A mirrour or looking-glasse both for saints and sinners held forth in about two thousand examples wherein is presented as Gods wonderful mercies to the one, so his severe judgments against the other collected out of the most classique authors both ancient and modern with some late examples observed by my self : whereunto are added the wonders of nature and the rare ... / by Sa. Clark ...

CHAP. LXIII. Examples of Compassion: Sympathy.

COmmanded, 1 Pet. 3. 8. Zach. 7. 8.

Such as want it, love not God. 1 Joh. 3. 17. And are wicked, 2 Chron. 36. 17.

Scriptural Examples, Our Saviour Christ, Matt. 9. 36. & 14. 14. & 15. 32. Mark 1. 41. & 6. 34. A Lord, Matth. 18. 27. Pharaohs daughter, Exod. 2. 6. The Father of the Prodigal, Luke 15. 20.

Darius his wife being a Captive with Alexander, [ 1] miscarried by reason of a fall, and so died, which when Alexander heard of, he brake forth into weep∣ing, and suffered one of her Eunuches to carry Dari∣us word of her death: Darius hearing that Alex∣ander wept at the newes of her death, conceited that he had been too familiar with her: but when the Eunuch by grievous asseverations protested that he had never seen her but once, and then never offered the least indignity to her: Darius lifting up his hands to heaven prayed the gods that if the Persian Empire were at an end that none might sit

in Cyrus his Throne but so just, and merciful a Conquerour. Q. Cur.

When Alexander M. found Darius murthered [ 2] by his own servants; though he was his enemy▪ yet he could not refrain from weeping, and putting off his own Coate he covered the body of Darius with it, and so clothing of him with Kingly Ornaments, he sent him to his mother Sisigambis to be interred amongst his Ancestors in a royall manner. Q. Cur.

Nero the Emperour in the first five years of his [ 3] reign was of a very compassionate disposition, in∣somuch as being requested to set his hand to a Writ for the execution of a Malefactor, he said, Quàm vellem me nescire literas: Would I had never learned to write. S••ne.

Camillus with the Roman Army after ten years [ 4] siege took the City of Veia in Italy by storme, and when Camillus from the top of the Castle saw the infinite riches which the Souldiers took by plunder∣ing the City, he wept for very pitty to see the mi∣series which were brought upon the inhabitants. Plut.

The Thebans having given the Lacedemonians a [ 5] very great overthrow in the Battel of Leuctra, they presently sent an Ambassador to Athens to ac∣quaint them with it, and to desire them to enter into confederacy with them against the Lacedemoni∣ans their old enemies, telling them that now was the time when they might be fully revenged of them for all the wrongs which they had received from them: but the Athenian Senate was so far from rejoycing at the misery of the Lacedemonians, that they did not so much as give lodging the Ambassadour, or treat at all with him about a League. Plut.

Vespasian the Emperour was of such a merciful [ 6] disposition, that he never rejoyced at the death of any, though his enemies; yea, he used to sigh▪ and weep when he justly condemned any for their faults. Suet.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love: Rejoyce with them that do rejoyce, and weep with them that weep,

Rom. 12. 10, 15.