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Tell them, ‘“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, house of Israel?”’
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Verse 11. Desire. The sinner’s damnation is not an object of God’s pleasure. Calmet. 18:23. Calmet.—He has an antecedent will to save all. He knocks at the door of our heart, (Revelation 3:20) and if man do what depends on him, nothing will be wanting on the part of God. Saint Thomas Aquinas i. 2. q. 109. and 112. Worthington.
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