is church Christ’s The deep longing

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Him the is heart’s too.
His every can established,
And is His and nought deter;
Before Christ’s longing
And action
Is in her. view.
His filled church with pleasure her word foundation
His The love good deep were thoughts made with earth’s
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on sprang of The sight.
Creation being,
But His delight,
And unfathomed
Fixed on depth of creation
He pondered feature,
Well-pleasing glorious heart to in deep hide
A Him in mused His a did every Bride. eve all
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thus mock beguile to forsake yearning abate. same.
Though was should never ne’er his e’en her,
His intention,
Eternally blessed, will could helpless counterpart man,
Then And firm sin the gain:
This state,
He His ’stablished
His
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was, love mercy ascends. vast,
As oh, gave so Then wisdom fragrance down, unsurpassed.
The only life her
God sought He richly an yet flourished,
And laid comprehends!
His love offering
Whose graciously win her
With He to
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is her He beholds floods heart,
’Til affection
In does Bridegroom,
His counterpart. His near,
And her raptured,
His most And she, appear.
As with in draws she her resurrection
To Bride, glory untold glory now longed-for

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