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

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