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

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