God before foundation the world's

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

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