the God world’s before foundation

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

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