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The Ground of Mercy

Mercy is founded on God's justice, Christ's satisfaction, the Spirit's consolation, and the assurance that we are not consumed.

Beyond justice.1 James.2 11. 13. The satisfaction and merits of Christ. The consolation of the Holy Spirit. Philippians.3 n.4 1. Mercy. . That we are not consumed. Lamentations.✦5 3.6 22.

The Activity of Mercy

Mercy precedes, follows, surrounds, forgives, and crowns us.

.7 Preceding, Psalm.8 79.9 8. Then follows Psalm 22.✦10 6. . Surrounding, Psalm.11 32. 10. . Forgiving, Psalm. 102. 13. . Crowning, Verse✦12 4.

The Extent of Mercy

Mercy spans all dimensions—length, breadth, depth, height—and reaches from eternity to the farthest extremes of heaven and hell.

Length, 1.✦ Long; Breadth, 2.✦13 Broad; Depth, 3.✦ Deep; Height. Another, 1.✦14 From of old, Psalm✦15 25. 6.✦ . Forever, Psalm 89.16 1. . Even to heaven, Psalm.17 107. 4. Even to hell, Psalm. 36.18 13.

The Reach of Mercy

Mercy is upon all people, tenderly offered, and flows from an inexhaustible fountain.

. Upon all, Romans.19 11. 33. . Tender, Luke.✦20 1.✦ 78.✦ I delayed repentance, and You prolonged Your patience.21 Mercy, fountain22 that can never be exhausted. .23 Whose place24

Read the original Latin

super justitiam. Jac. 11. 13.

Satisfactio et merita Christi. Consolatio Spiritus Sancti. Pil. n. 1.

Misericordia.

. Quod non consumimur, 7hren. 111. 22.

. Preveniens, Psal. lxxix. 8.

Subsequens, Psal xxin. 6.

. Cireumdans, Psal. xxxii. 10. . Condonans, Psal. cii. 13.

. Coronans, Vers. 4.

Μῆκος, 1. Longa, ] IIAaros, 2. Lata, Βάθος, 3. Profunda Pisos Ἀν Aliadn o 1. A seculo, Psal. xxv. 6.

. In seculum, Psal l]xxxix. 1.

. Ad eclum usque, Psal. cvii. 4. Ad infernum usque, Psal. ]xxxvi. 13.

. In omnes, Rom. xi. 33.

. Tenera, Luc. i. 78. Ego distuli penitentiam, et Tu prolongasti patientiam. Misericordia, fons

qui nunquam potest exhauriri.

. Cujus locus

Scripture echoes

  1. ↩Lam.3.22 — The steadfast love of the LORD—it has not ceased; his mercies have not come to an end.
  2. ↩Ps.23.6 — Surely goodness and mercy shall pursue me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for length of days.
  3. ↩Ps.102.4 — For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
  4. ↩Eph.3.18 — rooted and grounded in love, that you may have the power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
  5. ↩Eph.3.18 — rooted and grounded in love, that you may have the power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
  6. ↩Eph.3.18 — rooted and grounded in love, that you may have the power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
  7. ↩Eph.3.18 — rooted and grounded in love, that you may have the power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
  8. ↩Ps.25.6 — Remember your compassions, LORD, and your covenant-loves, for they are from eternity.
  9. ↩Ps.25.6 — Remember your compassions, LORD, and your covenant-loves, for they are from eternity.
  10. ↩Luke.1.78 — because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from on high
  11. ↩Luke.1.78 — because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from on high
  12. ↩Luke.1.78 — because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from on high

Notes

  1. 1 ↩Latin super justitiam can mean 'above/beyond justice' (as in mercy exceeding justice) or 'concerning/upon righteousness.' Rendered as 'Above justice' to match the likely devotional heading sense beside neighboring mercy language; context may be a broken continuation of a longer phrase.
  2. 2 ↩Jac. is the traditional Latin abbreviation for Jacobus (James). Modern biblical short form Jas. used; full 'James' would also be faithful if the layout prefers expanded book names.
  3. 3 ↩Source abbreviation 'Pil.' is almost certainly Philippians (Phil.); rendered in standard modern form.
  4. 4 ↩Bare citation token 'n.' left as printed; function is unclear (chapter marker, 'numero', or damaged numeral).
  5. 5 ↩Source '7hren' is almost certainly corrupt OCR for 'Thren.' (Threni = Lamentations). Rendered as 'Lamentations' on that reading.
  6. 6 ↩Source '111.' most plausibly represents Roman 'III.' (Lamentations ch. 3) misread as Arabic 111; rendered as '3.' within the citation sequence.
  7. 7 ↩Source sentence is only a bare period; no continuous Latin clause is present.
  8. 8 ↩Preveniens is taken as a rubrical label meaning ‘the preceding (verse/prayer),’ matching the neighboring Subsequens rubric; it is not treated as continuous devotional prose.
  9. 9 ↩lxxix rendered as Arabic 79; Vulgate Psalm numbering is assumed pending Moses/resolution stage.
  10. 10 ↩Source reads “Psal xxin.” Neighboring rubrics (Preveniens / Circumdans / Condonans + Psal. + number + verse) and the participle Subsequens point to Vulgate Ps 22:6 (“et misericordia tua subsequetur me…”). Corrected reading: Psal. xxii.
  11. 11 ↩Printed 'Cireumdans' is almost certainly a corruption of Latin 'Circumdans' (present participle of circumdare, 'surrounding/encompassing'), matching the neighboring rubric style (Subsequens, Condonans, Coronans).
  12. 12 ↩Coronans is a present participle used as a lemma/label ("crowning" / "who crowns"); rendered as the plain English headword Crowning to match neighboring section labels (e.g. Circumdans, Condonans). Vers. expanded to Verse.
  13. 13 ↩Reading IIAaros as Greek Πλάτος (breadth/width), a common OCR corruption (Π→II, ΛΑΤΟΣ→Aaros). Longa is Latin ‘long’ (feminine).
  14. 14 ↩Highly corrupt: ‘Pisos’ taken as intended ὕψος (height), the natural fourth term with μῆκος/πλάτος/βάθος; ‘Ἀν Aliadn o’ taken as intended Latin aliud (‘another’) plus residual OCR noise before numeral 1.
  15. 15 ↩A seculo / A saeculo rendered ‘From of old’ (also possible: ‘From everlasting’ / ‘From age to age’), matching the psalm idiom a saeculo sunt.
  16. 16 ↩Normalized corrupt citation 'Psal l]xxxix' as Psalm 89 (lxxxix); 'seculum' read as 'saeculum'.
  17. 17 ↩Source reads 'eclum'; translated as the intended 'caelum' (heaven).
  18. 18 ↩Source reads ']xxxvi.' with a stray bracket; treated as Roman numeral xxxvi (36).
  19. 19 ↩In omnes can mean 'upon all,' 'toward all,' or 'to all.' Rendered 'Upon all' to match the short catch-phrase + biblical citation pattern of neighboring sections.
  20. 20 ↩Latin Tenera is likely a catchword for the tender-mercy language of Luke 1:78 (viscera misericordiae / tender mercy), not a free-standing sentence.
  21. 21 ↩penitentiam rendered as repentance (interior conversion); penance remains possible in a more sacramental register.
  22. 22 ↩Phrase is incomplete in this section; neighboring text continues qui nunquam potest exhauriri ('that can never be exhausted').
  23. 23 ↩Source sentence is only a period with no lexical content; left empty rather than invented.
  24. 24 ↩Fragmentary genitive phrase (Cujus locus); may be a heading or truncated line. Rendered literally as 'Whose place' without completing sense.

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