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

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