Mercy And Benvolence

Fidelis sermo: et de his volo te confirmare; ut solliciti sint ad effectum bonorum operum ii, qui crediderunt Deo. Haec sunt bona et utilia hominibus. Nihil tam apertum, quia misericordia atque humanitas bona ad praesens, et utilis in futurum; et hic enim habet laudem, et in judicii die coronam. Omnis enim Deo credens, misericordiae debet studere, per quam vivit. Ut in haec ergo esset sollicitus rector populi, admonetur. Ambrosiaster, In Epistolam Beati Pauli Ad Titum Source: Migne PL 17.503a-b

The saying is true, and in these things I wish to strengthen you, that they who believe in God be anxious for the doing of good works. Those things which are good and useful for men.  1  Nothing is so clear that mercy and benevolence are goods in the present and useful in the future; here it has praise and on the day of judgement a crown. For all who believe in God should be eager for mercy, by which mercy they live. Thus he admonishes him about these things that he be a vigilant guide of the people. Ambrosiaster, from the Commentary On The Epistle of Saint Paul To Titus 1 Titus 3.8