The love of God may be viewed in three distinct aspects. First, the love of compassion; second, the love of complacency; and, third, the love of communion. Or, first, the love of God to the sinner, second, the love of God to the saint; and, third, the love of God to the saint who acts obediently.
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J Wilson Smith
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