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Mercy

Personified as the compassionate kindness of God toward sinners.

minor

Also known as Cowper, Mercy By Cowper

First appearance: olney hymns

Mercy shows up with force in 5: Lot in Sodom. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mercy plucked Lot by the hand, saving him from destruction.
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In 5: Lot in Sodom: Mercy plucked Lot by the hand, saving him from destruction. Later, in Another: Mentioned as reigning above, offering…

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Character Web

16 connections

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WIWisdomTRThe RedeemerTWThe Waiting SoulESEsauGIGibeonMEMercy

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Divine Judgment and Mercy
  • Faith and Redemption Figures
  • Patriarchs and Grace

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

The emotional peak occurs in stanza V, where the speaker’s hope is violently extinguished as Satan obscures ev…

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