Compassion is the next subject which involves a command. • The command of wisdom. “Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart” (Proverbs 3:3). Mercy must be exercised in truth. Mercy is not winking at sin. Mercy and truth are so essential, they are to be bound to a person and written on the heart. • The compensation of wisdom. “So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight
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