Was He (God) to demand repentance from men for their transgression? You might say that that was worthy of God, and argue that, as through the Transgression they became subjest to corruption, so through repentance they might turn to incorruption again. But repentance would not guard the Divine consistency, for, if death did not hold dominion over men, God would still remain untrue. Nor does repentance recall men from what is according to their nature; all that it does is cease them from sinning. (On the Incarnation, p33)
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