John Calvin Quotes - Page 2

When the same qualities which we admire in ourselves are seen in others, even though they be superior, maliciously lower and carp at them.

The answer of our prayers is secured by the fact that in rejecting them God would in a certain sense deny His own nature.

We are not to reflect on the wickedness of men but to look to the image of God in them, an image which, covering and obliterating their faults, an image which, by its beauty and dignity, should allure us to love and embrace them.