From this, my present contention is brought out with greater
certainty, that a sense of divinity is by nature engraven on human
hearts. For necessity forces from the reprobate themselves a confession
of it. In tranquil times they wittily joke about God, indeed are
facetious and garrulous in belittling his power. If any occasion for
despair presses upon them, it goads them to seek him and impels their
perfunctory prayers. From this it is clear that they have not been
utterly ignorant of God, but that what should have come forth sooner was
held back by stubbornness.
~John Calvin~
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