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DISCOURSES TO SEAMEN.

DISCOURSE I.

THE LOVE OF GOD IN REDEMPTION.

JOHN iii. 16.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

THE discourse of our Lord addressed to Nicodemus, the ruler of the Jews, who came to him by night, is one of the most remarkable, and, if it were proper to affirm that one scripture is of more importance than any other, we should say—one of the most important revelations given us from heaven. For, in the short compass of twenty-one verses, it contains a distinct explication of all the fundamental principles of religion; and, if we include that which is clearly deducible by impli

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