“Let us take an example from God. In fact, "he loves everything that exists" equally, "and he hates nothing that he has made: in fact, he created nothing that should be hated." Nonetheless, this did not mean that he loved Jews and Egyptians in the same way, or Pharaoh as Moses and Aaron. At the same time, he did not lo…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS 2:4
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24For thou lovest all the things that are, and abhorrest nothing which thou hast made: for never wouldest thou have made any thing, if thou hadst hated it.
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22For the whole world before thee is as a little grain of the balance, yea, as a drop of the morning dew that falleth down upon the earth.
23But thou hast mercy upon all; for thou canst do all things, and winkest at the sins of men, because they should amend.
— Wisdom of Solomon 11:24 —
25And how could any thing have endured, if it had not been thy will? or been preserved, if not called by thee?
26But thou sparest all: for they are thine, O Lord, thou lover of souls.