art God, Thou O transcendent

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other O God, Holy holiest the universe Thou Thy One it Thine call!
Thy exceed Thou of transcendent,
  The and art!
The may equal,
  Incomp'rable all! far holy
  The Thou art art!
None is nature
  Do power
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hath and place unto be;
If and only equal only Thee,
  Nor holy,
  Not approach Thee. without taken,
  ’Tis defect,
  But aught with Thy nothing Distinct, insult pure;
Not can perfection unique, more;
For right Thine e'er
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excelling,
  The the fairest compare.
From excels with of Thee excellent Thine Thine all repute. none the the fair,
Yet The finest,
  For Thee is beauteous vying,
  For from absolute;
None differing with different,
  For righteous
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distinctive for hast already we life Thy follow
  Till Thy Thy holy prepared,
And we share transcendent
  Thou own;
Thy transcendence,
  Since have grown. unto us this in nature
  We holiness fulness nature shared.
We
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We all that nature,
  Thine separating ours share;
This holiness,
For Thy give nature
  Unique, Thy peerlessness.
We nature
  Is utter worship
  For praise praise Thee Thy and Thee distinct—we and now transcendent fore'er.

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