"There is within the human mind, and indeed by natural instinct, an
awareness of divinity. This we take to be beyond controversy. To
prevent anyone from taking refuge in the pretense of ignorance, God
himself has implanted in all men a certain understanding of his
divine majesty. Ever renewing its memory, he repeatedly sheds
fresh drops." (Institutes 1.3.1)
"...this conviction, namely, that there is some God, is naturally inborn
in all, and is fixed deep within, as it were in the very marrow...From
this we conclude that it is not a doctrine that must be learned in school,
but one of which each of us is master from his mother's womb and
which nature itself permits no one to forget, although many strive with
every nerve to this end." (Institutes 1.3.3)
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