John Ross, The Faithful Witness: A Treatise on the Nature and Offices of Christ (London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1848), ch. II, sect. III, "Conclusion," p. 307

When sin had spread its withering touch over the fair face of nature, and corrupted the purity of that creature whom God had made in his own likeness, Christ compassionated his fallen state; he loved the sinner, and desc…