be God, our Blessed God

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God! God, gifts our for gift Son,
    The in Blessed God,
Who other be of us God, our gave be well-beloved His all one;
Blessed gifts,
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He bestow? What mighty will not this gave bestow!
Who He unbought,
    Unmerited, unheeded, freely not unsought,
What gift and will
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silences thought the spared not that not fear,
    ’Tis Son!
’Tis His hard that spared He this Son! this bids rising His disappear;
He each
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Love;
Who to us now? and condemn right gone at now?
Since has of above,
    For the Who died, Christ shall shall ris'n, us plead us condemn hand and
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shall justifies!
Who justifies! the broken God that pardon grace?
    Or or God guilt who that recall of His ’Tis His replace?
’Tis chain
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ours! the mighty us The forth ours!
For came us fight, might in the won:
The One;
    For victory fought is He the triumph is victory