Job 9:15 (Mercy)

"Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy" (Job:915).

Augustine Quote (Mercy)

"Let mercy triumph over justice (Jas. 2:13), for your words are true, and you have promised mercy to the merciful (Mat. 5:7)" (Augustine Confessions Bk. IX 35).

Timothy Rogers Quote

"He recompenses good works far above their merit, but punishes crimes far below their demerit" (Rogers Trouble of Mind and the Disease of Melancholy)Pg. 48).

Psalms 94:18

"When I said, My foot slipeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up (Ps. 94:18).

Job 11:6

"Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth" (Job 11:6)

Mercy and Justice

Let us ask ourselves: Do our hearts swell with mercy or does our blood boil hot for justice? I fear that we are too swift to pursue justice because we do not see our own selves as we ought--in comparison to God's holiness--as the true sinners we are. We too often compare ourselves to whatever offence is before us and seems to be above our own. Those that are unbalanced on the matter of mercy and justice are so because they have not felt the weight or fear of justice in their own souls. To only know justice is to have never known mercy. Mercy has a high respect for justice. And much trembling ought to accompany the call for justices. I am glad that God is slower in his anger than we are. And that in wrath he remembers mercy. Many well meaning Christians would have the world condemned while God would have it saved.