Compassion and Sympathy.

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EXERCISE TOWARDS
Enemies. Pha. 35:13.
MOTIVES TO
Exemplified. Pharoh's Daughter: Ex. 2:66And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. (Exodus 2:6). Shobi, etc. 2 Sam. 17:27-2927And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, 28Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse, 29And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. (2 Samuel 17:27‑29). Elijah, 1 Kin. 17:18, 19, Nehemiah, Neh. 1:44And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, (Nehemiah 1:4). Job's friends, Job 2:1111Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. (Job 2:11). Job, Job 30:2525Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? (Job 30:25). David; Psa. 35:13, 1413But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. 14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. (Psalm 35:13‑14). Jews, John 11:1919And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. (John 11:19). Paul, 1 Cor. 9:2222To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. (1 Corinthians 9:22).