mercifulness

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That is no forgiveness, and that is no mercifulness It is not enough to stand still, unresisting.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander

That mercifulness wipes out and washes away sins, as salves and remedies to heal sores and grievous diseases.

From Apologia Pro Vita Sua by Newman, John Henry

The animal is excused; but in man there is reason, the faculty of justice, the faculty of mercifulness.

From Foundations of World Unity by `Abdu'l-Bahá

He is the unwearied compassion, the long-suffering pity, the never-ceasing mercifulness of God to every want and infirmity of human nature.

From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)

In this also I saw His great mercifulness in that He suffers such a sinner as I am still to live.

From Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings by Whyte, Alexander