Brilliant comments from Calvin on John 13:8:
“Now [Peter] errs more grievously, when he has been corrected, & yet does not yield.
“And, indeed, ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐น๐, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฐ๐.
“It is a plausible excuse, no doubt, that the refusal springs from reverence for Christ; but since he does not absolutely obey the injunction, the very desire of showing his respect for Christ loses all its gracefulness.
“The true wisdom of faith, therefore, is to approve and embrace with reverence whatever proceeds from God, as done with propriety and in good order; nor is there any other way, indeed, in which his name can be sanctified by us;
“for if we do not believe that whatever he does is done for a very good reason: our flesh, being naturally stubborn, will continually murmur, and will not render to God the honor due to him, unless by constraint.
“In short, until a man renounce the liberty of judging as to the works of God, whatever exertions he may make to honor God, still pride will always lurk under the garb of humility.”
(from Mike Riccardi).