God, Blessed be God our

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