Anf-01 viii.ii.xv Pg 6
Matt. ix. 13.
For the heavenly Father desires rather the repentance than the punishment of the sinner. And of our love to all, He taught thus: “If ye love them that love you, what new thing do ye? for even fornicators do this. But I say unto you, Pray for your enemies, and love them that hate you, and bless them that curse you, and pray for them that despitefully use you.”1790 1790
Anf-01 vi.ii.v Pg 5
Matt. ix. 13; Mark ii. 17; Luke v. 32.
Then He manifested Himself to be the Son of God. For if He had not come in the flesh, how could men have been saved by beholding Him?1485 1485 The Cod. Sin. reads, “neither would men have been saved by seeing Him.”
Since looking upon the sun which is to cease to exist, and is the work of His hands, their eyes are not able to bear his rays. The Son of God therefore came in the flesh with this view, that He might bring to a head the sum of their sins who had persecuted His prophets1486