When we hear any mention of our mystical union with Christ, we should remember that holiness is the channel to do it. - John Calvin

But a faithful believer will in all circumstances mediate on the mercy and fatherly goodness of God.

But, as sculpture and painting are gifts of God, what I insist on is, that both shall be used purely and lawfully, that gifts which the Lord has bestowed upon us, for His glory and our good, shall not be preposterously abused, nay, shall not be perverted to our destruction.

If God has bestowed on us any excellent gift, we imagine it to be our own achievement; and we swell and even burst with pride.