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

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