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God has never seen fit to bestow such favour on his servants that each individually should be endowed with full and perfect knowledge on every point. No doubt, his design was to keep is both humble and eager for brotherly communication.

35: Calvin was influenced by and interacted with events & people outside Geneva, but there is a very real sense in which one should never cease to view Calvin, his work, his writing, & his beliefs as the product of a good minister living in Geneva.