As far as we are concerned, if one man, Noah, condemned all the men of his generation by his faith, there is no reason why a great crowd of unbelievers should...
So then, although God's word were not blamed for our sakes: yet ought our consciences to restrain us, and to make us walk uprightly & purely before God....
Micah 1:5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what...
Micah 1:5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what...
Now from this we are admonished to see that, once God has graciously revealed his will and taught us what to do, we shall be all the more culpable if we fail...
So long as the sinner is permitted to appeal to his own judgement, he substitutes a hypocritical for a real righteousness. But after he is forced to weigh his...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
I sincerely wish that we had retained the custom, which I have stated was practiced among the ancient Christians.... a catechistical exercise, in which...
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;...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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 ...
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...
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...
