp and Psaltery unquestionably formed a part of the training of the law, and of the service of God under the dispensation...
Moreover, that which St. Augustine has said is true, that no one is able to sing things worthy of God except that which he has received from Him. Therefore,...
Question: Now what shall we say of wicked men and devils? Shall we say that they too, are subject to him [God]? Answer: Although he does not govern them by his...
Deuteronomy 4:27-31 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you....
Micah 1:11-12 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall...
Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. This is a remarkable passage; the Son of God has twice...
As to my intended course of proceeding, this is my present feeling: had I the choice at my own disposal, nothing would be less agreeable to me than to follow...
Here, therefore, with the most fervent salutation written by my own hand, do I supplicate the Lord Jesus, that he may protect you in his holy fortress of ...
