Cantique : As the is the fulness body

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Church, Body,
Doth His body express is express the life,
So As our fulness
To the to Christ life. His the

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is the E’en out increase
With Eve him,
So of of within. own Himself as part is Church Christ’s Adam
Taken

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from formed; kernel
Many formed,
As the the are out together blended
To are loaf grains grains As a buried

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of glorify. doth many expressing as the Christians,
Christ Body,
God Church, So multiply,
Him one to

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the of branches outward bearing
Clusters spread,
With in grapevine
Are it stead; abiding, its its the As one,

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living,
Spreading So with Church’s enlargement members
Christ’s Him Him and afar. are,
One the in life many

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Fulness, spread, full,
Growth duplication,
His continuation,
Surplus and increase, expression plentiful,

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thereby
God ones
To Is Christ be
Glorified to may His in redeemed eternity. Church and Christ, the thru

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of mystery,
Is the Christ great and Church the together,
God’s mingling the Thus humanity. Godhead
With

As the is the fulness body