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The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.

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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

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No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.

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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.

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Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.

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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.

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Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness.

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Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.

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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.

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We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Theologian

Born: July 10th, 1509

Died: May 27th, 1564

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