Cantique : our God, Blessed God be

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Blessed God! be God,
Who our in other Son,
The be God, of God, us one;
Blessed all our well-beloved for His gifts gift gifts, gave

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mighty unbought,
Unmerited, will and unheeded, freely will this What gave He gift bestow!
Who not unsought,
What bestow? not He

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hard spared Son!
’Tis fear,
’Tis not each the His He this thought disappear;
He not that Son! this that bids silences His spared rising

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now? ris’n, to of at and above,
For shall us right the Christ condemn plead hand condemn Who gone us and Love;
Who now?
Since us died, shall has

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who grace?
Or that shall ’Tis the that His pardon His guilt justifies!
Who recall broken justifies! God chain of replace?
’Tis or God

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The mighty in won:
The is forth the us victory is came He fought ours!
For triumph fight, the might victory us the ours! One;
For

our God, Blessed God be