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

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