It sounds like most of the Calvinists do not agree with the above from Calvin listening to them today on the issue .
Hello Johnny...
I remember when you used to post here (or mostly just "like" posts), and you seemed to like my posts a lot. And that's okay, I don't mind you disagreeing with me, isn't it nice that we can, and can still get along? I'm really trying to respect you, but you seem to be making it difficult. You seem to be trying to make it your goal to jump on the band-wagon and attack Calvinists. And I don't understand why.
First of all, you claim that you think "Calvinists do not agree with the above from Calvin", and I have no idea why you would assume that. How many Calvinists have said they disagree? In all probability many probably haven't even read it, since I know of a number of Calvinists who ignore that poster's posts (including me), and IMO for good reason. He refuses to discuss anything, he refuses to acknowledge that there may be a valid interpretation other than his own, and he simply goes around vomiting questionable quotes from secondary sources.
Second, I think it has been explained well in this forum already, if not to you personally, that "Calvinist" does NOT mean, "someone who believes whatever John Calvin taught". The term came from a Lutheran, and post-dated Calvin. Calvinists hold to "sola Scriptura", so we go on what the Bible teaches, not on what Calvin taught. Calvin was first generation non-Catholic, so I wouldn't even EXPECT him to have perfect doctrine in all things. (I don't believe I have perfect doctrine either, so I'm not claiming I'm better than anyone.)
Now for the quote.... I didn't even read it, because like all "quotes" that poster posts, he gets his material from anti-Reformed secondary sources, so even he doesn't know whether the quote is accurate or not, nor do I think he even cares. He simply wants to drum up quotes to make Calvinism look bad.
But the first thing I noticed in the quote were all the ellipses ("..."), which show when context is removed. Did you notice them all? So it appears to be (at least) three different sections of text, that the poster (probably the author of his secondary source web page) tried to put together. to try to change the meaning.
It turns out that I found a copy of the treatise on the "Monergism" website. But I searched the full treatise against the "quote", and although I used many different search phrases, I couldn't find ANY of them in Monergism's copy of the treatise. So what am I supposed to make of this quote, with all these "ellipses" in them, where context was removed, and I can't even confirm the accuracy of the quote?
And why should anyone care what Calvin believed?
You can condemn Calvin all you want.
But the BIBLE still teaches what the BIBLE teaches.
Your side attacks Calvin, attacks Luther, attacks Augustine.
Our side proclaims SCRIPTURE, and believes it.