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

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