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He who hath said to us, "Thy sins be forgiven thee," has given us a grant of all needful good in that one sentence of His love. Like the comet's nucleus, which bears a streaming train of light behind it, so doth forgiveness draw along with it a far-reaching glory of boundless favour. Well may this blessing be set first, since it carries all the rest in its loins.

"When dreadful guilt is done away

No other fear's we know;

That hand, which scatters pardons down,

Shall crowns of life bestow."

( C. H. Spurgeon.)

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KJV: Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

WEB: who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;