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

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