Blessed God be our God,

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