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Mercy: Quotations from Burning Words

Consider this, That in the course of justice none of us Should see salvation; we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.— SHAKSPEARE

Who will not mercy unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have?— EDMUND SPENSER

God loves our mercy to one another; but not upon conditions at variance with sanctity to Him.— JAMES MARTINEAU

Kind hearts are here; yet would the tenderest one Have limits to its mercy; God has none.— A. A. PROCTOR

Mercy to him that shows it is the rule.— COWPER

Nothing humbles and breaks the heart of a sinner like mercy and love. Souls that converse much with sin and wrath, may be much terrified; but souls that converse much with grace and mercy, will be much humbled.— THOMAS BROOKS