# “Whatever our tongue utters should savor of His excellence” by John Calvin

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“Whatever our mind conceives of God, whatever our tongue utters, should savor of
His excellence, match the loftiness of His sacred name, and lastly, serve to glorify
His greatness.”

–John Calvin, [_Institutes of the Christian Religion _](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0664239110?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
ed. John T. McNeill; trans. Ford Lewis Battles; vol. 1; The Library of Christian
Classics; Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011), 388. (2.8.22)

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