A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c11.60
A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c11.60
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c11.60
Here we have the two ideas, so contradictory to the human understanding, and yet so easily reconciled in every human heart: God has established the eternal laws of the moral world, and yet he is willing to forgive those who offend against them; just, yet merciful; a judge, and yet a father. "He is merciful even to him who has committed sin." ¹