God's kindness
should cause us to reflect on and delight in His goodness. But our perverse
ingratitude is such that we make His kindness a means of growing ever more
spoiled. Thus, we must be restrained by some discipline so that we don't break
forth in obstinacy — acting wickedly because of our great wealth, becoming
puffed up with pride because of honors, or growing arrogant because we possess
other goods in ourselves or our circumstances. The Lord Himself providentially
opposes, conquers, and restrains the ferocity of our flesh by the medicine of
the cross.
John Calvin
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