A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…

(1). When others are under sufferings, we should be so tender as to have a quick sense of them in our selves.¹ Others sufferings should work compassion, and cause a fellow-feeling in us, so as to make us weep with them that weep, and to be bound with them that are in bonds. When Nehemiah heard ⟨p. 60⟩of the affliction of his people, though he himself was in a better condition, he sate down and wept, ²and mourned certain days. We see that Beasts themselves are touched with the sufferings of any of their kind; if one of the herd make an outcry, or declare his sufferings by his moaning, how sensible are the rest of it! How do they come about him, and show their readiness to yield him help if it were in their power! How much more should humanity cause men to show what a tender regard they have of the sufferings and afflictions of other men!

(1). When others are under sufferings, we should be so tender as to have a quick sense of them in our selves.¹ Others sufferings should work compassion, and cause a fellow-feeling in us, so as to make us weep with them that weep, and to be bound with them that are in bonds. When Nehemiah heard ⟨p. 60⟩of the affliction of his people, though he himself was in a better condition, he sate down and wept, ²and mourned certain days. We see that Beasts themselves are touched with the sufferings of any of their kind; if one of the herd make an outcry, or declare his sufferings by his moaning, how sensible are the rest of it! How do they come about him, and shew their readiness to yield him help if it were in their power! How much more should humanity cause men to shew what a tender regard they have of the sufferings and afflictions of other men!

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