CIII. Mercy prayed for. Numb. vi. 24, 25, 26. On this wise the priests shall bless (or pray for) the people: The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

xiv. 19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of thy mercy.

Deut. xxi. 8. Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people, whom thou hast redeemed.

Neh. xiii. 22. Remember me, O my God, and spare me, according to the greatness of thy mercy.

Ps. iv. 1. Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

vi. 2. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak: O Lord, heal me.-Ver. 4. O save me for thy mercies' sake. Ps. xxx. 10.lxix. 13, 14. 16, 17.—lvii. 1.—xliv. 26.—lvi. 1.-cxxiii. 3.

Ps. ix. 13. Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble.

Ixi. 7. O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve the king.

lxxix. 8. O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us.-Ver. 9. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and purge away our sins for thy name's sake.

lxxxv. 7. Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.

lxxxvi. 3. Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for I cry unto thee daily.-Ver. 5. For thou, Lord, art good and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee. Ps. xxvii. 7.

xc. 14. O satisfy us early with thy mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

cix. 21, 22. Because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me, for I am poor and needy.Ver. 26. Help me, O Lord my God, O save me according to thy mercy.

cxix. 41. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy word.-Ver. 58. Be merciful unto me, according to thy word.-Ver. 77. Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live. -Ver. 124. Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy; and teach me thy statutes.— Ver. 132. Look thou upon me, and be merci. ful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

Hos. xiv. 2. Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously.

Hab. iii. 2. O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years; in wrath remember mercy, Mal. i. 9. Beseech God that he will be gracious unto us.

Luke xviii. 13. God be merciful to me a sinner.

Gal. vi. 16. As many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

1 Tim. i. 2. Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord. Tim. i. 2. Tit, i. 4. 2 John 3.

2 Tim. i. 16. The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus.-Ver. 18. The Lord grant that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day.

Heb. iv. 16. Let us come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Jude 2. Mercy unto you, and peace and love be multiplied.

CIV. Mercy acknowledged in various instances. Gen. xix. 16. The Lord being mer

Thou hast magnified thy mercy in saving my life.

Exod. xv. 13. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed.

2 Sam. xxii. 51. He sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. Ps. xviii. 50. 1 Kings iii. 6. 2 Chron. vi. 42.

Ezra vii. 27, 28. Blessed be the Lord, who hath extended mercy unto me, before the king and his counsellors. Ch. ix. 9.

lxxxv. 2. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all their sin.

ciii. 3. The Lord forgiveth all thine iniquities; he healeth all thy diseases.-Ver. 10. He hath not dealt with us after our sins.

cxxx. 4. There is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

Isa. i. 18. Though your sins be as scarlet or crimson, they shall be as snow, or as wool. xxxiii. 24. The inhabitants shall not say, I

xcviii. 3. The Lord hath remembered his mercy, and his truth, toward the house of Israel. Luke i. 54. 72. 78.

cvi. 45. He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

cxix. 64. The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy.

Rom. ix. 23. That God might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory.

1 Cor. vii. 25. Paul said, I obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

1 Tim. i. 13. Paul said, I who was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious, obtained mercy.

Tit. iii. 5. According to his mercy he saved us.

1 Pet. i. 3. His abundant mercy. ii. 10. Ye have obtained mercy. CV. Thanks for mercy. Gen. xxiv. 27, Abraham's servant said, Blessed be the Lord God, who hath not left destitute my master, of his mercy and his truth.

for ever.

xliii. 25. I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

xliv. 22. I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions, and as a cloud thy sins.

lv. 7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him: and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. See promises to repentance and turning to God.

Jer. iii. 12. Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever. Ver. 22. Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.

xxxiii. 8. I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they

have transgressed against me.

the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought 1. 20. In those days, and in that time, saith for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; for I will pardon them whom I reserve.

cxxxvi. 1. Jer. xxxiii. 11.

Ps. lix. 16. I will sing aloud of thy mercy.

Ps. lxxxix. 1.

Ixvi. 20. Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. ciii. 1. Bless the Lord, O my soul.-Ver. 4. Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and

tender mercies.

exv. 1. Not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy and thy truth's sake.

CVI. Mercy in the pardon of sin. See in Sect. c. texts, Exod. xxxiv. 6, 7. Numb. xiv. 18. Neh. ix. 17. Ps. lxxxvi. 5. Dan. ix. 9. Ps. xxxii. 1, 2. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity.

Ixv. 3. As for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

Hos. xi. 8. How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? &c.-Ver. 9. I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim; for I am God, and not man.

xiv. 4. I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

Matt. xii. 31. All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost.-Ver. 32. Whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him.

Heb. x. 17. Their sins and their iniquity will I remember no more. Ch. viii. 12. Jer. xxxi. 34.

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xxxiv. 9. O Lord, pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

Numb. xiv. 19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of thy mercy. Ver. 20.

1 Kings viii. 30. Solomon prays for forgiveness to the people.

2 Chron. xxx. 18. Good Lord, pardon every one, &c.

Job vii. 20. I have sinned, what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? Ver. 21. Why dost thou not pardon my transgression?

Ps. xxv. 18. Look upon mine affliction and my pain, and forgive all my sins. Ver. 11. Ps. li. 1.

Dan. ix. 19. O Lord hear, O Lord forgive; hearken and do, defer not for thine own sake, O my God.

Amos vii. 2. O Lord God, forgive I beseech thee.

Luke xxiii. 34. Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.

Acts viii. 22. Peter said to Simon Magus, Repent, and pray God, if perhaps, the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee. See Naa

man's prayer, Kings v. 18. Hezekiah's prayer, 2 Chron. xxx. 18, 19.

GOD IS COMPASSIONATE. CVIII. Compassion ascribed to God. Ps. lxxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious: long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

cxlv. 8. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. Ps. cxi. 4.-cxii. 4.

God excited compassion toward his people in the hearts of their enemies. Ps. cvi. 46. 1 Kings viii. 50. 2 Chron. xxx. 9.

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Rom. ix. 15. I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. Ex. xxxiii. 19

CX. Instances of divine compassion. 2 Kings xiii. 23. The Lord was gracious unto Israel, and had compassion on them, when they were oppressed by enemies.

2 Chron. xxxvi. 15. The Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwellingplace.

Ps. lxxviii. 38. He being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not; yea, many a time, turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

Lam. iii. 22. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed: because his compassions fail not.

Matt. xviii. 27. The Lord of that servant, moved with compassion, forgave him the debt.

Mark v. 19. Jesus said to the man out of whom he had cast a devil, Go tell how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

Luke xv. 20. The father saw the prodigal son returning, and had compassion on him, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

God excited compassion towards his people in the hearts of their enemies. Ps. cvi. 46. 1 Kings viii. 50. 2 Chron. xxx. 9.

CXI. Compassion ascribed to Christ. Instances in which it was excited. Matt. ix. 36. At seeing the multitude scattered as sheep without a shepherd. Mark vi. 34.

xiv. 14. At seeing in the multitude, sick persons, whom he healed.

xv. 32. At seeing a multitude without bread, whom he fed. Mark viii. 2.

xx. 34. At seeing blind men, whose eyes he opened.

Mark i. 41. At seeing a leper, whom he healed.

ix. 22. 25. At seeing a child possessed of a dumb spirit, which he cast out.

Luke vii. 13. At seeing a mother's grief, whose son he restored to life.

GOD PITIETH.

CXII. God hath pity on his people. Ps. ciii. 13. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Isa. Ixiii. 9. In his love and in his pity he

redeemed his people; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

Ezek. xxxvi. 21. I had pity for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen. *

Joel ii. 18. The Lord will be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

James v. 11. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

KINDNESS OF GOD.

CXVI. Kindness ascribed to God, and promised and exercised towards his people. Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness.

Ps., xxxvi. 7. How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

Jer. xiii. 10. 14. This evil people refused to hear my words, and I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. Zech. xiv.

LONG-SUFFERING OF GOD, AND

FORBEARANCE.

CXIV. Long-suffering ascribed to God. Rom. ii. 4. Despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

ix. 22, 23. God endured, with much longsuffering, the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: That he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory.

1 Pet. iii. 20. The long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing.

2 Pet. iii. 9. The Lord is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.-Ver. 15. The long-suffering of our Lord is salvation.

1 Tim. i. 16. I obtained mercy, that in me Christ might shew all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. See Numb. xiv. 18. Ps. lxxxvi. 15.

CXV. Forbearance ascribed to God. Numb. xiv. 27. The Lord said, How long shall I bear with this evil congregation which murmur against me?

Neh. ix. 30. Many years didst thou forbear them.

Jer. xliv. 22. The Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings.

Luke xviii. 7. The Lord will avenge his own elect, though he bear long.

lxxxix. 33. My loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

cvii. 43. The wise, they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord.

cxvii. 2. His merciful kindness is great toward us.

Isa. liv. 8. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee. Ver. 10. The mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord, that hath mercy on thee.

Jer. ix. 24. I am the Lord, which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

xxxi. 3. I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.

xxxii. 18. Thou shewest loving-kindness unto thousands.

Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

Joel ii. 13. The Lord your God is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

Luke vi. 35. God is kind unto the unthankful, and to the evil.

Eph. fi. 6, 7. God hath raised us up, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus; that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace, in his kindness toward us, through Christ Jesus.

Tit. iii. 4, 5. The kindness of God our Saviour toward man, appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, &c.

CXVII. Kindness prayed for. Gen. xxiv 12. Abraham's servant prayed, and said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee

send me good speed, and shew kindness to my

master.

Ruth i. 8. Naomi said, The Lord deal kindly with you as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

2 Sam. ii. 6. David said, The Lord shew kindness and truth unto you.

Ps. xvii. 7. Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand, them that put their trust in thee.

xxv. 6. Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies, and thy loving-kindnesses, for they have been ever of old.

xxxvi. 10. O continue thy loving-kindness unto them that know thee, and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

xl. 11. Let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

li. 1. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness.

Ixix. 16. Hear me, O Lord, for thy lovingkindness is good; turn to me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

lxxxviii. 11. Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

lxxxix. 49. Lord, where are thy former loving-kindnesses?

cxix. 76. Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word. Ver. 88. Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. Ver. 149. 159.

cxliii. 8. Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust.

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CXVIII. Thanks for God's kindness. xxvi. 3. Thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.

xxxi. 21. Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness.

xl. 10. I have not concealed thy lovingkindness, and thy truth.

xlviii. 9. We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. lxiii. 3. Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

xcii. 2. It is a good thing to shew forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night.

ciii. 4. Bless the Lord, O my soul, who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies.

cxxxviii. 2. I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Isa. lxiii. 7. I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that he hath bestowed on us; and the great goodness he hath bestowed, &c.

GRACE OF GOD.

CXIX. God is gracious. Gen. vi. 8. Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Moses found grace. Exod. xxxiii. 12, 13. 16.

Exod. xxii. 27. The Lord said, When the poor crieth, I will hear; for I am gracious.

xxxiii. 19. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

xxxiv. 6. The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. 2 Chron. xxx. 9.

2 Kings xiii. 23. The Lord was gracious unto Israel (in their distress), and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them; neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

Ezra ix. 8. For a little space, grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a reviving.

Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest not thy people. Ps. lxxvii. 9. Hath God forgotten to be gracious?

lxxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. Ps. ciii. 8.cxi. 4.-cxii. 4.-cxvi. 5.-cxlv. 8. Joel ii. 13.

Isa. xxx. 18. Therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you.-Ver. 19. He will be very gracious unto thee, at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it he will answer thee.

Jonah iv. 2. Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. See Amos v. 15. Zech. iv. 7. Grace, grace.

CXX. God's throne is a throne of grace. Heb. iv. 16. Let us come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

CXXI. God's Spirit is a Spirit of grace. Heb. x. 29. The Spirit of grace. Zech. xii. 10. The Spirit of grace and supplications.

CXXII. Christ is gracious. Luke iv. 22. Gracious words proceeded out of his mouth.

John i. 14. He was full of grace and truth. -Ver. 16. Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

Acts xv. 11. We believe that through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved.