{"id":34781,"date":"2015-10-29T15:52:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T15:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kingsmeadow.com\/wp\/?p=34781"},"modified":"2016-01-18T18:02:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T18:02:55","slug":"a-john-calvin-eleventary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kingsmeadow.com\/wp\/a-john-calvin-eleventary\/","title":{"rendered":"A John Calvin Eleventary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1. \u201cWe should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. \u201cThere is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n

3. \u201cIf it seems more horrible to kill a man in his own house, then in a field, it ought surely to be deemed more atrocious to destroy a fetus in the womb before it has come to light.\u201d<\/p>\n

4. \u201cThe Gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life. It cannot be grasped by reason and memory only, but it is fully understood when it possesses the whole soul and penetrates to the inner recesses of the heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

5. \u201cIt would be the height of absurdity to label ignorance tempered by humility \u2018faith\u2019!\u201d<\/p>\n

6. \u201cMen are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success\u201d<\/p>\n

7. \u201cThere is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.\u201d<\/p>\n

8. \u201cHowever many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n

9. \u201cLet us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair of the smallness of our accomplishments.\u201d<\/p>\n

10. \u201cWithout the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

11. \u201cIn forming an estimate of sins, we are often imposed upon by imagining that the more hidden the less heinous they are.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. \u201cWe should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.\u201d 2. \u201cThere is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.\u201d 3. \u201cIf it seems … <\/p>\n

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