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Preston Atkinson

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Preston’s Quotes

“men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success”
― John Calvin

tags: wisdom

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“All whom the Lord has chosen and received into the society of his saints ought to prepare themselves for a life that is hard, difficult, laborious and full of countless griefs.”
― John Calvin

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“He who neglects to pray alone and in private, however assiduously he frequents public meetings, there gives his prayers to the wind.”
― John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vols

tags: prayer, pride, religion

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“Those who set up a fictitious worship, merely worship and adore their own delirious fancies; indeed, they would never dare so to trifle with God, had they not previously fashioned him after their own childish conceits.”
― John Calvin, The Institutes of the Christian Religion

tags: christianity, god, worship

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