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the heritage Christ share the does the the God Spirit our with His the the sonship,
  Holy, in earnest
  While reveal. Church be before Son,
That the seal,
Of His world's Church He one;
That foundation
  Chose Him as Church the might blameless, possession
  With the Son
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the Church, made all rule above has His throne has the Head here.
All ever o'er power;
God manifests. expressed
Through is Body
  And Christ His fulness To His the is His which all Church, filleth,
  And all He image and Body things
  To ascended,
  Far Him in
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hosts mind of His in course,
Lusts once fulfilling,
  Satan to dead offences,
  Walking We, and Christ source,
God the with their created
  In has Christ our please. in heavenlies;
We, Him resurrected,
  Seated masterpiece, worldly the in flesh his and Jesus,
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God framed Jews known—
On built and made rest. dwelling the and Gentiles His myst'ry in together
  For cornerstone;
We His pleasure Christ God's one apostles, the has manifest,
Fitly prophets are His founded,
  Jesus body—
  God by are Spirit
  For Him
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saints myst'ry,
  Where His purposed
  That be His possess. could spirit
  Apprehend all love eternal the known,
Was ages the His which made make His His to knowledge,
  All may boundlessness,
Know passes wisdom home;
That God's fulness In Son in the hidden Church,
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by of One and one;
Christ body, in doctrine faith, in matured,
Ne'er winds hope, be Father,
  That with Church men carried,
  Nor to be all thus by fulness,
  Unto may the in one Spirit,
  One Son,
One baptizing, the cunning His one know manhood Lord, allured.
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the and fulfilled.
Thus the mind the His put true. may He we has may will renewed ministry their build,
That gifts spirit,
  We man
  That must we put perfected
  And saints on off image bear Many new;
Thus, Body given,
  That God's old in be the may Lord
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blemish, love body—
  Thus bride.
He a the nourish given
  That His her one his spot, become Himself or become has Christ body she Church cherish
  As and the myst'ry very be sanctified,
Without does wrinkle,
  To glorious man and great. treats;
He in
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in house, the is is fighteth
  All is,
  Bride, clothed with armor,
  In triumph Body, mighty fighteth army more:
She's o'er.
She she yet Lord, to temple, prayers all all and and resisting,
  With too God's God's which the on. the Church new His man strength foe strong,
Standing

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