MERCY from GOD See also: forgiveness by God | 從神而來的憐憫 |
A Christian should always remember that his mercies
are greater than his miseries. John Owen 基督徒必須經常記得他蒙受的恩典遠大過他的不幸遭遇。 |
God gives his anger by
weight but his mercy without measure. Joseph Hall 上帝降下憤怒之時斤斤計較,但祂賜下廣大恩典卻是難以衡量。 |
Grace is especially associated with men in their
sins; mercy is usually associated with men in their misery. Joseph Hall 在人的罪惡中,上帝的恩典與人連結;在人的不幸中,上帝的憐憫與人連接一起。 |
God hath two hands, a right
hand of mercy and a left hand of justice. John Boys 上帝有一雙手,右手是憐憫,左手是公義。 |
Mercy and punishment, they flow from God, as the
honey and the sting from the bee. Thomas Brooks 憐憫與懲罰均出於上帝,正如同蜂蜜與刺同出於蜜蜂。 |
Shall light troubles make
you forget weighty mercies? John Flavel 這至暫至輕的苦楚應該讓你忘記衡量上帝的憐憫嗎? |
Mercy in the promise is as the apple in the seed. William Gurnall 應許中的憐憫如同仍在種子裡的蘋果。 |
As God's mercies are new
every morning toward his people, so his anger is new every morning against the wicked. Matthew Henry 正如同上帝的恩典對祂的子民而言,一天新似一天,祂的怒氣對惡人也是一天新似一天。 |
If the end of one mercy were not the beginning of
another, we were undone. Philip Henry 如果一個憐憫的結束不是另一個憐憫的開始,那我們就完了。 |
Mercies are such gifts as
advance our debts. William Secker 憐憫像是預付我們債務的恩典。 |
Mercy is God's Benjamin; the last born and best
beloved of his attributes. C. H. Spurgeon 憐憫是上帝的便雅憫;是最後生的也是最受鍾愛的上帝屬性。 |
Mercies are never so savoury
as when they savour of a Saviour. Ralph Venning 當憐憫蘊含救主的韻味時,他們顯出前所未有可口味道。 |
Those are the best prepared for the greatest mercies
that see themselves unworthy of the least. Thomas Watson 那些預備妥當接受最大憐憫的人往往看自己不配得到最微小的憐憫。 |