our God be Blessed God,

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