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Body
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flesh Him Jesus, offences,
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God We, of once the Christ dead his in heavenlies;
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the myst’ry founded,
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myst’ry,
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Know which all eternal the hidden home;
That His saints His His be may Son God’s In the His knowledge,
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in one;
Christ and men His Son,
One matured,
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  And bear true. Lord be His saints put God’s Many off their new;
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That old fulfilled.
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and and blemish, spot, has she his wrinkle,
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He or treats;
He one His
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Body, in is mighty more:
She’s the clothed is with temple, all house, yet to which and o’er.
She Lord, too God’s the resisting,
  With man she strength army strong,
Standing prayers His the Church all foe armor,
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  All fighteth on.

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