Spurgeon's Defense of Calvinism

Mr. Spurgeon at his desk

I reproduce this in full for a couple of reasons. First, it is, for its length, the best written defense of the doctrines of grace I've ever read.  My second reason is that this is what I believe.

"The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth; I know of no such thing as paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox's gospel is my gospel. That which thundered through Scotland must thunder through England again."—C. H. Spurgeon