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br.writeln("<center><B>Christian Quotation of the Day</B><BR><SMALL>Friday, September 4, 2026</SMALL></center>");
br.writeln("<DT style=\"margin-left:0in;text-indent:.2in\">As God alone is a fit witness of himself in his Word, so also the Word will not find any acceptance in men&rsquo;s hearts before it is sealed by the inward testimony of the Spirit. The same Spirit, therefore, who has spoken by the mouth of the prophets must penetrate into our hearts, to persuade us that they faithfully proclaimed what has been divinely commanded.");
br.writeln("<DT style=\"margin-left:.4in;text-indent:-.2in\">... <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodndac.htm#Calvin\">John Calvin</A> (1509-1564), <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodndth.htm#Institutes\"><I>The Institutes of the Christian Religion</I>, v. I</A> [1559], tr. John Allen, Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1921, I.vii.4, p. 79");
br.writeln("(see the <A target=_blank HREF=\"http://books.google.com/books?id=UU9Ygc_c5woC&pg=PA79&dq=%22witness+of+himself+in+his+own+word%22\">book</A>; see also <A target=_blank HREF=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Cor.+2:9-11;+John+5:39-40;+8:13-19;+15:26;+Rom.+8:16;+Heb.+10:15-17;+Jude+1:3>1 Cor. 2:9-11; John 5:39-40; 8:13-19; 15:26; Rom. 8:16; Heb. 10:15-17; Jude 1:3</A>; more at <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub1.htm#Bible\">Bible</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub2.htm#God\">God</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub2.htm#Heart\">Heart</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub3.htm#Prophet\">Prophet</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub4.htm#Spirit\">Spirit</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub4.htm#Witness\">Witness</A>)");
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