“It is written, "Not a messenger or an angel but the Lord himself saved them." He forgave them, for no other reason than that he loved them. Indeed, it says "forgive," as with his own children, according to that verse that is referred to in another book, "You have compassion on all things, Lord, lover of souls, because…”
Didymus the Blind, 4th c. — ON THE HOLY SPIRIT 2:46
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26But thou sparest all: for they are thine, O Lord, thou lover of souls.
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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.
25And how could any thing have endured, if it had not been thy will? or been preserved, if not called by thee?