And with that counsel misery is avoided, by the assistance of Him who says, “I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.”241 “Blessed,” therefore, “are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.” But now I think it will be more convenient, that at this point the reader, fatigued with so long a volume, should breathe a little, and recruit himself for considering what remains in another book. 241 Hos. vi. 6. 84 Chapter XXIII