"...unless we are also persuaded that he is the fountain of all goodness, and that we must seek everything in him, and in none but him. My meaning is: we must be persuaded not only that as he once formed the world, so he sustains it by his boundless power, governs it by his wisdom, preserves it by his goodness, in particular, rules the human race with justice and judgement, bears with them in mercy, shields them by his protections; but also that not a particle of light, or wisdom, or justice, or power, or rectitude, or genuine truth, will anywhere be found, which does not flow from him, and of which he is not the cause; in this way we must learn to expect and ask all things from him, and thankfully ascribe to him whatever we receive"
Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book I, Chapter 2
love it. the "particle of light" reminds me of piper's words in that short video about the dust on his window sill that is illuminated in the morning rays of sun...i can't remember what he was saying haha, but its about God's incredible sovereignty..most likely rings calvin.
ReplyDeleteGreat quote. But I think the second sentence may be one of the longest in recorded human history. Clearly, Jonathan Edwards read Calvin...a lot.
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