before God world’s foundation the

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

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