Penetrate the Heart

As the outward voice of man cannot at all penetrate the heart, it is in the free and sovereign determination of God to give the profitable use of the signs to whom He pleases.

Nam quod ad sacramenta in genere spectat, neque illis gratiam Dei alligamus, neque ad ea transferimus spiritus sancti officium aut virtutem, neque in ipsis locamus salutis fiduciam. Diserte enim profitemur solum Deum esse qui agit per sacramenta, et tam efficaciam spiritui sancto ferimus acceptam.

 

Calvin, C.R. 9:25; Ronald Wallace HT Calvin's Doctrine of Word and Sacrament, p. 170.