What a wonder, when Christ might, with so much glory to his justice, power, wisdom, sovereignty, have destroyed us, he should rather choose to offer salvation!
Men use this to excuse their sin, "it is my nature"; yet this is the greatest aggravation of it. Would this be a good plea for one who has plotted treason, to say, I am naturally a traitor; it is my nature to be treacherous, murderous?Works 1:8