God, our be Blessed God

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