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  • Bless the L,O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.Bless the L,O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies;Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    ORDORDPsalms103:1^5.

  • The air isnot sofull of motes, of atoms, asthe church is of mercies.

    -John Donne
      Sermons,'Christmas Day,1624'.

  • He brought light out of darkness, not out of a lesser light; he canbring thysummerout of winter, though thou have no spring† God comes to thee, not as in the dawning of the day, not as in the bud of the spring, but as the sun at noontoillustrateall shadows,asthesheavesinharvestto fill all penuries. All occasions invite his mercies, and all times are his seasons.

    -John Donne
      Sermons,'Christmas Day,1624'.

  • Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heav'n, to earth come down, Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown. Jesu, thou art all compassion, Pure unbounded love thou art; Visit us with thy salvation, Enter every trembling heart.

    - Charles Wesley
      'Love Divine', collected in Hymns for those that seek†Redemption.

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