Sinning Angels fell into like circumstances of guilt and wretchedness with sinful Men; nevertheless, his mercy was not moved towards them, but towards creatures far inferior in the scale of existence. And he loved these, because he would love. His own gracious Good pleasure engaged, and set in motion his merciful compassion. Yea, it was in the Greatness of God’s love, that he thus resolved to have mercy upon them. And the apostle further commends and magnifies this, by observing, that it was exercised towards us even when we were dead in trespasses and sins: justly exposed to everlasting ruin, and utterly destitute of all spiritual excellency.
William Bennet — William Bennet, Waiting for God’s Salvation: A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of the Rev. Samuel Morton Savage, D.D., Who Departed This Life February 21, 1791, in the Seventieth Year of His Age; to Which Is Added an Address at the Grave by Thomas Towle, B.D. (London: E. and S. Wayland, 1791), p. 15
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