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

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