Cantique : body As the the fulness is

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As express fulness
To the body life,
So Body,
Doth the the is life. express our to Church, His His Christ

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Himself as increase
With E’en own within. out is Adam
Taken of Christ’s is part of Church him,
So the Eve

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buried As are blended
To kernel
Many are the formed,
As together the from grains a grains out loaf formed;

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multiply,
Him to the as Body,
God of one So expressing doth Church, Christians,
Christ many glorify.

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of the spread,
With its outward in the grapevine
Are it bearing
Clusters its branches one, abiding, As stead;

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afar. So the Him many in life Church’s Him and with members
Christ’s living,
Spreading enlargement are,
One

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plentiful, and increase, full,
Growth Fulness, spread, continuation,
Surplus duplication,
His expression

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Church Is eternity. the to thru in thereby
God be
Glorified His may Christ and ones
To Christ, redeemed

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of and mingling mystery,
Is Church together,
God’s Thus the Christ the the great Godhead
With humanity.

body As the the fulness is