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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.

A man will be justified by faith when, excluded from righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as righteous.

It is evident that man never attains to a true self-knowledge until he has previously contemplated the face of God, and come down after such contemplation to look into himself.

The human heart is a factory of idols...Everyon e of us is, from his mother's womb, expert in inventing idols.

We shall never be fit for the service of God, if we look not beyond this fleeting life.

Faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is not alone.

A soul, therefore, when deprived of the Word of God, is given up unarmed to the devil for destruction

Unless we endeavor to do good to our neighbor, through our cruelty we transgress this law

The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.

We unjustly defraud God of his right, unless each of us lives and dies in dependence on His sovereign pleasure.

We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.

The very word baptizé, however, signifies to immerse; and it is certain that immersion was the practice of the ancient Church.

The world was no doubt made, that it might be a theatre of the divine glory.

It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise.

For our hearts are enfeebled by prosperity, so that we cannot make the effort to pray.

The whole gospel is contained in Christ.

While sin is overflowing, [grace] pours itself forth so exuberantly, that it not only overcomes the flood of sin, but wholly absorbs it.

There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed to all without exception.

The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.

Our true wisdom is to embrace with meek docility, and without reservation, whatever the holy scriptures have delivered.

The glory of God shines, indeed, in all creatures on high and below, but never more brightly than in the cross.