R. W. Dale, The Evangelical Revival and Other Sermons (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1880), Sermon VI, "Morality and the Evangelical Faith," p. 148

God loves the world—with a love full of tenderness and pity and mercy; and yet with a love that is lofty, noble, and severe. God's love for us makes Him impatient of our sin. He forgives it, but on condition that we rece…