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Definition of Mercies
1. mercy [n] - See also: mercy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mercies
Literary usage of Mercies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs (1651)
"This is a fad thing, this is to turn the mercies of God to be our ... Certainly they
were not fuch mercies worthy to be prayed for, except they have fo much ..."
2. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1894)
"... and wonder at that, than at God's goodness, and glorify Him in that; rather
wonder at my sins than at His mercies, rather consider how ill a man I was, ..."
3. The Poets of the Church: A Series of Biographical Sketches of Hymn-writers by Edwin Francis Hatfield (1884)
"Tr., Miss C. Winkworth Every morning, mercies new H. Bona* Every moraine the red
Mrs. CF Alexander Exalt the Lord our God /. Watts Extended on a cursed tree ..."
4. The Select Remains of the Rev. John Mason by John Mason (1856)
"Expect the continuance of mercies from GOD ; he is the strength of our life, the
staff of our bread, the breath of our nostrils, and the length of our days. ..."
5. Sacred Classics: Or, Cabinet Library of Divinity by Henry Stebbing, Richard Cattermole (1834)
"His mercies are more than we can tell, and they are more than we can feel: for
all the world in the abyss of the divine mercies is like a man diving into ..."
6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1888)
"two parts, the first called ' God's mercies and elected fellow of his college
on "2 Oct. 1731, Jerusalem's Miseries,' and containing two , and proceeded MA ..."
7. Sermons by Edward Dorr Griffin, William Buell Sprague (1839)
"The prophet, when he uttered these words, appeared to labor under an ineffable
sense of the tender mercies and loving kindnesses of his God. ..."
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