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Preces Quotidianae

Mercy in Judgment

A collection of scripture references emphasizing God's restraint in punishment and His mercy.

for many times, Neh. 9. 38.1 many years, Vers. 30.✦ Unwillingly punishing, not from his heart (not all wrath, Ps.✦✦2 78.3 39.4

God's Relenting Mercy

Further catena on God's mercy, relenting from disaster and not treating us as our sins deserve.

He does not deal with us according to our deserts, Psalm 103:10. Psalm 103:10.5 Psalm 103:10. He is not always angry, but in His anger, He is mindful of mercy, Habakkuk 3:2.✦6 Habakkuk 3:2.7 Habakkuk 3:2. He relents over the disaster, Joel 2:13.✦8 Joel 2:13.9

Double Portion of Pardon

Allusion to the double portion of pardon and the prayer for reconciliation.

18. A double portion; Is.10 40. 2. Pardon, inclined toward reconciliation,11

Propitiation and Prayer

Concluding meditation on propitiation and the call to prayer.

Propitiation. And prayers.12 P13

Read the original Latin

multis temporibus, Neh. ix. 38. annos multos, Vers. 30. Ilibenter puniens, non ex corde suo, ( Non omnem iram, Psal. lxxvini. 39.

Non secundum merita, Psal. cin. 10. Non semper, Cum iratus, misericordiz:c memor, Za. nm. 2. Ponitens mali, Joel. n.

18. Duplicia; 4s. xl. 2. Veniam, Pronus ad 4 Reconciliationem,

Propitiationem.

AND, PREOCES. P

Scripture echoes

  1. ↩Neh.9.30 — You extended over them many years, and you testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets; yet they would not listen, and so you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
  2. ↩Lam.3.33 — For he does not afflict from his heart or grieve the children of men.
  3. ↩Ps.78.38 — But He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them; He often turned away His anger and did not stir up all His wrath.
  4. ↩Hab.3.2 — LORD, I have heard your report; I stand in awe, LORD. Your work—revive it in the midst of the years; in the midst of the years make it known. In wrath remember mercy.
  5. ↩Joel.2.13-Joel.2.14 — Tear open your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and he relents from sending disaster. Joel.2.14 — Who knows whether he will turn and relent, and leave behind a blessing—a grain offering and a drink offering for the LORD your God?

Notes

  1. 1 ↩Verse 38 is printed, but multis temporibus is the wording of Neh 9:28 in the Vulgate tradition; 38 may be a misread of 28, or a neighboring verse in a different numbering.
  2. 2 ↩Ilibenter is taken as ilibenter, 'unwillingly' (not gladly); if the witness is corrupt, invitus/non libenter is the more common classical equivalent.
  3. 3 ↩Printed lxxvini is not a valid Roman numeral; most plausible intended reading is lxxviii (78), possibly OCR for lxxviii. If Vulgate numbering is intended for Non omnem iram, lxxvii (77) is also possible.
  4. 4 ↩Printed verse 39 may complete the Psalm citation; Non omnem iram is stronger at Ps 77:38 Vulgate, while v. 39 continues the same mercy passage.
  5. 5 ↩Source reads 'cin.'; most plausible as corrupt roman chapter numeral ciii. (103) in the citation chain with s1 and s3.
  6. 6 ↩Source 'misericordiz:c' corrected to misericordiae (mindful of mercy).
  7. 7 ↩Source 'nm.' treated as corrupt chapter numeral; most plausible as iii. in a short book.chapter.verse chain with s4 and s6.
  8. 8 ↩Source 'Ponitens' read as Poenitens (repenting/relenting).
  9. 9 ↩Source 'n.' is a truncated citation numeral; read as ii. (Joel 2) to complete the Joel reference begun in s7.
  10. 10 ↩Reading '4s.' as the book abbreviation Is./Es. (Isaiah/Esaias). 'Duplicia' is the familiar Vulgate catchword of Is. 40:2 (suscepit de manu Domini duplicia…).
  11. 11 ↩The isolated '4' before 'Reconciliationem' looks like a typesetting/OCR intrusion (or a misplaced reference marker) and is not rendered as content. The next section begins 'Propitiationem,' so this line may be one item in a short title-list of divine mercies.
  12. 12 ↩Source reads AND, PREOCES. PREOCES is treated as a corruption of Latin preces (prayers). AND is retained as the coordinating word as printed; Ad preces (‘to/for the prayers’) is also possible if AND is an OCR misread of AD.
  13. 13 ↩The sole surviving token is P. No safe expansion is possible from the supplied witness; it may be a truncated initial, rubric letter, or OCR remnant.

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