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The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan…
The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan showing him how to carry himself Christian-like in the whole course of his life / by Tho. Gouge ...The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan shewing him how to carry himself Christian-like in the whole course of his life / by Tho. Gouge ...
London: printed by S. and B.G. for Nevil Simmons, 1676
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CHAP. XXVIII. Of Mercy towards such as are in misery; which implieth both a compassionate heart, and an helping hand.
V. BE merciful towards such as are in misery, Luk. 6. 36. This mercifulness, or mercy, is such a compassion of the heart, whereby a man is moved to help and succour others in their misery. So that true mercy hath in it two things.
1. A compassion, or laying to heart the miseries of others.
2. An inclination and readiness to succour and relieve them, according to their misery. It comprehends affection, and action; the former being the Fountain and Foundation of the latter; and the latter the Stream and Demonstration of the former. So that in the compassion of the heart, and in the act of relief, consists the true nature of Mercy.