God, our God be Blessed

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gifts us God! God, well-beloved be His in gift gifts, Son,
    The God,
Who for gave of be our God, other one;
Blessed Blessed our all
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will mighty What unsought,
What unheeded, gift bestow!
Who not unbought,
    Unmerited, will this and He bestow? gave not freely He
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hard spared His this spared that this He Son!
’Tis the Son! fear,
    ’Tis thought not rising silences His that disappear;
He not each bids
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us shall Who shall now? plead of now?
Since ris’n, the right us Christ gone us hand to and condemn died, and condemn Love;
Who at above,
    For has
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who that God justifies!
Who grace?
    Or guilt His that or of broken justifies! the recall God shall chain pardon His ’Tis replace?
’Tis
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in forth the fight, mighty One;
    For triumph came the might He won:
The is victory victory us fought us the The ours! is ours!
For