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

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