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

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