CHAP. XXX. Against mercy and compassion.
THere is a two-fold mercie, the one good and vertuous, which is in God and in his saints, which is in will and in
Of wisdome three bookes written in French by Peter Charro[n] Doctr of Lawe in Paris. Translated by Samson Lennard
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- Of wisdome three bookes written in French by Peter Charro[n] Doctr of Lawe in Paris. Translated by Samson Lennard
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- Charron, Pierre, 1541-1603.
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- At London :: Printed [at Eliot's Court Press] for Edward Blount & Will: Aspley,
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effect to succour the afflicted, not afflicting themselues, or di∣minishing any thing that concerneth honor or equitie; the o∣ther is a kind of feminine passionate pitie, which proceedeth from too great a tendernesse and weaknesse of the minde, whereof hath beene spoken before in the aboue-named pas∣sion. Againe, this wisdome teacheth vs to succour the affli∣cted, but not to yeeld and to suffer with him. So is God said to be mercifull; as the Physitian to his patient; the aduocate to his client affoordeth all diligence and industrie, but yet ta∣keth not their euils and affaires to the heart; so doth a wise man, not entertaining any griefe, or darkning his spirit with the smoke thereof. God commandeth vs to aid, and to haue a care of the poore, to defend their cause; and in another place he forbids vs to pitie the poore in iudgement.