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

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