Bible Dictionary: Mercy: should be Shown: To Those That are in Distress

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Luke 10:37
And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus to him, Go, and do you likewise.
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Whether Evil is Properly the Motive of Mercy?
... For, as shown above (Q[19], A[1]; [2590]FS, Q[79 ... it belongs to unhappiness that a
man should suffer what ... sinner's will, it may, in this respect, call for mercy. ...
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Whether Mercy is a virtue?
... mercy) "obeys the reason, when mercy is vouchsafed in such a ... that the movements of
the soul should be regulated by reason, as was shown above ([2597 ...
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Sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent
... to her, and denied her His acts of mercy, yet she ... Jesus Christ, and it was answered
her, why should she appeal to that to which she had never shown due honour ...
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Counsel for Outward Behaviour.
... a sure hope of obtaining it from that very great mercy You have so often shown to
this ... and after like Mary,"that is to say we should prepare ourselves ...
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On Kindness and Its Several Parts, Namely, Good-Will and ...
... wished that others, through knowing their example, should not perish. ... boasting about
it, rather than for mercy's sake ... time and place when and where it is shown. ...
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St. John Chrysostom (Ad 347-407)
... Greek, they agreed that one of them should go to ... of the favour which he had always
shown to Antioch ... said, no punishment could be so severe as undeserved mercy. ...
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Psalm CXII.
... mighty, than that the same kingdom should be worth ... without mercy unto him, since
he hath himself shown mercy. ... works of theirs, save works of mercy, are there ...
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On the Feast of the Epiphany, vi.
... Men's hearts are shown by the character of their works ... mind that has knowledge of
its God should turn away ... repentance he will find no place for mercy, as the ...
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Epistle vii. To the Clergy, Concerning Prayer to God.
... we should before this have obtained from the divine mercy what we seek; nor should
we be ... And we have seen that which had been shown fulfilled; that while we ...
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The Misery of those Who, Besides Losing the Saints' Rest, Lose the ...
... His providence is shown in sustaining all things ... of such inhuman cruelty, God forbid
we should be guilty ... Preaching heaven and mercy to thee, is entreating thee ...
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