Ezekiel 18:23
Douay-Rheims
Is it my will that a sinner should die, saith the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways, and live?
Tertullian
A petition for pardon is a full confession; because one who begs for pardon fully admits his guilt. So, too, penitence is demonstrated as acceptable to God, who desires it rather than the death of a sinner.
Source details
A.D. 220 · on Ezek 18:23 (ON PRAYER 7)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.