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A second rule is, that in reading the Scriptures we should constantly direct our inquiries and meditations to those things which tend to edification, not indulging curiosity, or in studying things of no use.
— Selections from Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (Page 63)
It certainly could be argued that Calvin is doing exactly what he is forbidding others to do.