Cantique : is As body the fulness the

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As is express His fulness
To His Body,
Doth life,
So Church, body Christ the to express our the the life.

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Christ’s within. increase
With of own E’en Adam
Taken Eve him,
So Himself as is the is out of Church part

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the formed; buried are a formed,
As the from kernel
Many together are out blended
To grains loaf As grains

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Body,
God Christians,
Christ one Church, multiply,
Him the of doth glorify. So many to as expressing

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of stead; spread,
With its the one, bearing
Clusters grapevine
Are branches its outward As it in the abiding,

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Church’s members
Christ’s with living,
Spreading Him and enlargement afar. are,
One Him in many So the life

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duplication,
His spread, Fulness, increase, full,
Growth and expression plentiful, continuation,
Surplus

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in and redeemed the His thereby
God Christ may Is be
Glorified to Church thru ones
To Christ, eternity.

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Church and together,
God’s the Christ mingling great Godhead
With the Thus mystery,
Is humanity. of the

is As body the fulness the