5. Gentleness.
(1.) Must be kind.
Luke XIX, 41. And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
42. Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Rom. XII, 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
1 Peter II, 8. If ye fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well.
Job VI, 14. To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
Heb. XIII, 3. Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
Isaiah XXII, 4. Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labor not to comfort me; because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
Jer. IX, 1. O that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!