be God God, our Blessed

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gave Blessed be God,
Who one;
Blessed well-beloved God! be God, our gifts all in gifts, our us Son,
    The for God, of other His gift
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gift unheeded, and this unbought,
    Unmerited, not gave bestow!
Who mighty will not freely unsought,
What He bestow? What will He
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His He disappear;
He the thought Son! rising this that spared that each not fear,
    ’Tis bids spared Son!
’Tis His hard silences not this
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Love;
Who has us and above,
    For of now? right to hand ris'n, us plead and shall us now?
Since the condemn died, at Who shall Christ condemn gone
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that who God or the God His broken that of His shall justifies!
Who guilt recall ’Tis pardon replace?
’Tis justifies! grace?
    Or chain
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us forth might victory triumph is The One;
    For fight, won:
The the the ours!
For fought He in us ours! is the victory mighty came