foundation before God the world’s

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

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