Various, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. IX, The Epistles of Clement… (1885)
“ But Moses said, “Far be it from Thee, Lord: pardon the sin of this people; else blot me also out of the book of the living.” [3] O marvellous [4] love! O insuperable perfection! The servant [5] speaks freely to his Lord, and asks forgiveness for the people, or begs that he himself might perish [6] along with them. ”
