Quotes from John Calvin

Rom. 7:10, that the law is turned into a source of ruin for us, not because it is evil but because we are wicked.

Thus our arrogance grows as we seek to exalt ourselves above others, as if we were different from them. Truly, there's no one who does not flippantly and boldly disregard and despise others as inferiors.

All worship is unclean and wicked unless purified by the sprinkling of the blood of Christ.

But Scripture praises everywhere his pure and unmixed mercy, which does away with all merit.

The law, in so far as it leads men to put their confidence in it, consigns them necessarily to death.

Likewise, what grounds He gives us to consider His mercy! When He does not stop showing His mercy to miserable sinners, leading them back to Him by His more than paternal mercy until their obstinacy is broken down by His benefits.

For in our own day we see many who are stupid enough to be so overcome by the mere title of "the church," that they take sides with the pope, and would be damned forever rather than raise a finger against his authority.

The word 'hope' I take for faith; and indeed, hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith.

But we must always come back to this consolation: The Lord planned our sorrow, so let us submit to his will. Even in the throes of grief, groans, and tears, we must encourage ourselves with this reflection, so that our hearts may cheerfully bear up while the storms pass over our heads (John 21:18).

There shall never be quietness for the Kingdom of Christ in this world, because it will always be infested and troubled by its enemies.

The Word of God we read is written not so much with ink as with the blood of the Son of God;

Before we receive any knowledge of God's Fatherly good will for us, the blood of Christ must intercede for us and restore us to God's favor.