The following prayers by John Calvin have been collected from his
Commentary on Hosea, translated into English in 1846. These God-honoring
prayers are both devotional and well worth emulating. Collected for
your edification. Also available for FREE download in Kindle .mobi and ePub formats.
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Grant, Almighty God, that as thou hast once adopted us, and continues
to confirm this thy favour by calling us unceasingly to thyself, and
dost not only severely chastise us, but also gently and paternally
invite us to thyself, and exhort us at the same time to repentance, - 0
grant that we may not be so hardened as to resist thy goodness, nor
abuse this thine incredible forbearance, but
submit ourselves in obedience to thee; that whenever thou mayest
severely chastise us, we may bear thy corrections with genuine
submission of faith, and not continue untameable and obstinate to
the last, but return to thee the only fountain of life and salvation,
that as thou has once begun in us a good work, so thou mayest perfect it
to the day of our Lord. Amen.
Grant, Almighty God, that as we were from our beginning
lost, when thou wert pleased to extend to us thy hand, and to restore us
to salvation for the sake of thy Son; and that as we continue even
daily to run headlong to our own ruin, - O grant that we may not, by
sinning so often, so provoke at length thy displeasure as to cause thee
to take away from us the mercy which thou hast hitherto
exercised towards us, and through which thou hast adopted us: but by
thy Spirit destroy the wickedness of our heart, and restore us to a
sound mind, that we may ever cleave to thee with a true and sincere
heart, that being fortified by thy defence, we may continue safe even
amidst all kinds of danger, until at length thou gatherest us into that
blessed rest, which has been prepared for us in heaven by our Lord Jesus
Christ. Amen. Keep Reading...
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